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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GARFIELD
Garfield, New Jersey
$50,000 to support a new Development Coordinator position for the Club. Over the past couple of years the Garfield Club has added new management and board leadership, and has doubled its membership to over 1,000children ages 6 through 18. As it celebrates its 50th Anniversary, it is expanding its programs into additional schools to meet the increased demand for their youth programs. The resource development activities are currently spearheaded completely by the CEO, and the new development position will help them build the capacity required to achieve their annual financial goals and serve more youth.
CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ("CASES")
New York, NY
$35,000 to provide renewed support for the Employment Resource Specialist who provides employment services for court-involved youth. The Specialist works one-on-one with the participants to explore their career interests, to identify their current skill sets and training needs, and to help them to develop a plan to meet their goals. The Specialist also helps clients explore job training, internships, and employment programs, both on-site and throughout the NYC area. Education and employment services are central to CASES' work with court-involved youth to reduce recidivism and to help the youth secure employment and make a successful transition to adulthood.
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COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION
New York, NY
$24,000 for renewed support for the Hospital to Home program which adapts their successful Street to Home program to serve homeless individuals who are frequent users of emergency health services and hospitals due to multiple and often chronic health conditions. The grant supports the Housing Coordinator who provides housing and transitional supports to homeless individuals exhibiting the most complex chronic health issues and ensures that they do not fall through the cracks. The Coordinator is an important liaison between Common Ground and its external partners, and the position bridges its Hospital to Home and Street to Home programs.
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COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES ("CASA")
New York, NY
$25,000 for a capacity-building grant to help fund a part-time Development Associate position, responsible for compiling fundraising data and writing grant proposals and reports. This position will help them raise the funds necessary to handle their anticipated increase in cases while enabling the Executive Director to focus her attention on the critical elements of CASA's development needs including donor cultivation and communication. CASA Masters-level social workers recruit, train and supervise volunteer community members to advocate on behalf of foster children and youth.
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EXALT YOUTH
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000 to provide renewed support towards the full-time salary of their External Partner & Alumni Liaison, a critical staff position that has been instrumental to the growth of their internship program for court-involved youth. The Liaison develops and manages relationships with multiple external constituents and helps Exalt to stay connected to program graduates to better enable them to reach their stated long-term personal, educational and employment goals. They provide a comprehensive internship program linking education, mentorship and meaningful employment for youth, ages 15-19, along the spectrum of criminal justice involvement.
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THE HUDSON GUILD
New York, NY
$40,000 to provide renewed support for a Social Worker who works with 100 children in grades K-5 in their School Bridge after school program. Many of these youth face significant risk factors which impact their ability to focus on program activities, interact with their peers and achieve academic success. The Social Worker addresses these complex behavioral and mental health issues of the youth as well as limits the risk factors they face at home through a family-centered approach, allowing the program to focus on its mission of improving the academic success of the youth.
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JERICHO PROJECT
New York, NY
$25,000 to support the pilot year of their new Veteran Supportive Apartments Program, a partnership with the Bronx VA Medical Center. Jericho will provide supportive housing including employment and educational assistance to 20 homeless veterans identified by the Bronx VA, helping them to improve their economic standing, reunite with their families, and transition from the streets and shelters to independent living. The VA will provide case management services including medical and mental health support at their Bronx facility. Jericho has made the issue of homeless veterans a priority and has committed extensive organizational resources to respond to this crisis.
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LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
New York, NY
$25,000 for the enhancement of the Child Abuse and Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention Project which addresses child abuse by using a holistic approach. They use a strengths-based model of family services, addressing the strengths and needs of parents/guardians as well as those of the children. They will enhance their existing parenting groups and add new groups, add educational groups for families, and add workshops for socially isolated children and their families. Their work with these at-risk families has helped them to improve their lives and avoid child abuse and maltreatment.
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NEW DESTINY HOUSING CORPORATION
New York, NY
$35,000 for continued salary support for the Tenant Support Coordinator at Marcello Manor, a 38-unit supportive housing project located in the Bronx that houses previously homeless, low-income domestic violence survivors. The Coordinator provides engagement, case management, and referral services to these families. Their goal is to help individuals to become self-reliant while offering the support and assistance that is needed for survivors to remain stable in permanent housing and violence-free. New Destiny is NYC's only nonprofit focused on addressing the permanent housing needs of domestic violence survivors by increasing the supply of appropriate housing and improving access to existing housing.
