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The Greater Peoria Family YMCA is a nonprofit community service organization located in Peoria, Ill. The organization provides private and group swimming lessons for people of all age groups. It s the Teen R.E.A.C.H program includes recreational activities, life skills, employment training, and academic and physical fitness programs. The Greater Peoria Family YMCA s the Minority Achievers program provides employment and drug and alcohol prevention education. The organization offers various adventure activities, such as horse back riding, snow tubing and go-carting for children in kindergarten through grade eight. It provides before- and after-school child care to children in kindergarten through sixth grade. In addition, the Greater Peoria Family YMCA offers aerobic, martial arts, sports, and health and fitness programs.

Operational for more than 40 years, Children s Home is a nonprofit social service organization. Located in Peoria, Ill., the agency is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education, Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, and North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. A nonsectarian agency, it is also licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The agency serves more than 2,000 children annually, and employs over 5000 personnel. Children s Home offers a wide variety of services, such as live-in care and treatment solutions, temporary and permanent residential units, group homes, supervised independent living, and foster care for children with social, emotional and behavioral problems. It also offers special educational programs, community-based services, in-home counseling, mental health services, crisis intervention and abuse prevention programs.