Contact & Locations

(815) 933-2493

Educational Services

Garden of Prayer Youth Center's Education Division operates our Early Education, School Age and Parent Mentor Programs.

Our NAC accredited and GOLD Quality Rated Early Education program includes our Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Programs. With two sites, the needs of children age 6 weeks-5 years old are met through quality learning and care.

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Our School Age Programs include the Students Excel with Family Enrichment (S.E.F.E.) program which provides Before and After School Care to children ages 6-15 years through Teen REACH and Our School Age Program is our Safety through Arts, Fun and Education (S.A.F.E.) Summer Day Camp which provides 8 weeks of fun-filled, educational and spiritual day camp.

Watch our S.A.F.E. Summer Camp program:

In our Parent Mentor Program we successfully recruit and train parents in our community as well as the parents of children in our early education centers to provide in-classroom support to area public school educators teaching Pre-K to 3 grade.

Early Education

School Age Programs

Parent Mentor Program

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