Game Changers VP-Project

Books Over Balls provides services to at-risk youth through cohort-based, after-school, education/vocational, and recreational programming. Specific youth performance goals include: engaging youth in meaningful and constructive activities, creating and presenting a coordinated, effective, empirically informed, youth gun violence prevention program, and establishing a positive "Youth Voice" within their community.

Date of Last Formal Update

08/15/2023

Data provided by

211 Metro Chicago

Location

5222 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60609

Hours

Mon 10:00am - 7:00pm; Tue 10:00am - 7:00pm; Wed 10:00am - 7:00pm; Thu 10:00am - 7:00pm; Fri 10:00am - 7:00pm;

Application process

Call for additional information

Languages

English

Service area

Cook county, IL

Agency info

Books Over Balls

Books Over Balls (BOB) is a non-profit organization that uses basketball as a platform to provide life skills and academic support to youth in Chicago. BOB's mission is to positively change lives through solutions-based programs.