Empowering DC's youth to graduate and succeed in life.

Children in Horton’s Kids are twice as likely to graduate from high school. 

What We Do

Supporting children in Southeast DC is at the heart of our mission. Our holistic approach centers on partnership: connecting with the child, their family, school, and community – to ensure they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. Your impact is dramatic: children in Horton’s Kids are twice as likely to graduate from high school.
Horton’s Kids understands that there is no “one size fits all” solution. Our approach is multi-faceted and intersects through four reinforcing strands of service: academics, youth development, health and wellness, and family engagement.

We work to close the academic gap for each child by providing one-on-one tutoring, literacy intervention, homework help, and educational advocacy.

We offer children opportunities to broaden their horizons, find new interests, explore their strengths, and enjoy childhood. 

We provide food, clothing, personal hygiene products, and other items that children need to grow and be healthy.

We partner closely with parents to promote their children’s progress, and provide families with essential resources that reduce stress and promote stability.



Make A Difference

Horton’s Kids empowers more than 600 youth to improve their academic outcomes, develop important character traits, and access healthy meals. The graduation rate for Horton’s Kids participants is twice the neighborhood average.

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Success Stories

With the goal of seeing every child graduate from high school ready for college, career, and life, Horton’s Kids is having significant impacts on the children we serve. Here are just a few of their stories.
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“My Horton’s Kids tutor always told me I could be whatever I wanted to be… More and more people telling you the same thing, you start believing it.”

Macey
Macey

“Horton’s Kids has truly been like a second family to me. They have been there every step of the way.”

Tyrec
Tyrec