About Us

Nurturing the Next Generation of Diverse Young Leaders Crossroads for Kids inspires at-risk youth to develop their innate potential to become members of the next generation of diverse young leaders in Boston and Massachusetts, breaking the cycle of poverty and under-achievement and yielding systemic change in the communities where they live. Through a unique combination of immersive summer camp and year-round mentoring and enrichment programs, Crossroads provides youth ages 7 – 18 years old with comprehensive support, resources and opportunities which guide them toward academic success, higher education, meaningful careers and responsible citizenship. Our Impact Currently, of the over 1000 at-risk youth Crossroads for Kids serves annually in our immersive summer programs, 40% participate in our comprehensive multi-year, year-round programs. Our experience has proven that children who are long-term members of our Crossroads for Kids year-round family (5-10 years) maintain a motivation for academic success resulting in 100% graduating from high school with 90% achieving college acceptance. The majority of our teens are first generation college students and serve in leadership positions on their campuses. Over 25% of our graduates continue their relationship with Crossroads for Kids and return to work in our programs excited to pay their experience forward.