Partners on Campus
Through community partnerships, we are able to effectively address the holistic needs of AISD students. The following partner organizations are currently approved to offer programs and services at this campus. Please visit https://ysm-austin.org for more information including details on service categories, a list of district-wide partners, and advanced search options (e.g., demographics, age groups, key words, zip codes, community-based sites, etc.).
After School and Summer Learning Programs
Providing after-school academic and enrichment supports for children in out-of-school time. The after-school program is offered at FC's on-site community learning centers every day school is…
Services: Academic Enrichment & Support, Physical Health
Providing after-school academic and enrichment supports for children in out-of-school time. The after-school program is offered at FC's on-site community learning centers every day school is in session. Students participate in fitness, academic assistance such as homework help and enrichment activities that support their learning. The program is offered Monday through Friday from 3-6pm.
Primary Service Category: Academic Enrichment & Support
Secondary Service Category: Physical Health
Serving: Elementary (Ages: 5-10), Middle School (Ages: 11-13), High School (Ages: 14-18)
Offered: After School, Summer
Camp Balcones (Summer Camp) - Camp Fire Central Texas
Summer Camp provides opportunities to prevent summer learning loss. Primary Service Category: General & Other Youth Development Secondary Service Category: Environmental Education & Stewar…
Services: General & Other Youth Development, Environmental Education & Stewardship
Summer Camp provides opportunities to prevent summer learning loss.
Primary Service Category: General & Other Youth Development
Secondary Service Category: Environmental Education & Stewardship
Offered: Daytime(during school hours), Summer
Camp Fire Afterschool CLUBS
This is a 1-2 day per week program intended to reconnect kids to nature through environmental education curriculum. Camp Fire Central Texas partners with school districts to provide after-sc…
Services: General & Other Youth Development, Environmental Education & Stewardship
This is a 1-2 day per week program intended to reconnect kids to nature through environmental education curriculum. Camp Fire Central Texas partners with school districts to provide after-school programming to children who might not have access to the Camp Fire USA experience.
Partner school districts include Austin, Del Valle, Pflugerville, Hays, Leander, Eanes and Round Rock Independent School Districts.
Primary Service Category: General & Other Youth Development
Secondary Service Category: Environmental Education & Stewardship
Offered: Afterschool, Summer, Spring Semester, Fall Semester
Clean Creek Campus
Clean Creek Campus is a partnership between Keep Austin Beautiful and the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department to promote environmental stewardship. The program fosters student ste…
Services: Environmental Education & Stewardship
Clean Creek Campus is a partnership between Keep Austin Beautiful and the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department to promote environmental stewardship. The program fosters student stewardship of our natural resources by engaging students in at least two hands-on activities that meet state education standards followed by completion of a service-learning project. Participating schools receive: free hands-on activities led by KAB and WPDR, a tailored service project in a community greenspace - including transportation if necessary, and a Clean Creek Campus banner.
Primary Service Category: Environmental Education & Stewardship
Serving: Schools, Citizens, Community Groups, and Businesses
Offered: Daytime(during school hours)
Creative Action After School
Creative Action sparks and supports the academic, social and emotional development of young people and inspires them to be Creative Artists, Critical Thinkers, Confident Leaders and Courageo…
Services: Arts & Creative Expression, Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health
Creative Action sparks and supports the academic, social and emotional development of young people and inspires them to be Creative Artists, Critical Thinkers, Confident Leaders and Courageous Allies in their communities. The Creative Action After School program provides daily programming that uses arts-based curricula to explore social issues, build self-esteem, and enrich our students' academic experience in the school system. Whether they are exploring diversity through mask and puppet making, creating short films on important issues, writing original performances about their own lives, or creating parades to let other students in their own school know what matters to them, Creative Action students learn how to think creatively, work as a team and believe in themselves. Creative Action provides afterschool care for free to youth and families at some sites, and on a sliding scale at some campuses. Please contact Alyssa Clark-Anaman, Senior Director of Out of School Time Programs if you have questions about what is available at your campus.
Primary Service Category: Arts & Creative Expression
Secondary Service Category: Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health
Serving: Pre-K4 through 8th-grade youth
Offered: After school, Summer, Spring Semester, Fall Semester
Generation Zero Waste
Generation Zero engages youth in fun hands-on activities and service projects that raise awareness about recycling, composting, and conservation while giving students simple solutions for re…
Services: Environmental Education & Stewardship, Community & Civic Engagement
Generation Zero engages youth in fun hands-on activities and service projects that raise awareness about recycling, composting, and conservation while giving students simple solutions for reducing their waste. Schools are more actively recycling and composting, and we want to build on this momentum and educate students about waste. Get involved!
