OurBridge was featured in the Afterschool Alliance article “ourBRIDGE for KIDS working with immigrant and refugee families amidst COVID-19.”
Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, ourBRIDGE for KIDS (ourBRIDGE) is an afterschool program that works with immigrant and refugee students new to the United States. The program—whose three core pillars are academic support, trauma-informed care, and cultural pride—serves approximately 150 K-8 students daily who represent 22 different cultures, 100 percent of whom qualify for federal free or reduced price lunch, and more than 80 percent are English language learners.