Dorchester - After School Care at the Branch

The Dorchester Family YMCA - School Age Child Care

776 Washington Street

Dorchester, MA 02124

617.436.7750        ext 216

The Dorchester Family YMCA is a school-age child care program that provides a supervised, dependable, caring environment for children.  The program design offers homework assistance, arts and crafts, creative dance, creative activities and games, sports, fun-filled field trips and daily snacks.  The program provides a safe haven for children and youths, five days a week, 52 weeks a year and encourages Character Development including the YMCA values- respect, responsibility, honesty, and caring.  Family Engagement is an essential factor in the success of our program.

The BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM runs from 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. with breakfast.  The AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM runs from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Program Components

• Homework assistance                     
• Health and Wellness Programming
• Swimming                                      
• Creative arts/self-expression
• Monthly "Parent Night"                   
• Entrepeneurial Club
• Gender specific programming          
• Field Trips (Educational and Fun)
• Drop-In Program (Middle & High School youths)
• Peer Educators program
• YWIRLS Girls Program - Funded by the United Way's TGTL Program
• Boston Campaign for Proficiency - "Get Smart Mindset for Parents & Families"
• For ages 8 - 14 yrs