CHFS Arts and Literacy After School program addresses the educational needs of community students and families by providing them with opportunities to create, think, communicate, and problem solve. Program activities build literacy in the widest sense of the word through creative writing, the visual arts, theater, photography, video, creative movement and dance, music, martial arts, media literacy, gardening, fashion design, comic book design, sports and Yoga.

The interdisciplinary curriculum builds upon the children's interests and strengths, using the same effective, holistic, multicultural approach which is the hallmark of all of the Coalition's programs. The program also offers art therapy, Family Arts Performance Nights with family workshops, support for families, apprenticeships for neighborhood high school students, and comprehensive services through the agency's other programs.