Programs

Find your thing.

Music, dance, science, college prep, and adventures all over Los Angeles. Monday through Thursday until 6:30 pm during the school year, summer camp when school’s out.

Every program is free.

A student playing keyboard on the showcase stage

Pick a program, register in minutes

Every program is free. Each Register button takes you straight to that program’s signup.

North Hollywood Teen Program

Afterschool for teens at our Otsego Street home.

North Hollywood Pre-Teens

Afterschool for pre-teens at Otsego Street.

North Hollywood Youth Program at Lankershim Arts

Arts-forward programming in the NoHo Arts District.

Van Nuys Teen Program

Afterschool for teens at our Van Nuys home.

Vaughn High School College & Career

College and career prep on campus at Vaughn.

Coming soon

Young Adult / TAY Program

For young adults, ages 18 to 24.

Coming soon

Parent Programming & Support

Workshops and support for the grown-ups.

Coming soon

Summer Camp

Academic mornings, field-trip afternoons, all summer.

Coming soon

Start with an instrument

Guitar, drums, piano, keys. Students learn from mentors who have played for decades, practice on instruments waiting for them on site, and work toward one night in June when the whole community shows up to watch.

Instruments are provided on site. The June Showcase is 26 years running.

Mentors playing congas and timbales at the showcase

Wednesdays are for dancing

Movement, confidence, performance. Dance class builds all three, and every routine gets its moment on the showcase stage in front of a full crowd.

Four students mid-move in a dance routine

Homework first. Then the fun stuff.

Every afternoon starts with homework help and a healthy snack, so the work is done before parents get off shift. Then the tables fill up: science experiments, coding, drawing, and whatever a kid is curious about that week.

250,000+ homework assignments finished in 25 years.

A student smiling and holding up her emoji drawings

See the future up close

Our teens do not just hear about careers. They practice clinical skills in the Cedars-Sinai simulation lab, walk the Black College Expo, and sit with mentors to plan what comes after 18. HBCU Night is a tradition.

Ages 8 to 24. The older they get, the bigger the doors.

A teen practicing clinical skills in a hospital simulation lab

The whole city is the classroom

The LA Zoo, the California Science Center, Dodger Stadium, a working fire station. Field trips go all over Los Angeles, and for many of our kids it is the first visit.

Campers in blue Hands4Hope LA shirts on a Los Angeles Fire Department truck

For the whole family

A helping hand for the family, not just a place to drop your kids.

Parent workshopsThe learning includes the grown-ups.

Monthly food pantryGroceries for program families, no questions asked.

Resource fairsTwice a year, families connect with the services they need, in one place.

HopewalkEvery May we fill North Hollywood Park for Mental Health Month.

Families stretching together at Hopewalk in North Hollywood Park — Hopewalk 2024, North Hollywood Park.

Summer camp, when school’s out

Academic mornings so nobody slides backward, then a summer of field trips: Underwood Farms, Castaic Lake, the science center, the fire station. Same staff, same names, all summer long.

Campers riding go-karts on a summer field trip

Mon–Thu until 6:30 pm

During the school year. Summer camp in summer.

Every program free

No fees, no tiers, no exceptions.

Ages 8 to 24

Elementary through young adults.

Transportation

Low-cost rides from partner schools.

Ready for them to find their thing? Registration takes minutes.

Every program is free. Low-cost transportation from partner schools is available.