What We Do
Horton’s Kids empowers children growing up in DC’s most under-resourced communities so that they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. We serve 600 children and their families living in Wellington Park & Stanton Oaks – neighborhoods that have been profoundly impacted by decades of disinvestment and barriers to opportunity. Your impact is dramatic: children in Horton’s Kids are twice as likely to graduate from high school.
Academics
We seek to close the academic gap for each child by providing one-on-one tutoring, literacy intervention, homework help, and educational advocacy.
Youth Development
Our programs offer children opportunities to broaden their horizons, find new interests, explore their strengths, and give them the chance to enjoy childhood.
Health & Wellness
Horton’s Kids provides food, clothing, personal hygiene products, and other items that children need to grow and be healthy.
Family Engagement
We partner closely with parents to promote their children’s progress, while providing 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.
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.
“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.”
“Horton’s Kids has truly been like a second family to me. They have been there every step of the way.”
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