DHDC’S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Youth development programs are held year-round for youth ages 5-24. Youth living in Southwest Detroit are provided transportation to and from our center.
Please fill out the registration form for our 2024-2025 after school program here: Sign Up.
I. Youth Development
Youth Education Program
DHDC provides educational programming for K-12 youth within the Michigan Central impact zone. DHDC wraps a youth development framework around the STEM component of our program, including opportunities for trauma healing. This program provides support services and mentorship to participants through elementary and high school until they graduate and go on to post-secondary education.
Urban Arts Academy
Youth create art, music, and video to tell their stories. Cultural awareness is woven throughout the program, including the rights of passage curriculum.
Youth Leadership
Youth create art, music, and video to tell their stories. Cultural awareness is woven throughout the program, including the rights of passage curriculum.
Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Building brighter future
(Funded by Best Buy and the Clubhouse Network)
The BBTTC is a “maker space” for hands-on projects including video production, VR, music studio, 3-D printing, and graphic design.
Youth Leadership
(Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and 482Forward)
Youth learn skills to engage in leadership and organizing activities around several issues, including environmental justice and education reform.
II. STEM Education and Career Pathways
C2C Pathways: Clubhouse 2 Career (Funded by Best Buy and the Clubhouse Network)
Youth participate in weekly workshops on their specific C2C pathway, college/career readiness, hands-on projects, and paid summer internships.
Robotics Engineering Center of Detroit (Funded by Ford Motor Co.)
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) programs include the RECD robotics build site for 10 FIRST Robotics teams supported by mentors.
College Access and Success (Funded by Jacob Family Foundation and Detroit College Access Network)
This program helps students to enter and complete post-secondary education with case management and mentoring throughout their senior year in high school to college completion. It includes informational sessions for parents and students, college tours, assistance in completing applications and financial aid forms, and ongoing support.
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