The Positively Influencing Everyone (PIE) Club focuses on character education in a school setting. Volunteer leaders meet with a small group of students who have been selected by their teachers as influencers among their peers. Through brief lessons, discussion and video clips, the group explores positive character traits such as self-respect and respect for others, doing the right thing, being an upstander, honesty, gratefulness and more. P.I.E. Club members then have the opportunity to live out what they've learned through school and community service projects.

This is a Youth Program.

Rose Garden Elementary school is a Title 1 school in the SCUCISD with over 50% of the student body receiving free or reduced fee meals at school.  

PIC has partnered a host site near the school. When the children arrive they'll be paired with a teen reading mentor; to spend time reading, playing educational games, hear a Bible story and eat lunch together. The children are also given a backpack of snacks to take home.

Children who qualify for free or reduced fee meals during the school year from Rose Garden Elementary are invited to attend.

The YMCA is more than a gym. When you join the YMCA, you belong to a place where:

• parents find a safe, positive environment for children;
• families spend quality time together;
• children and teens learn what they can achieve;
• adults connect with friends and learn how to live healthier lives;
• communities thrive because neighbors support each other and give back;
• and we all build relationships that further our sense of belonging.

Click here to learn about everything that is provided at this location.

Click here to learn about Excel After the Bell, the YMCA's after-school program for children and teens.

Membership is open to the entire community—regardless of age, income, or fitness level.

Membership includes access to all Greater San Antonio YMCA's.

Click here for membership information.

The City of San Antonio provides scholarship assistance through the San Antonio Education Partnership (SAEP) at participating colleges and universities.

The San Antonio Education Partnership (SAEP) offers the SAEP Scholarship to students at 36 SAEP partner high schools. Road to Success (R2S) College Access and Success Advisors at each high school will guide students to meet the scholarship eligibility criteria.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:

• Sign the Student Commitment to College form
• Graduate with an overall 95% attendance rate
• Graduate with an overall 80% grade average
• Graduate from a participating high school
• Demonstrate financial need (FAFSA or TASFA required)
• Enroll full-time at a participating college or university

Click here to request an advising session.

Scholarship Awards:

• Community College - $600/semester
• Public University - $850/semester
• Private University - $1500/semester

Click here for the full list of participating colleges.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Somerset High School.

At CommuniCare, we aim to cater to the needs of every teenager and their parents by offering exceptional outpatient care and personalized treatment plans for each individual.

We offer the following Teen Health services:

• Puberty Development Education
• Reproductive Health
• Acute Care
• Well Visits
• Immunizations
• School and Sports Physicals
• Chronic Disease Management (for asthma, allergies, diabetes, etc.)
• ADHD Care
• Individual and Family Counseling

Outdoor Activities:

• Archery
• Fishing
• Horseshoe throwing
• Badminton
• Croquet
• Put put golf

Indoor Games:

• Chess
• Checkers

Science in Nature Lessons:

• Learning animal habitats
• Animal nutrition vs. Human Nutrition
• Plant Nutition (Agriculture)
• Basic farm animal care

Realistic Math Problem Solving:

• Weights and measures
• Profit and Loss
• Feeding programs

Please call or email us for program information.

The stated mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to "prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law." Youth are trained in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations.

Girl Scouts prepares girls to empower themselves and promotes compassion, courage, confidence, character, leadership, entrepreneurship, and active citizenship through activities involving camping, community service, and acquiring various practical skills

Chinmaya Mission San Antonio offers weekly Balavihar classes for pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade students during the school year. Classes are taught by local community volunteers who have a passion for Hinduism and for passing on our cultural traditions to future generations. Under Swami Shivatmanandaji’s guidance, classes are designed with the student’s developmental ages in mind.

All children are welcome!

Click here or call for program dates and information.

Musical Sprouts is a free educational engagement program that allows children in Title 1 schools and other learning centers to travel the world by bringing performing artist concerts, cultural connections, and curriculum to their school and classroom.

Click here for more information.