Primary Service Category: Environmental Education & Stewardship
Secondary Service Category: Community & Civic Engagement
Serving: Schools, Citizens, Community Groups, and Businesses (K-12)
Offered: During School, Fall Semester, Spring Semester, Summer
Grief Support Services
We offer hope after the death of a loved one by providing support networks, community education and therapeutic activities that are free, peer-based, and ongoing. Our services are for any ch…
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We offer hope after the death of a loved one by providing support networks, community education and therapeutic activities that are free, peer-based, and ongoing.
Our services are for any child, teen or adult who is grieving the loss of a loved one, regardless of circumstances. We partner with schools, criminal justice agencies, civic and service organizations, businesses, churches and other community groups. Our services are open and available to Austin and all of Central Texas, with group locations across the Austin area and in Williamson County.
Our doors are open to all those who are grieving, regardless of circumstances, relationship or length of time since the death of a loved one has occurred. All of our services are offered free of charge to those who are grieving, so cost is not a barrier to anyone. Please explore our website and contact us at 512-467-2600 for more information on our support groups, information/referral to other providers and remembrance opportunities.
Posts informational resources on website that cover the topic of grief, such as:
- Children and grief List of recommended reading
- Coping with Grief downloadable booklet
- Grief at Home Kits - Includes 8 family activities to help family's through the grieving process.
- Kit may be downloaded from website, or hard copies are available.
Offers the following loss-specific groups:
- Monday Night Austin (breaks in small discussion groups for Loss of a Child/Grandchild, Loss of a Spouse/Partner, and Loss of a Parent, Sibling, or other Significant Loved One)
- Monday Night Georgetown group (breaks into smaller discussion groups based on attendance)
- Tuesday Night Loss to Suicide group
- Wednesday Mixed Loss group (all losses welcome)
- Loss to Overdose (1st and 3rd Tuesdays)
- Crime Victims Loss group (2nd and 4th Tuesdays)
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss group (1st and 4th Tuesdays)
- Grupo en Español, Perdida General (2do y 4to Viernes) / General Loss group in Spanish (2nd and 4th Fridays)
Offers the following loss-specific groups for Children and Teens:
- Kids Who Care (ages 5 - 12) - Brings together children and families with similar death loss. Supports children with art, activity, and story-telling. Dinner is served during the group. Offered in English and Spanish.
- Teen group (ages 13 - 18) - Brings together peers that can relate to the experience of loss.
- Camp Zebra - a five day camp available for children and teens. July 14 - July 18, 2025 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Campers are accepted on a first come first serve basis. A registration fee of $30 for the first camper and $5 per each additional camper applies. A limited number of scholarships is available for families who need assistance with Camp Zebra registration fees. Please contact Rachel Saffer, LCSW-S at rachel@christicenter.org for more information on how to apply for a scholarship
- May offer school-based grief support services in participating Austin ISD schools. Students are identified by school personnel to participate.
All groups are led by trained peer volunteers and co-facilitated by clinical interns pursuing a master's degree in social work or professional counseling.
Does not offer childcare during groups; however, the Kids Who Care program offers grief support for children, ages 5 - 12 years old, and has a concurrent group for the child's parent/guardian.
For a calendar listing of our groups, please go to our website.
Ikids University - Central Texas
iKids U partners with schools, parents, and other organizations to provide exceptional, safe, and convenient enrichment, tutoring, after-school care, and camp programs, that fulfill the educ…
Services: Academic Enrichment & Support, Arts & Creative Expression
iKids U partners with schools, parents, and other organizations to provide exceptional, safe, and convenient enrichment, tutoring, after-school care, and camp programs, that fulfill the educational, creative, and recreational interests of any child!
Primary Service Category: Academic Enrichment & Support
Secondary Service Category: Arts & Creative Expression
Serving: Elementary (Ages: 5-10)
Offered: After School
Individual and group counseling for grieving students
School peer support groups provide a safe place for kids and teens to share their thoughts and feelings with other youth who are also grieving after the death of a family member or close fri…
Services: Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health
School peer support groups provide a safe place for kids and teens to share their thoughts and feelings with other youth who are also grieving after the death of a family member or close friend.
This program provides:
- Peer support group
Primary Service Category: Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health
Students are identified by school personnel and are invited to participate.
Takes place once a week for 8-10 weeks during the school day, usually rotates so that students don’t miss the same class.
Due to Covid-19, they are currently offering the program in a virtual format.
