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ASIAN PROFESSIONAL EXTENSION
("APEX")
New York, NY
$47,000 for support of a full-time Case Manager for their Middle School Mentoring Program, responsible for managing at least 50 mentoring pairs. The program provides these youth with safe, stable and positive relationships with adult mentors, as well as case management services to help ensure that they are receiving what they need to be healthy, happy individuals. APEX promotes the development of inner-city Asian American youth by providing them with adult role models, educational programs, social services, and career guidance.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF UNION
Union, NJ
$53,500 to help fund a new County-wide Social Services Coordinator position. The Coordinator supports members, families, and staff in making the best use of available internal and external resources to fully develop the potential of Boys and Girls Club members. By collaborating with Club staff, the Social Services Coordinator brings the educational process and understanding of the psychosocial development of children and the influences of family, community, peers and cultural differences to the forefront.
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CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ("CASES")
New York, NY
$40,000 to provide renewed support for a Coordinator for the Career Exploration Project, an employment skills and internship program for court-involved youth. The program builds young people's basic job readiness skills, provides them with a structured work experience, expands their perception of career options open to them, and helps them stay committed to education. The program, which includes a one-month employment skills training segment and a ten to twelve week internship, serves 120 youth annually.
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COMMITTTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
New York, NY
$40,000 to help retain a consultant to facilitate a comprehensive strategic planning process for the agency involving the Board and senior staff. They will examine their existing programs and operations, establish priorities and goals, and determine the infrastructure necessary to support them. The strategic plan they develop will guide the agency for the next three to five years. The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families serves Latino children and their families through programs and services in the areas of youth development, child care services, and family health education.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY
New York, NY
$25,000 to provide support for the Public Benefits Resource Center which provides technical assistance to social service professionals and direct assistance to families and individuals -- the elderly, the poor, and those with disabilities -- seeking help with more than 70 government benefits programs. Information is disseminated through trainings, publications, and client services, ensuring that the most vulnerable New Yorkers secure the needed public benefits for which they are entitled.
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COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES ("CASA")
New York, NY
$50,000 to support the Adolescent Initiative, a program which serves the unique needs of young people in foster care. Adolescents because of their age are less likely to be adopted and may age out of foster care without permanent resources and ill-prepared to live independently. Through this initiative CASA is working to ensure that all services for adolescents to whom it is assigned are in place (medical, financial, housing, employment, and education) and that they remain in foster care as long as possible while they explore community resources available for them once they leave foster care.
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EAST SIDE HOUSE
Bronx, NY
$57,000, the first installment of a $114,000 grant payable over two years, to support a Clinical Social Worker position for their Family Services Program. Many students are unable to function normally in an academic environment because of challenges in their personal lives. Through this effort, students and their families are referred to a full array of support services, including individual and family counseling. The goal is to help families address the issues in their lives so they can focus on their educational goals and break the cycle of poverty.
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ESSEX COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ("CASA")
Newark, NJ
$45,000 to provide salary support for a new Development Director position to help CASA expand and diversify its funding. CASA's Board adopted an aggressive strategic plan with a goal of serving about half of the foster children not in kinship care in Essex County by 2009, and CASA must expand its capacity in order to reach this goal. The Development Director will assist the board in raising the additional resources needed to support the additional expansion called for in CASA's strategic plan.
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FOREST HILLS COMMUNITY HOUSE
(now QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE)
Queens, NY
$50,000 to provide salary support for a new Street Outreach Worker position at their newest site, the Pomonok Community Center in Flushing, Queens. They recently assumed responsibility for the failing Center in the 35-building Pomonok Housing Development and are rebuilding programs and services. The Outreach Worker will develop and implement a plan to engage youth ages 12 to 21 in positive youth development activities. This community-based settlement house provides services and programs throughout Queens.
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GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES
New York, NY
$100,000, the first installment of a $250,000 grant payable over 3 years, in support of an Endowment Campaign to augment their endowment by an additional $10 million. They have experienced extraordinary growth over the past several years, and the increased endowment is an important part of their plan to ensure that they have adequate resources to sustain their ongoing and exemplary work in youth development, education and family services.
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HIGHBRIDGE COMMUNITY LIFE CENTER
Bronx, NY
$30,000 for renewed salary support for the Program Manager for their Recreation Center. Through the Center they have expanded their youth activities in both quantity of clients served and quality of programs offered. In addition to athletic and recreational activities which were in place before they took over the Center, they have added educational and community building activities, family services, and youth development programs such as the Adventure Learning Program. The Center has expanded their ability to provide youth and family programming and to collaborate with other organizations in the area.
