Freedom Schools

The mission of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

The CDF Freedom Schools® program provides summer and after-school enrichment through a research-based and multicultural program model that supports K-12 scholars and their families through five essential components: 

• high quality academic and character-building enrichment;
• parent and family involvement;
• civic engagement and social action;
• intergenerational servant leadership development;
• and nutrition, health and mental health.