Children are facing overwhelming obstacles. Drugs, peer pressure, gangs, hopelessness, disregard for human life... the list goes on.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington gives youth the guidance and arms them with the tools to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and live successfully as self-sufficient adults.

Programs deal with sensitive topics such as drug and gang prevention, self-esteem, HIV/AIDS prevention, safety, teen pregnancy prevention and more.

SMART Moves (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training)

This nationally acclaimed comprehensive prevention program helps young people resist alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, as well as premature sexual activity. SMART Moves features engaging, interactive, small-group activities that increase participants' peer support, enhance their life skills, build their resiliency and strengthen their leadership skills.

This year-round program's components include SMART Kids for ages 6-19; Start SMARAR, for ages 10-12, Stay SMART, for ages 13-15, and SMART Leaders for older teens.

Passport to Manhood

This program promotes and teaches responsibility to boys ages 11-14. Each Club members is issues a passport to underscore the notion that he is on a personal journey of maturation and growth.

SMART Girls

SMART Girls is a small-group program that enhances girls' physical and emotional well-being and increases their self-esteem. Through dynamic sessions, highly participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good health care, and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

Boys & Girls Club PROGRAMS are tools for inspiring and enabling young people to realize their full potential.