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HISPANIC FEDERATION
New York, NY
$40,000 for salary support for a Coordinator position for the new Latino Non-Profit Conference Center. The Center provides the Hispanic Federation and its member agencies with a state-of-the art facility where they can train and develop their boards, executive leadership and staff, and host conferences. The Center responds to a critical need for meeting space in New York City, and will be available to other nonprofits as well. The Hispanic Federation is a service-oriented membership organization for 90 Latino health and human service organizations, of which 68 are headquartered in New York City.
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LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK
New York, NY
$30,000 to provide business law services and educational programs in the area of accountability to organizations serving low-income youth and children. Lawyers Alliance will focus on the three areas that are at the core of accountability pressures facing the nonprofit sector - sound governance, transparency in financial reporting, and proper personnel management. The grant will allow Lawyers Alliance to represent 20 organizations on 25 separate legal matters and provide workshops on legal issues related to accountability.
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LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
New York, NY
$50,000 for renewed support for the Family Services Coordinator for the Child Abuse and Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention Project that strengthens and enhances the work being done by their Youth and Family Services Department. The Coordinator leads an interdisciplinary team of Lenox Hill's professionals who are responsible for project planning and assessment; direct services for at-risk children and families in individual and group settings; professional skills development for relevant staff; and policy recommendations. The program will serve 40 families who are at-risk for abuse and maltreatment.
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PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP
White Plains, NY/ Parsippany, NJ
$39,000 to provide legal services to agencies in Northeastern, New Jersey. They will focus their outreach on nonprofits in Bergen, Passaic, Union and Hudson Counties in order to increase the number of nonprofits they serve there. They will provide a series of workshops, one for each county, on issues identified as of concern, and also provide direct legal services. The Pro Bono Partnership provides pro bono, legal technical assistance to nonprofit organizations.
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ST. DOMINIC'S HOME
Bronx, NY
$40,000 to provide renewed support for the Home Finder position for the Step-By-Step program aimed at helping seriously disturbed children in foster care step down to progressively less restrictive levels of care. The Home Finder focuses on the recruitment and retention of therapeutic homes for these emotionally disturbed children who require higher levels of care. The goal is to offer the children a range of services which will enable them to return to their families or to prepare for adoption.
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NETWORK OF NEW YORK ("SHNNY")
New York, NY
$30,000 to support their new Housing Homeless Youth and Families Project, a part of their NY/NY III Implementation Initiative. They will develop a new training curriculum for organizations that will be providing supportive housing to homeless families and youth for the first time. Through the project the Network will also provide all participating agencies involved in the initiative with trainings, workshops, best practices education and mentoring to ensure that they are equipped to meet the unique needs of these groups.
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URBAN PATHWAYS
New York, NY
$30,000 for salary support for the Program Director for ESTEEM, a clinical vocational program that uses therapeutic counseling and support for homeless and formerly homeless adults as a tool for personal development in a workplace environment. Clients engage in a variety of skills training, supportive counseling, and "hands-on" experiences that are provided in a vocational context to encourage them to grow and move towards independence. The program currently only serves clients with clinical disorders, representing about 50 percent of their clients, but will be expanded so all clients will have the opportunity to participate.
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VOCATIONAL FOUNDATION
New York, NY
$40,000 for salary support for the Director of Instructional Services, Programs and Research position. This individual is responsible for the development of their literacy and vocational training programs, instructor supervision and overall program implementation. The Vocational Foundation gives economically and educationally disadvantaged New York City young adults ages 17-21 the tools to achieve financial independence through academic and occupational training, counseling, job placement and retention.
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VOLUNTEER CONSULTING GROUP ("VCG")
New York, NY
$19,000 to support a Graduate Student Internship position in support of VCG's Regional Practice. The Intern will provide staff support in the following areas: conduct the research and follow-up activities that will enable the professional staff to use their time most efficiently in providing needed services to the nonprofit organizations; support outreach initiatives to promote the www.boardnetUSA.org website; and provide follow-up technical assistance to encourage interested organizations to use the free resource; and assist in developing a message and branding strategy for their Regional Practice.
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YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ("YWCA")
New York, NY
$25,000 to provide salary support for a Director of the new Family Resource Center in the Clinton section of Manhattan. The Center is an extension of their nearby Polly Dodge Early Learning Center which provides educationally based child care for children ages 2-5. The Center provides broader family services including job and computer skills training, family health and nutrition counseling, and supporting parents in becoming teaching mentors for their children. This initiative is part of a major shift in direction for the YWCA-NYC which now focuses on social service programs delivered in New York City residential communities and public schools, closer to the lower-income families they serve.
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| TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE GRANTS: $880,500 |
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