Our goal is to expose our youth to a variety of activities, locations, and cultures from cradle to career. We encourage school readiness, especially in the areas of reading, math and social development and provide various programs to help with this endeavor.
Our goal is to expose our youth to a variety of activities, locations, and cultures from cradle to career. We encourage school readiness, especially in the areas of reading, math and social development and provide various programs to help with this endeavor.
Summer Camp at Camp Ernst is our tested, best practice response to the well-known risk of learning loss and social dysfunction among low-income youth during the summer months. As an important component of our community-wide effort to help inner city youth succeed, HAC offers Summer Camp at Camp Ernst, during June and July, serving at-risk children, ages 7-13, who reside in Covington public housing. The camp is a partnership between the Housing Authority of Covington and the YMCA/Camp Ernst.
All youth are able to participate in an impressive array of recreational activities within three distinct camp areas: the lake (e.g. canoeing, kayaking, aquacycling), the ropes course (e.g. zipline, airwalk, Burma Bridge), and the valley (e.g. swimming, fishing, archery, horseback riding).
During the recreational component, good behavior is modeled through the effective mentoring of skilled camp counselors. Emphasis is always placed on applying many YMCA core values and social skills, which include: caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, conflict resolution, friendship, trying new things, creativity, independence, teamwork, and much more!
Finally, in addition to all the aforementioned opportunities, the camp experience includes nutritious meals three times a day, healthy snacks, and transportation to and from this 7 day, overnight camp program.
For more information:
Youth Services – Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission
The Youth Enrichment Skills (YES) Program is a multi-week summer program for youth ages 12-15, 2 days a week for 2-hour sessions. The YES Program focuses on employability skills which consist of several components that employers look for that go beyond a student’s academic ability. YES Program Participants have the opportunity to:
HAC offers T.R.A.K (Teen Readiness and Knowledge) Club in the Latonia Terrace Community. T.R.A.K Club is a weekly on-site afterschool program for youth in grades 6*”-8″ and is designed to support social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development, reduce risky behaviors, promote physical health, and provide a safe and supportive environment for HAC middle schoolers. Participants have the opportunity to practice life-skills and engage in a service- learning field trip.
The Housing Authority of Covington collaborates with various community partners to offer a variety of programs during out-of- school time for HAC students.
For more information on the programs HAC offers, please contact the Resident Services Manager at April.Peacock@hacov.org
