AJLI supports efforts to ensure that all people have access to the education necessary to be productive members of society. Currently, two related programs provide strategies to achieve this end. Operating in 108 classrooms in 39 cities, TOP includes facilitated group discussions and a community service component. Adult volunteers dedicate between three and six hours a week to the project for a minimum of one year. The organization consists of a national office linked with independent, locally run agencies.
Agencies also provide counseling, referral, and family support services.
These programs offer activities in citizenship and leadership development, cultural enrichment, social recreation, and personal educational development. There are approximately 175 clubs located in public housing projects. EEC conducts training, workshops, and research, and provides written and hands-on materials for use in and out of the classroom, beginning with prekindergarten students. One program designed to involve parents in the science education of their children, Playtime is Science, has recently expanded from its New York City base to 10 national regions. The HOSO mission is to develop and disseminate informal science and math education enrichment experiences for children in prekindergarten through elementary school.