The YMCA is more than a gym. When you join the YMCA, you belong to a place where:

• parents find a safe, positive environment for children;
• families spend quality time together;
• children and teens learn what they can achieve;
• adults connect with friends and learn how to live healthier lives;
• communities thrive because neighbors support each other and give back;
• and we all build relationships that further our sense of belonging.

Click here to learn about everything that is provided at this location.

Click here to learn about Excel After the Bell, the YMCA's after-school program for children and teens.

Youth Sports focused on good sportsmanship and friendly competition.

Ages: 3-17.

Click here for more information.

Click here for registration questions, or email us at [email protected]. 

Our MAX (Make-A-Connection) Program is an interactive experience focused on the horse-human bond and its impact on relationships through an introduction to equine experiential learning and the principles of basic horsemanship. This unique program offers individuals the opportunity to gain or re-gain essential life and coping skills that allow productive interactions and collaboration with those with whom they live and work.

Many individuals and groups can experience the wonderful benefits of the MAX Program including, but not limited to:

• Military families
• Veterans
• Grief support groups/grieving individuals
• Children with special needs and their families
• Those suffering from a serious illness such as cancer
• Therapists and other support personnel for those listed above

We offer both a 5-week and one-day MAX Program workshops. (Our one-day workshop covers the same information as the 5-week program, just in a more condensed format).

MAX Program Requirements:

• For the safety of our riders and volunteers, all riders must meet the following criteria:
• Weigh less than 200 pounds in order to be safely dismounted in an emergency
• Have sitting balance (side walkers can’t be asked to support the weight of the rider). If riders have minimum sitting balance, they must weigh 40lbs or less.
• Be at least 4 years old
• Have a disability that is compatible with therapeutic horsemanship and have a therapist or physician to complete a medical form

Click here for registration, program costs, and information.

New Beginnings Children's Home is a non-profit agency providing valuable support and guidance through quality services to youth in Texas.

Our Mission

To provide a safe and therapeutic living environment for abused, neglected, and displaced children ages 5 to 17. The care we provide will promote emotional growth and recovery and prepare the children for family reunification.

The San Antonio Polo Club partners with various other non-profit organizations to offer free polo outreach programs for inner city kids to learn about horsemanship and develop skills to play polo and build their self-confidence.

The club holds this program in the highest esteem and loves seeing the joy on the children’s faces as they interact with the horses and the club volunteers.   We are here to make a difference in the community and to continue to promote polo for everyone!

If you are interested in becoming a part of the San Antonio Polo Club to volunteer with our outreach programs, please contact Ursula at (210) 310-9866.

To donate to the San Antonio Polo Club.

Free.

We provide guided horseback riding, animal play, and sensory play to special needs, foster, and abused children. Through this summer therapy program, children learn to interact with the animals and gain the ability to interact independently with them.

Therapists and volunteers supervise children through this guided play. Children of all functioning levels are welcome. Siblings of special needs children are urged to participate. Lunch is served at the end of every session in a family-style setting. Specialized equipment and skilled volunteers ensure the safety of the children.

This program is for special needs, foster, and abused children and their siblings.

Click here for details

Please email reservations to [email protected]

Prices
$15 Children
$10 Additional Children

Our Mission is to offer sports and recreation programs emphasizing friendly competition through good sportsmanship modeled by adult participants. We invite all participants, Catholic and otherwise, youth and adults, to share in the life of their faith community with a desire to bring all involved closer to Christ. A holistic approach of mind, body and spirit is incorporated for faith Christ like conduct by all is the true measure of success within the program.

Click here for more information or call 210-920-4601.

Boerne Blessings provides a safe haven for children and youth in crisis, encourages healing, and advocates in hope for children throughout south central Texas.

Unfortunately, child neglect and abuse happens right here in Boerne. To ensure children's safety, Child Protective Services removes children both temporarily and permanently throughout south central Texas.

There is currently not an emergency shelter that accepts children of all ages in Kendall county. When children are removed from their homes, sometimes they are transported to Houston or Dallas, and sometimes they sleep on the floor in a CPS office.

Boerne Blessings goal is to fill this great need and provide a safe haven to children in crisis. We serve all foster children in need of temporary shelter while their CPS caseworker attempts reunification with family members or placement within a foster home. 

