The Ventanilla program represents a new integral part of service delivery at the Mexican Consulate and provides Mexican immigrants who are new to the U.S. financial system with access to vital resources for getting banked, gaining access to free tax preparation and the Earned Income Tax Credit, establishing credit and building a secure financial future within the trusted and culturally relevant setting of the Consulate strengthening the financial stability of immigrant households by embedding financial empowerment strategies into local and intergovernmental infrastructure.

To learn more about Ventanilla de Asesoria Financiera click here.

Ventanilla De Salud (VDS), in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate, provides health education and health service referrals to the San Antonio immigrant community. The objective of the VDS is to improve access to primary and preventive health services, increase coverage in public insurance and promote a culture of health prevention for Mexicans living in the United States. In addition, VDS can provide information on educational, legal, and financial guidance.

You can also make your inquiry by email at [email protected] or by phone at (210)956-6943, (210) 227-9145 ext. 3626, or from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM at (210) 433-9922 ext. 235.

VDS operates at the Consulate of Mexico.

The Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program, a partnership between HRSA and CDC, has begun at select HRSA-funded health centers specializing in caring for hard-to-reach and disproportionately affected populations. The goal is to address health equity in vaccine delivery by providing a direct supply of COVID-19 vaccines to health centers that serve these populations. The YWCA participates in these efforts by hosting vaccine clinics throughout the community and participating in education efforts.

Click here for YWCA upcoming health events.

Click here for Metro Health Covid-19 Information.

Our Economic Empowerment program promotes financial security for families through small business training, financial counseling, and access to financial resources.

Services Include:

• Financial Empowerment: financial literacy, debt relief, budgeting, and individual financial counseling.

• Ventanilla de Asesoría Financiera: Assistance to newcomers to gain access to banking, legal, and financial resources.

• Workshops: Training for self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs.

The ENCORE Plus program provides referral services and education on early detection of breast cancer to medically underserved women in San Antonio and surrounding areas.

Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines vary based on a woman's age and risk factors for breast cancer. See the program website for more information.

• Women 40 years and older.
• Have not received a mammogram within the last 12 months.
• Do not have medical insurance or insurance has a high deductible.

For more information, email [email protected].

Empower individuals to manage finances, plan for retirement, protect their assets and guard against fraud and abuse. Addresses the need for seniors to be financially literate, and independent.

Our Health Equity Team is committed to empowering all members of our community to live their healthiest lives. With a focus on eliminating health disparities promoting equity, and increasing access to health information and care.

Our services include:

• Women's health: Mammography, cervical cancer screening, and diagnostic services.

• Mobile vaccine clinic support: Adult and school vaccines, COVID, and Flu.

• Mobile preventative health clinics: Onsite screening tests, education, and referral.

• Assistance with healthcare enrollment.

Mi Carrera is a program for young women in middle and high school. The program addresses the importance of decision making to develop positive relationships and influence career planning. Mi Carrera motivates self-discovery and a means toward a better life that includes higher education, employment, and self-sufficiency.

Classes are held weekly at participating middle and high schools in the San Antonio Area. The classes promote self-awareness and character development, career exploration, job readiness skills, and financial literacy. All girls are encouraged to grow together and learn from one another by volunteering in the community, attending college campus visits and family events.

Mi Carrera addresses a number of topics such as:

• Body Image
• Communication
• Stress Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Relationships
• Goal Setting
• Career Options
• Cultural Awareness

Middle and high school women.

The YWCA San Antonio offers preschool and afterschool childcare services for children 6 weeks to 12 years of age. Children are exposed to age-appropriate, educational activities that improve cognitive, physical and emotional well being. Our goal is to provide children with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development.

• Licensed and regulated
• Small classroom sizes
• Learning environment - We promote an environment where every experience can be a learning opportunity.
• Nutritious meals

Children 6 weeks to 12 years.

Tuition rates vary according to child’s age and the number of children enrolled in a family.

Click here for more on tuition fees.

PYD provides organized sports activities for children 4-12 years of age. Children benefit strongly when they participate in physical activities that are fun, safe, and that foster a sense of self-worth and belonging. The PYD program offers sports leagues and water training, through which boys and girls can develop self-awareness, improve fitness and increase their development of interpersonal skills. With the use of Character Counts curriculum, PYD emphasizes the life lessons that one can learn from participation in a team situation. PYD brings families together, as children learn, develop self-confidence and participate in sports activities.

Swimming, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball

Children 4-12 years of age.

Our Racial Justice Education and Advocacy program’s primary goal is to support our community by providing the following services and products.

