The Salvation Army After-School Programs
The Salvation Army, 2270 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
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The Salvation Army After-School Programs offer homework assistance, tutoring, and academic support in reading, math, and science, along with enrichment activities such as art, music, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), martial arts, sports, and culinary arts. The programs also include team-building activities, cooperative learning experiences, youth sports leagues for basketball and futsal, and creative options like choir, band, dancing, drawing, writing, acting, an after-school music program, and instrument training.
• Price: The Salvation Army’s after-school programs are described as no-fee and low-cost.
The Salvation Army states that its after-school programs provide safe and structured environments for kids during after-school hours and that no-fee and low-cost programs offer children a chance to play sports and learn athletic skills. In some communities, these programs include a computer lab that offers academic support, homework help, and enrichment opportunities to kids who otherwise have no access to computers, youth sports leagues for basketball and futsal, and an after-school music program created when area schools could no longer afford arts programming. One local Salvation Army after-school program in St. Paul, Minnesota, is described as a safe haven for kids in a neighborhood with drugs, gangs, and sex work, offering activities that empower them to envision brighter futures.
The Salvation Army reports that its youth community after-school programs provide no-cost or low-cost music and art education. The organization states that it serves all without unlawful discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic in accordance with its capacity to help.
The Salvation Army’s mission statement describes it as an international movement and an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church, with a message based on the Bible and a ministry motivated by the love of God, with a mission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The Salvation Army has been pursuing this mission since 1865. Its leadership includes General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham at The Salvation Army International Headquarters, and Commissioners Merle and Dawn Heatwole as the National Commander and National Secretary for Program for The Salvation Army in the U.S.
A parent from the Eastside After-School Program in St. Paul, Minnesota, reports that the program includes tutoring and help with homework in reading, math, and science, and shared that an older child who was behind in math and some reading improved in those areas. The same parent notes that there is always a new dance, a new friend, a new song learned, or a different skill mastered that the children did not know before, and describes the program as something that is exciting to the kids and something else for them to do.
Last updated July 30, 2026.
• Price: The Salvation Army’s after-school programs are described as no-fee and low-cost.
The Salvation Army states that its after-school programs provide safe and structured environments for kids during after-school hours and that no-fee and low-cost programs offer children a chance to play sports and learn athletic skills. In some communities, these programs include a computer lab that offers academic support, homework help, and enrichment opportunities to kids who otherwise have no access to computers, youth sports leagues for basketball and futsal, and an after-school music program created when area schools could no longer afford arts programming. One local Salvation Army after-school program in St. Paul, Minnesota, is described as a safe haven for kids in a neighborhood with drugs, gangs, and sex work, offering activities that empower them to envision brighter futures.
The Salvation Army reports that its youth community after-school programs provide no-cost or low-cost music and art education. The organization states that it serves all without unlawful discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic in accordance with its capacity to help.
The Salvation Army’s mission statement describes it as an international movement and an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church, with a message based on the Bible and a ministry motivated by the love of God, with a mission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The Salvation Army has been pursuing this mission since 1865. Its leadership includes General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham at The Salvation Army International Headquarters, and Commissioners Merle and Dawn Heatwole as the National Commander and National Secretary for Program for The Salvation Army in the U.S.
A parent from the Eastside After-School Program in St. Paul, Minnesota, reports that the program includes tutoring and help with homework in reading, math, and science, and shared that an older child who was behind in math and some reading improved in those areas. The same parent notes that there is always a new dance, a new friend, a new song learned, or a different skill mastered that the children did not know before, and describes the program as something that is exciting to the kids and something else for them to do.
Last updated July 30, 2026.
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