Blessings in a Backpack provides schoolchildren in Boerne with a backpack of food to take home for 38 weekends during the school year. 

Blessings in a Backpack serves all thirteen schools in the Boerne Independent School District, with eligible students from Pre-K through Grade 12 receiving a bag of food each weekend that school is in session.

The program provides food for breakfast and lunch and three snacks a day. Backpack food includes easy-to-prepare, ready-to-eat items such as tuna, peanut butter, mac & cheese, oatmeal, granola bars, and shelf-stable milk and fresh fruit.

Grades: Pre-K - 12th. 

Student must be enrolled in the Boerne ISD.

Free.

The YES Waiver is a home and community based services waiver that allows for more flexibility in the funding of intensive community-based services to assist children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances to live in the community with their families.

Goals:

• Reducing out-of-home placements and inpatient psychiatric treatment by all child-serving agencies;
• Providing a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports;
• Ensuring families have access to parent partners and other flexible non-traditional support services as identified in a family-centered planning process;
• Preventing entry into the foster care system and relinquishment of parental custody; and
• Improving the clinical and functional outcomes of children and adolescents.

Services:

In addition to the services already offered under Camino Real Community Services' Children's Mental Health Program, the following are services of the YES Waiver:

• Adaptive Aids and Supports
• Community Living Supports
• Family Supports
• Minor Home Modifications
• Non-Medical Transportation
• Paraprofessional Services
• Professional Services
• Respite
• Supportive Family Based Alternatives
• Transitional Services

Camino Real Community Services will assess you for eligibility.

Demographic Criteria:

• Be between 3 and 18 years of age;
• Reside in Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, Mc Mullen, Wilson, or Zavala County; and
• Reside in a non-institutional setting with the child's or adolescent's Legally Auhtorized Representative; or in the child's or adolescent's own home or apartment, if legally emancipated.

Clinical Criteria:

• Have serious functional impairment or acute severe psychiatric symptoms as indicated by:
• Risk of Self Harm
• Disruptive or Aggressive Behavior
• Family Supports
• School Behavior
• Current Diagnosis
• There is a reasonable expectation that, without YES Waiver services, the child or adolescent would qualify for inpatient care.

Financial Criteria:

• A child or adolescent must be eligible for Medicaid.

Click here for more information.

Click here for financial information

Our Summer Meals For Kids campaign aims to fill the summer meal gap by providing no-cost nutritious meals, groceries, and snacks for children over the summer. When kids eat great, they can play great!

Kids 18 and under are eligible to access no-cost summer meals from any of the Summer Meal sites.

Children do not need to be enrolled in a specific San Antonio Food Bank program to receive a meal.

StandByMe was created in 2006 to support at-risk youth in our community in search of support, guidance and God’s love.

Our mission is to help transform the lives of Texas Hill Country kids through 101 Christian mentoring relationships.

StandByMe is a mentoring program that WORKS by matching a Christian adult with a student who has asked for a mentor. StandByMe has an incredible track record of success as we have seen God transform the lives of the students and the mentors alike! A unique aspect of SBM is that families of the children in SBM, benefit from all the resources of HCDBM Family Mentoring Ministry. We believe that when our families are strong, so are the kids!

We hold firmly to a 6 pillar framework that leads to successful mentoring:

• Case Management - Ongoing match support and training of Mentors
• Summer Camp - Christian camp opportunities for Mentees
• Summer Leadership Academy - A Summer program teaching leadership skills
• Enrichment - Life skill opportunities for matches
• Celebrations - Mentor and Mentee recognition and appreciation events
• Family Support - Strong families, strong kids! Families are eligible for HCDBM Family Mentoring Resources

Click here to get involved with Stand By Me.

In the summer our High School students attend a conference with RYM (Reformed Youth Ministries).

The days are filled with elective classes in the morning, free time in the afternoon, and worship in the evening. This week is a significant opportunity for our youth to be challenged in their faith while growing in community together.

Contact Todd Weir, Youth Ministry Coordinator, if you have any questions.

The love for dance is powerful and magical. Not only does it allow you to express emotions, but it also offers an opportunity to develop self-confidence and make a difference in the lives of others. 

