COA Youth & Family Centers
Non-profit OrganizationsWisconsin, United States51-200 Employees
COA Youth & Family Centers is a mid-sized nonprofit based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It traces its roots to the Children’s Outing Association, founded in 1906 by Jewish women who sought to help families in poverty achieve self-sufficiency and raise healthy children, drawing on the settlement-house model. Over the past century, COA has evolved into a network of family-centered services and now serves more than 10,000 children and families through coordinated programs in early childhood, youth development, and community development. The organization emphasizes that parents’ direct engagement in a child’s learning beyond COA’s walls is essential to the impact of its work, with three core focus areas guiding its programming: Early Child Development, Youth Development, and Community Development.