Welcome to the West Philadelphia Community Center, based in the Mantua neighborhood.

Throughout our 40,000-square-foot facility in West Philadelphia, we offer services and programs utilizing our gymnasium, a competition-sized swimming pool, and commercial kitchen. The center is home to our Early Learning Center, where we help shape the minds of children in our Pre-Kindergarten programs including Head Start, Pre-K Counts, and PHL Pre-K. It also houses our Boys & Girls Club Teen Center and senior services.

Programs at this Site

Early Learning Center

The Early Learning Center at our West Philly Center offers Head start programming, serves children from 1 to 5 years old, and has achieved the highest Keystone STAR 4 program quality rating. We accept Pennsylvaia Child Care Works (subsidy) and offer PA PreK Counts and PHL PreK high quality pre-kindergarten programs.

Daily activities include nutritious meals and snacks, learning and literacy activites, outdoor play in our secure playgrounds or indoor play in our gymnasium.

Boys & Girls Clubs

Our Boys & Girls Clubs offer after school, summer camp and teen programs for children ages 6–18. This site is also hojme to our Teen Center. Activities include:

● Fitness, sports and recreation

● Arts, from drawing and painting to music and theater

● Homework help and tutoring

● Career development, health and life skills classes

● Character and leadership development

Our kids participate in local, state, regional and national contests and activities.