Thursday night program from 6-7:30 providing academic and enrichment opportunities and dinner.
K-4
ROCA – 140 Wilson Street
Thursday night program providing academic and enrichment opportunities and dinner.
All ages open from 6PM-7:30
Teen program (middle and high school students only) 7:30-8:30.
Family Strengthening and Preservation Services
Because sometimes families encounter multiple obstacles to their stability and wellness, Waypoint has an array of services to help families at-risk to heal, overcome challenges, build resilience and skills, and gain the tools and resources they need to provide safe, nurturing home environments for their children, and improve long-range family functioning and independence. For a complete list and description of this service array: https://waypointnh.org/programs/familypreservation.
Family Support
Because children don’t come with a “How to Raise Me” guidebook, Waypoint’s Family Resource Centers offer an array of family support services for families with children ages 0-21. Services are designed to help your family through any type of challenge, whether it’s first time parenting, making ends meet, parental substance misuse, housing or employment instability, child wellness, child behaviors, education, or emotional stressors. Services may be provided in the comfort of your family home, or anywhere else you feel comfortable in the community.
IGYB IN THE COMMUNITY
Adult and Student Ambassadors create a culture kindness through activities with children
Activities include inclusion activities helping connecting those who feel disconnected
IGYB IN SCHOOLS – ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Ambassadors create a constant presence of kindness through activities and signage throughout the school
Kickoff typically at all-school meetings; students gets wristband and letter goes home to parents
Activities are typically planned through student-club organizations or student councils
Peer-to-peer grief support groups
The Friends of Aine Center, located in Manchester, NH, provides FREE peer-to-peer support groups for grieving children, teens, and families. In New Hampshire, 1 in 12 children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before age 18. Childhood bereavement is a prevalent and critical public health issue that can have a profound impact on a child’s future wellbeing. Friends of Aine is the only non-profit organization in NH whose sole mission is to support grieving families.
City Year New Hampshire
Amoskeag Health School-Based Counseling Services
Onsite school-based behavioral health services
LAUNCH at Amoskeag Health
LAUNCH Manchester provides this optional program to families with young children ages (0-8) and pregnant women who receive health services at Amoskeag Health. LAUNCH provides families with access to a variety of internal resources and external referrals to ensure all young children and their families have what they need to thrive. Families may receive access to: concrete supports to meet immediate needs, financial empowerment tools, support accessing and managing state benefits, support with existing service coordination and referrals to community resources like family support, mental health, tax assistance and Family Centered Early Supports and Services among others.
Ready Set LAUNCH at Amoskeag Health
Ready Set LAUNCH is a FREE, one-time newborn home visit service available to all Manchester residents who give birth at the Elliot Hospital. After giving birth, families are introduced to the Newborn Navigator who will explain the service and inquire about scheduling the visit. Visits are currently occurring remotely. Prior to the visit, participants will receive a Welcome Baby Bag with newborn essentials. During the visit, the Newborn Navigator will support the family by understanding how their transition from the hospital home has been, inquire about existing needs, and provide access to community resources and referrals.
Should the Newborn Navigator determine a family is eligible and could benefit from Enhanced Navigation, an additional five home visits will be provided. These additional visits will provide additional resources and targeted support to address specific needs
Best Buddies School Friendship Chapters
We promote inclusion by matching individuals with and without disabilities in one-to-one friendships based on age, gender, and shared interests.
Virtual Community Service Tutor
Program is an academic enrichment program that supports remote and in-class learning for students within the Manchester School District. The program provides an educational infrastructure to assist students, parents, and families with navigating the virtual/school learning platform, homework help, and subject matter support. The VCST program seeks to provide these academic services to ease the burden imposed on students, parents, and families due to COVID-19, racial disparity and distance learning. The program provides a platform in which high school and college students are able to obtain community service hour credits in exchange for providing tutoring services to other students in need. The need for this tutoring program conversations with parents, students, and community members, directly support students and families struggling with remote learning. academic support for families and students during this pandemic and period of remote learning. Many parents have expressed that they need support in the following areas: academic, virtual learning platform navigation, technical troubleshooting, and access to devices, internet services and family education around learning in America.
FIRST @Home
As a global robotics community that prepares young people for the future, FIRST ® is committed to continuing our efforts to give students the skills and confidence they need to change the world – today and tomorrow. FIRST @Home is your source to learn about opportunities for STEM skill development, FIRST supported activities, and unique events in the FIRST community
Build Me Up
Girls at Work provides after school and summer “Build Me Up” programs. Our program empowers girls through building with power tools and being creative with STEM activities.
Fun in the Sun
Fun In the Sun is a summer program for Manchester kids. We fill their summer days with games, arts & crafts, swim lessons and more! The program is open to Manchester residents who are entering grades 1 to 8. The program is held for six weeks from July through mid-August. Piscataquog River Park hosts our 1 to 4 grades while Livingston Park hosts grades 5 to 8.