Intergenerational Program Database

We provide resources, education, and support to ensure the best possible future for the children in Grandfamilies. We also provide Family First services for families who are struggling with addiction. These services include in home supportive services that address the needs to the entire family.

Reach Out Arts teaches people to use their creativity to help others and strengthen their communities through educational and outreach programs. ROA's Music Plus classes provide an uplifting experience to people of all ages and levels of disability, including non-verbal. Freewheeling and fun, Music Plus allows our natural love for music and self-expression to fully realize through singing, dancing, percussion, or even just listening.

Fit-2-Serves mission to be a catalyst for change in our community of Mattoon, IL. We have many Community Bridges programs to help us succeed in our mission. Our intergenerational program is called Generation-2-Generation. We are connecting over 500 kindergarten and 3rd-grade students with residents at 7 different senior living centers in Mattoon, IL.

Kindermusik class with toddlers and the day residents of ElderCenter of Statesville in the adult day care facility.

COOL Preschool is a portable quality preschool experience which takes place in care centers and senior living centers where senior friends can assist.

Our Child Care Center is structured for daily exploration and Intergenerational interactions with residents living on Episcopal Homes' campus. Kinder Village is a Child Care center located in the heart of St. Paul. Keyword: Shared Site

Grand Family Camp is Harmony Family Center’s therapeutic pilot program for grandparents raising their grandchildren. In Tennessee an opiate addiction epidemic has led to child abuse/neglect and family dysfunction. As a result, more grandparents are stepping in to prevent their grandchildren from entering foster care; most are unprepared for the challenge of parenting children who have suffered trauma. The three-day Grand Family Camps offer grandparents and grandchildren a time for learning, respite, and healing – for bonding through shared experiences and for meeting other multi-generational families who share common challenges. Camp programming includes individual and family counseling, education on understanding the effects of traumatic stress and parenting children who have suffered trauma, and a range of recreational activities that promote child and family health and well-being and strengthen family connections. Camp emphasis is on having fun, promoting attachment, education, and practical, day-to-day issues, including grandparents’ rights and associated legal issues. Participant surveys for our first camp were enthusiastic. Grandparents especially enjoyed meeting other grandparents raising grandchildren. Grandchildren loved everything. We are convinced this model is effective in achieving our goals: family preservation, increasing health and stability of grandparent-headed families, and decreasing the number of children entering the child welfare system.

OASIS Tutoring is an in-school, curriculum-based literacy program that pairs older adult volunteer tutors with children in grades K-3 who have been identified as academically at risk because they are reading below grade level. New tutors complete 12 hours of training in the OASIS approach to literacy. Children are selected by their teachers and are paired with OASIS tutors. The tutor training and OASIS session plans are designed to align with state learning standards. Tutors work one-on-one with students, making a commitment to work with a child at least once a week for a full school year. The tutor reads quality literature with the child, writes the child’s thoughts in an OASIS journal, the student reads his/her journal entries, and they practices skill-building activities such as letter or word recognition and vocabulary exploration. OASIS tutors offer the one-on-one support that classroom teachers would like to provide to individual students – but they don’t have time for during the school day. In this literacy-based mentoring program, one-on-one OASIS tutoring sessions with a caring older adult also build confidence and self-esteem, forming the foundation for a better attitude toward reading and language arts and improved academic performance.

OASIS Tutoring is an in-school, curriculum-based literacy program that pairs older adult volunteer tutors with children in grades K-3 who have been identified as academically at risk because they are reading below grade level. New tutors complete 12 hours of training in the OASIS approach to literacy. Children are selected by their teachers and are paired with OASIS tutors. The tutor training and OASIS session plans are designed to align with state learning standards. Tutors work one-on-one with students, making a commitment to work with a child at least once a week for a full school year. The tutor reads quality literature with the child, writes the child’s thoughts in an OASIS journal, the student reads his/her journal entries, and they practice skill-building activities such as letter or word recognition and vocabulary exploration. OASIS tutors offer the one-on-one support that classroom teachers would like to provide to individual students – but they don’t have time for during the school day. In this literacy-based mentoring program, one-on-one OASIS tutoring sessions with a caring older adult also build confidence and self-esteem, forming the foundation for a better attitude toward reading and language arts and improved academic performance.

Mount Kisco Child Care Center is an Intergenerational shared site that partners with Family Services Of Westchester- My Second Home's Adult Day program. Both programs are under one roof and provide opportunities for children and older adults to get together 3 to 4 times each day to create art, make music, prepare food or share a meal. MKCCC is a non-profit organization serving 140 infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children (before and after school programs). Our mission to provide high-quality care for all children in the community regardless of ability to pay. Keyword: Shared SIte