The Wellesley Centers for Women recently began a collaboration with one of the major stakeholders in that needs assessment, the Women for Women Coalition, to develop and pilot an ongoing family intervention in New Hampshire. The resulting collaborative project, Africans United for Stronger Families, includes a support group for parents and an out-of-school time (OST) program for their children. An integral part of the family support intervention is a culturally responsive OST program for adolescents. Developed and administered by the Women for Women Coalition, this program focuses on academic success and offers extensive tutoring and homework help. In this article, the author presents field notes from the needs assessment and the Africans United intervention study of a family support program for African immigrants that reveal some of the challenges faced by parents and their adolescent children. The field notes begin to capture the profound interconnection of culture, race, trauma, language, age, family, and social norms in an OST and family support program.