By The Hand Club For Kids

Helping children who live in under-resourced neighborhoods have abundant life. By The Hand is a Christ-centered, after-school program that takes kids by the hand and walks with them from kindergarten through college, loving and nurturing them—mind, body and soul. By The Hand began in 2001 with 16 children from Cabrini-Green. Since then, we have witnessed transformation within the lives of our kids—and within our organization. Thanks to the countless people who started with one step, one gift, one prayer, one student, we now serve more than 2,000 kids from Cabrini-Green, Altgeld-Murray, Austin, North Austin and Englewood.

We provide academic assistance, literacy programming, warm meals, social and emotional learning, enriching activities and more. We conduct these activities in our own buildings, in grade specific classroom settings.