Positive Community Impact

Parents and influencers will establish a powerful framework to nurture and develop leadership and life altering skills at home! Youth will learn leadership principles that when applied to life’s tough choices, bring direction and success! Every child has genius! Parents and influencers will learn new ways of thinking and behaviors that can communicate self-worth and encourage each child to recognize their great potential and vision for themselves.

Program Benefits

  • Build Confidence
  • Create New Friendships
  • Explore Entrepreneurship
  • Practice Life Skills
  • Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals
  • Make Money!!!

Participants gain practical, real-world skills in areas like problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, and financial literacy. These skills are transferable and valuable in any future career.

Completing a project from start to finish builds a sense of accomplishment and competence. This fosters self-confidence and the belief that they can successfully tackle future challenges.

The project-based approach encourages young people to think outside the box, develop new ideas, and find innovative solutions to problems.

Exposure to the entrepreneurial process gives youth a head start in understanding business fundamentals, which can prepare them for future careers as entrepreneurs or employees in an innovative workplace.

Facing setbacks and challenges during a project teaches valuable lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to adapt when things don’t go as planned.

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How to: How to Become a Vendor?

Apply Here – Kids Can – Youth participants must be 6-17 years of age. Note: applications are time stamped and approved on a case-by-case basis. Limited numbers of youth vendors are approved in each age group and category (for example, only 2 slime businesses are allowed) Please note, this is an application, not a registration

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Vendor Application Link: Google Form

How to: How to Become a Vendor?

Inscríbanse aquí- Kids Can- Los participantes jóvenes deben tener entre 6 y 17 años de edad. Nota: las solicitudes tienen una marca de tiempo y se aprueban caso por caso. Se aprueban números limitados de vendedores juveniles en cada grupo de edad y categoría (por ejemplo, solo se permiten 2 negocios de barro) Tenga en cuenta que esta es una solicitud

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Interest Form: https://forms.gle/uC6esMc4pcTFB73T6

Referral Form: https://forms.gle/yA6gvzrQXUCHPzad7

Kids Can History

In 2016, Kids Can was launched by area entrepreneur April Christensen as a volunteer-staffed and community-driven youth enrichment program. She conceived of the “hook” of money-making to get youth involved in all of the benefits that exposure to business entrepreneurship offers. The program quickly received wide recognition and financial support from the Las Cruces business and civic community, including financial sponsorships and media coverage. Kids Can was “adopted” by the CAASNM Family Empowerment Program in 2019 because of its strong fit to CAASNM’s mission of self-reliance through business building.

Kids Can Youth Entrepreneur Program

Community Action Agency, 3880 Foothills Blvd, Suite A, Las Cruces, NM 88011

Main Agency Phone: (575) 527-8799 x117

For Program questions: Email kidscan.yep@gmail.com

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