Comprehensive and customizable training and summits addressing the barriers faced by women of color: 

• Providing advocacy and education to all community members.

• Racial Justice Virtual Library is an online, easily accessible compilation of articles, books, and podcasts with the purpose of educating and supporting community members who are interested in learning more about racial justice and advocacy.

• Racial Justice Toolkit and consultation is designed to assist professionals in successfully navigating multicultural settings and interactions in the workplace.

• Community collaborations focused on supporting communities of color and assisting in bringing about awareness and barriers.

YWCA certified fitness instructors provide group fitness classes to senior centers, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes across the city, in addition to virtual courses.

Our class offerings include:

• Zumba gold
• Fit for Life
• Senior Cardio
• Tai Chi
• Stretch and Tone
• Joint Movement
• Dance Fit
• Aqua Fitness

Facilities interested in collaborating with the YWCA to meet your fitness needs can contact our Senior Coordinator Alfredo Olazaba [email protected].

Click here for Senior Center class schedules and information.

Click here for virtual classes.

Join us for workshops focused on leadership skills and social emotional learning, volunteering in the community, swimming in our YWCA pool, and fun field trips.

This camp is FREE for teens 12-18 years old that are enrolled in a middle school or high school in San Antonio.

Enrollment is dependent on capacity.

TVP brings together a diverse group of youth ages 13-19 to volunteer in the community. TVP helps teens increase their potential employability through volunteer experience. TVP offers volunteer experiences, related career information, and guidance regarding opportunities for higher education. TVP youth learn communication skills, goal setting and problem-solving.

Teens 13-19 years of age.

This is a leadership development and service-learning program, supporting students to become social justice leaders in our community.

Our program engages students, 12-19 years old learning about racial justice, gender equity, and food insecurity while strengthening our emotional intelligence, mental health, and relationship building. We facilitate our 5 session curriculum groups in-school and after school to students in SAISD, EISD, HISD, SSISD, and SWISD.  

The Women's Live and Learn Center will address the holistic needs of women ages 18-25 years old, with up to four years of housing, non-parenting and parenting. If parenting, up to 2 children under the age of 8. The program is designed to help women Reconnect, Restore, and Empower via the combination of onsite housing and supportive services rooted in the YWCA mission.

Click here to view The Women's Live and Learn Admission Guide. 

Services:

• Trauma-informed case management.

• Workforce training

• Navigation to post-secondary education or degree programs

• Healthy, wellness, and mental health.

• Early childhood education

• Financial literacy and homeownership training.

The YWCA believes everyone has something to contribute and receive from participation within the YWCA community.

The first step in becoming an adult volunteer is to complete a Volunteer Application. This can be done by:

• Teen Volunteers must pick up an application in person.
• Picking up an application at 503 Castroville Rd.
• Downloading a paper copy of the Volunteer Application and returning it to:  Veronica Sanders, YWCA San Antonio, 503 Castroville Rd, San Antonio, TX 78237

In partnership with United Way of Bexar County and San Antonio, our project builds on YWCA San Antonio’s equity and advocacy program, to create awareness about wage inequality which disproportionately impacts women of color.

Learn more about how women of color in San Antonio are still underpaid!

The YWCA Olga Madrid Center is a multi-purpose center that is the literal hub of the community, reaching multiple generations in the same families. The Center reflects the community's culture and offers essential services with dignity and respect.

Disengaged youth are 16- to 24-year-olds who are neither in school nor working and need options and resources to guide them toward becoming financially, emotionally, and socially secure adults. Bexar County is home to an estimated 35,000 disengaged youths. This accounts for 15% of this demographic, making San Antonio one of the highest risk cities in the nation. RESET aims to address this issue by providing a career pathway to becoming a certified Community Health Worker. RESET offers paid training, educational coaching, and case management for those selected to participate.

If you or someone you know would like to be considered for the program, please contact RESET Client Service Manager Natalie Aguayo. 

Click here for the RESET Interest Form.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre–K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee. 
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child. 
• As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre –K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee. 
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child. 
• As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre –K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first come first serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee. 
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child. 
• As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program that is designed to be an extension of the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre–K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee. 
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child. 
• Education is subject to lower as the school opens to full capacity
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre–K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee. 
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child. 
• As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program that is designed to be an extension of the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre–K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee.
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child.
• As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre–K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Tuition

• Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee.
• Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child.
• Education is subject to lower as the school opens to full capacity
• Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
• A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
• Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
• Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

• Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
• The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
• All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
• Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.