Dance Fairies was inspired by passion and love for dance and recognition that not all children have access to beautiful dance costumes and proper dance shoes to allow them to follow their dreams.

Every child believes in magic, and dancing is the closest thing to magic. Putting a smile on the face of a little girl and watching her swirl in that tutu makes you feel like a fairy. With that in mind, in June of 2018, the idea of Dance Fairies was born.

Click here to contact us.

Connecting students in need to gardening for lifelong transformation.

Deep Roots is a multi-faceted program that combines outdoor learning, service, gardening and recreation to promote positive social-emotional learning outcomes for students with limited access to nature.

The Deep Roots Program is a weekly gardening course at Herff Farm offered on a semester-by-semester basis to students with limited access to nature. Students design, build and plant beds for a market garden. They create products from the plants that they grow to sell at the Farmer’s Market at the Cibolo.

Program Areas Include:

• Gardening: designing, building, planting and harvesting a garden
• Sustainability: learning about the environment and ecosystem as a whole, and the role that we all play in it
• Entrepreneurship: selling products at the Farmer’s Market at the Cibolo
• Outdoor Recreation: enjoying opportunities to explore the trails, go fishing, and more

Click here or contact us at [email protected] or call (830) 249-4616 to learn more.

Make a career out of your love for nature.

Here at the Cibolo, we also believe in sustainability for the environment and people. That’s why we’re investing in tomorrow’s environmental leaders. Be a part of the extraordinary team of passionate individuals that make up the Cibolo. If you are a high school or college student aged 18+ and enthusiastic about sharing your love for nature with the world, the Cibolo Internship Program may be the perfect fit for you! 

We offer internships in multiple disciplines. If you are interested in applying to be an intern in a field not mentioned here, contact us and let us know how you believe you could be a part of our dynamic team. 

FIELDS OF STUDY:

• Horticulture
• Education
• Marketing
• Environmental Science
• Land Management

Ages: 18+.

Enrolled in High School or College.

To learn more about our internships, click here or call 830-249-4616.

We will practice real-world land management techniques. We will explore every area of the Cibolo Nature Center: the creek, prairie, marsh, and woodlands. We will work on small-scale gardening at Herff Farm to create a lasting wildlife habitat.

Campers will walk away with skills to support humans working together for the future of our place and our planet. We will have plenty of fun in the creek and across the land as we explore and learn!

Ages: 13-15.

Camp is held during summer.

Click here for more information, including tuition and fees.

Through Positive Action curriculum and Curriculum-Based Support Group programs, staff engage with youth in a fun, active manner while also delivering valuable, lasting messages. Programs available in school and in the community. These programs help with:

Youth Development

• Substance Avoidance
• Honesty & Kindness
• Confidence Building
• Self-Improvement
• Stress Management
• Problem Solving

Academic Achievement

• Goal Setting
• Prioritization,
• Acting Responsibly
• Cognitive Competence

Social Interaction

• Bullying Recovery
• Peer Pressure Response
• Healthy Choices
• Positive Friendships
• Relationship Building

Request programming here.

Counties served include: Aransas, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Karnes.

A home for youth preparing to exit foster care. Residents benefit from targeted support to help them transition to adulthood. 

• Support. Through trauma-informed care and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) staff and counselors help youth heal from trauma and plan for their futures.
• Academic Guidance. Case managers help monitor academic performance and guide youth in preparing for higher education or employment.
• Life Skills. Residents benefit from training and education designed to facilitate independent living. Skills include budgeting, credit planning, resume writing, and interviewing.

• Be aged 15-22 and in the foster care system.
• Be enrolled in (or have completed) high school, a GED course, vocational program, college, university, or technical school.
• Seek, obtain, or continue employment (if not enrolled in an educational program).
• Participate in programs on education, vocational training, employment, and volunteer outreach.
• Be capable of acquiring the skills necessary to become economically self-sufficient.
• Live cooperatively and responsibly with other residents in the program.

Transitional Living Program admission must be initiated by the youth's DFPS caseworker or Child Placing Unit. Authorized personnel should send the State of Texas Common Application and psychological evaluation to the agency intake email.