Jr. RBI Baseball & Softball League
Low-cost youth baseball & softball league of Major League Baseball's RBI program.Primary Service Category: Sports & RecreationSecondary Service Category: MentoringServing: Inner-city youth a…
Services: Sports & Recreation, Mentoring
Low-cost youth baseball & softball league of Major League Baseball's RBI program.
Primary Service Category: Sports & Recreation
Secondary Service Category: Mentoring
Serving: Inner-city youth ages 4 - 18
Offered: Evening, Weekends, Summer, Spring Semester
Jr. RBI Baseball/Softball Clinics
"Free instructional baseball & softball clinics for boys & girls ages 4 - 10. May be led by volunteers, NCAA, and/or professional players.Primary Service Category: Sports & RecreationSecond…
Services: Sports & Recreation, Mentoring
"Free instructional baseball & softball clinics for boys & girls ages 4 - 10. May be led by volunteers, NCAA, and/or professional players.
Primary Service Category: Sports & Recreation
Secondary Service Category: Mentoring
Serving: Inner-city youth ages 4 - 18
Time of Day: After School
Leadership Mentoring and Adventure
Long-term group mentorship in the context of outdoor adventure activities with facilitation of leadership framework.Primary Service Category: MentoringSecondary Service Category: General & O…
Services: Mentoring, General & Other Youth Development
Long-term group mentorship in the context of outdoor adventure activities with facilitation of leadership framework.
Primary Service Category: Mentoring
Secondary Service Category: General & Other Youth Development
Offered: , Summer, Spring Semester, Fall Semester
Eligibility: Special Needs: Low income or socioeconomic status (receive free or reduced lunch)
Leaps and Bounds
Leaps & Bounds is a creative dance program for Austin youth taught by Forklift Danceworks' Teaching Artists. Students and children of all ages can participate in developmentally appropriate …
Services: Arts & Creative Expression, General & Other Youth Development
Leaps & Bounds is a creative dance program for Austin youth taught by Forklift Danceworks' Teaching Artists. Students and children of all ages can participate in developmentally appropriate exercises where they solve problems and make personal choices about how to move. This encourages students to draw on inner resources, which improves their self-esteem and engages their imaginations in a positive, creative outlet. Children can practice following directions, making individual choices, expressing themselves and their understanding of curriculum concepts all while collaborating within a group. Moving is learning!
Primary Service Category: Arts & Creative Expression
Secondary Service Category: General & Other Youth Development
Serving: Infants, Preschoolers, Elementary aged children, Parents, Teachers, Schools
Offered: Daytime (during school hours), Summer, Spring Semester, Fall Semester
Eligibility: Non-Geographical - Students at schools in which we are working
Moving Myths of India: Interactive and Educational Performance
Assembly style on-campus for entire school or specific grade levels. In this interactive 45-minute assembly, that addresses the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills), Ms Naimpally appe…
Services: Spirituality & Faith & Culture
Assembly style on-campus for entire school or specific grade levels. In this interactive 45-minute assembly, that addresses the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills), Ms Naimpally appears in traditional costume and presents geographical and cultural background about India. She then explains the background roots of the dance and performs a traditional invocation. She continues with storytelling of traditional stories along with traditional hand gestures, teaching the students customs, words, about her costume, and how to make the hand symbols and clap out Indian rhythms. Ms Naimpally performs several dances as the students follow along clapping and participating with hand gestures.
Primary Service Category: Spirituality & Faith & Culture
Serving: youth from elementary to high school
Offered: In school - other
PALS - Peer Assistance Leadership and Service - Cross Age Peer Mentoring at AISD
AISD High School and Middle School students participate in a TEA-approved PALS class. They are trained in peer mentoring techniques and other youth empowerment skills that the students use …
Services: Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health, Mentoring
AISD High School and Middle School students participate in a TEA-approved PALS class. They are trained in peer mentoring techniques and other youth empowerment skills that the students use to be PALS or mentors to elementary schools in their vertical feeder patterns. We are also working with Elementary Schools to support legacy ES PALS programs as well as start new ones at across the district!
Primary Service Category: Social-Emotional & Behavioral Health
Secondary Service Category: Mentoring
Serving: High, Middle, Elementary School students
Offered: In school - pull out, In school - other, After school, Daytime(during school hours), Evening, Overnight, Weekends, Spring Semester, Fall Semester
For Parents and Families
ConnectATX is a new resource navigation platform of United Way for Greater Austin. ConnectATX is a free online directory that lists free or reduced costs services like medical care, food, housing and more. ConnectATX provides phone and chat assistance in English and Spanish as well as a multilingual translation tool on the webpage.