ASSOCIATES FOR RENEWAL IN EDUCATION, INC., or ARE, has been serving the Washington, DC, community for over thirty years. We are a multi-service agency working primarily with at-risk and undeserved infants, children, youth, and adults to improve the quality of their lives through intervention, education, and employment and life-skills training.

ARE provides a continuum of care from early childhood centers to parenting and job readiness programs. In addition, we provide linkages to other agencies that extend our services. Administratively, we focus our service delivery through an education division and a residential services division, with sites located throughout the city.

In all of our programs, we respect the individuality of our customers, and we believe that all people deserve a safe haven. Our purpose is to be a partner in making the District of Columbia a better place in which to live and do business.

We at ARE are “In the Community—For the Community—and of the Community.”

Program Funding

ARE's programs are funded by a wide variety of governmental agencies, foundations, individual donations, and program fees, although no child is turned away if his or her parent is unable to pay. At present, ARE’s major sources of programmatic income include: the DC Dept of Human Services Early Care and Education Adminstration (ECEA), the DC Department of Employment Services (DOES), the DC Public Schools, the DC Child and Family Services Administration, the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Administration, the DC Department of Transportation, the Hospital for Sick Children’s Health Services with Special Needs (HSCSN); and some private donations.

ARE is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation and donations are tax deductible to the full extend of the law. To make a donation contact: the Executive Director's office at (202) 483-9424, or to make an online donation, please click here.