HOPE YOUTH CENTER | PAST THE POD

Hope Youth Center is the first true equitable learning pod in MN, free and open to all. We cultivate and provide whole community health and healing by supporting full-time distance learners with tech, tutors, tools, meals and healthy snacks, enrichment, engagement, art, music, mental health support, etc. in a safe space. Currently 95% of our students are BIPOC and qualify for free and reduced lunch, 85% have an existing IEP or 504 plan (special ed). We are open every day, all day 8-4pm -- NOT a drop-in or after-school program. Parents are essential workers, single parents w/multiple children, have language barriers, etc. Even if there is a hybrid or FT option, some families do not want their kid in school during a pandemic.

On November 10th, we moved into Allina Commons at Midtown Exchange; a modern, well-appointed facility with a secure private entrance, excellent ventilation, high ceilings, and our own large break room. Students will have their own office pods with partitions, and no immediate neighbor. 

COVID-19 SAFETY IS #1: COVID-19 protocol will be strictly followed - daily temperature check, masks required, 6ft distance, frequent sanitizing.