The iCareKC Youth Journey

A child can grow up with iCareKC

Each stage builds on the last, so the adults, skills and goals a young person gains in one season carry into the next.

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Four stages

From kindergarten to launch

  1. K–5 Elementary

    Explore

    • Academic foundations
    • Recreation
    • Arts
    • STEM
    • Mentoring
  2. 6–8 Middle school

    Discover

    • Career exposure
    • Leadership
    • Technology
    • Life skills
    • Mentoring
  3. 9–12 High school

    Prepare

    • College
    • Career
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Financial literacy
    • Employment
  4. Grad After graduation

    Launch

    • College transition
    • Apprenticeship
    • Employment
    • Military
    • Entrepreneurship

Then our graduates come back as mentors, volunteers, employees and donors. That is how a youth program becomes a community institution.

See every program

What each stage looks like

Programs that meet kids where they are

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Explore · Elementary

Strong foundations and a love of learning

Young children build reading and math skills in iCare After 3 and Camp iCareKC, and try robotics, art, music and sports for the first time.

iCare After 3 · iCare Saturdays · Camp iCareKC · Break Camps · iCare Mentors

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Discover · Middle school

Finding interests, voice and direction

Middle schoolers explore careers, build technology skills and start leading. Many join a long-term mentoring match.

iCare Teen Zone · STEM Lab · iCare Creative · Leadership Academy · iCare Mentors

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Prepare · High school

A real plan for life after graduation

Teens visit employers, earn paychecks, learn to budget and save, and get hands-on help with college applications and FAFSA.

iCare Futures · Teen Summer Institute · iCare Works · iCare Money

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Launch · After graduation

Support through the first big step

Graduates get help starting college, an apprenticeship, a job, military service or their own business, then come back to lift up the next class.

Become a mentor