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NEW SETTLEMENT APARTMENTS
Bronx, NY
$40,000 to provide continued support for a Youth Advisor for the Young Adult Outreach Initiative. The program provides a matrix of positive intervention services for 260 young adults aged 16-21 who are not in school and not employed, and who are at high risk of involvement in the juvenile or criminal justice system. They work intensively with the teens so that they resume their education, enter college and/or get paid employment. The Youth Advisor position enables them to provide more intensive one-to-one counseling and more comprehensive case-management services for the participants.
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NONPROFIT COORDINATING COMMITTEE ("NPCC")
New York, NY
$20,000 to support the development and launch of the Nonprofit Outsourcing Clearinghouse, a new effort to offer cost-saving strategies to nonprofits. NPCC will identify, research, broker, facilitate and provide guidance to a pilot group of at least 50 nonprofits enabling them to secure cost-savings through outsourcing one or more back-office functions and to track resulting savings and other benefits over time. Additionally, they will complete the building and launch of a searchable database of outsourcing service providers for NYC-area nonprofits. Outsourcing is a key area for cost-saving strategies by nonprofits that is increasingly popular in the current economy, and is especially relevant for smaller, mid-sized and/or younger organizations.
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NORTHERN MANHATTAN IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
New York, NY
$40,000 to support a new Database Project Manager position for their Client Database Project which seeks to close the gap between programmatic and infrastructure capacity in the area of technology and information management. This will allow them to track clients as they receive services from various departments throughout the agency, eliminate redundancy in services, and use their limited resources more effectively. The Project Manager will oversee the entire project, provide internal support to staff, and serve as the liaison to their vendor.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW ("OBT")
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000 to provide renewed support for the Vocational Counselor position at the Bushwick Workforce Resource Center ("BWRC") responsible for all aspects of the employment assessment component. BWRC serves the low income, at-risk population of Bushwick, aged 17 years and over, with job training/placement services, literacy programs, referrals to OBT Bushwick programs, and external referrals to social services agencies that provide services that OBT does not offer. OBT is a comprehensive job-training program serving low-income neighborhoods in Brooklyn through academic, vocational and social-skills training for young people and adults, helping them to become financially self-sufficient.
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PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP
White Plains, NY/Parsippany, NJ
$42,000 to provide outreach and services to agencies in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union Counties serving children and families. The project will consist of outreach to family and children's umbrella groups, surveys of family and children's agencies concerning their legal needs, workshops addressing those needs and subsequent direct legal assistance. The Pro Bono Partnership provides pro bono, legal technical assistance to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Westchester, Orange, Rockland and Putnam Counties in New York.
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RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (RCSN")
New York, NY
$25,000 to help fund a bilingual Family & Community Educator to link Spanish-speaking families with community services, and help build the capacity of community programs, including after-school programs, to serve children and youth with special needs. The Educator is responsible for providing culturally competent direct assistance, referral and training for parents and professionals in English and Spanish. The position is integral to a successful succession plan as they work to develop their organizational capacity to grow and sustain high-quality services as long-tenured staff retires. RCSN works to enhance the quality of life and promote positive outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 26, with special needs, their parents and families throughout the NYC Metro-area.
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SAFE HORIZON
New York, NY
$25,000 for continued salary support for the Senior Director position at the new Manhattan Child Advocacy Center ("CAC"). Their co-located CACs bring together under one roof all of the services that a child victim, its parents and its advocates need, including: the Administration for Children's Services, the NYC Police Department, District Attorney Representatives and medical providers. They help the children find safety, comfort and healing at the same time that the crime against them is being investigated. Safe Horizon also operates three CACs in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, and the City has asked them to introduce the model in the Bronx so they would serve all boroughs. They are completing the start-up phase at the Manhattan CAC and will now introduce new program innovations and begin preparing for accreditation from the National Children's Alliance.
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SUMMIT AREA YMCA
Summit, NJ
$25,000, the first installment of a total $50,000 grant payable over 2 years, in support of an endowment campaign which has a campaign goal of $6 million. The purpose of the Y's endowment fund is to bridge the gap between what they raise and what they give away to meet their charitable mission each year by providing subsidized Y membership and program fees and through free and low cost programs. The Y has an open door policy which mandates that all Y programs be made available to everyone, regardless of one's ability to pay. The Y is a full-service community organization with programs for individuals of all ages and abilities.
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NETWORK OF NEW YORK (SHNNY")
New York, NY
$35,000 to support their Realizing NY/NY III Project, an effort to speed the creation of family and youth supportive housing in New York. The grant supports the targeted public education, training and technical assistance components of the project, working with both providers and government agencies to promote the development of new youth and family supportive housing. They will continue to provide 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
$25,000 in support of a new senior manager position, the Deputy Executive Director for Quality Improvement. Urban Pathways is developing over 375 new units of housing, expanding its safe haven program and doubling in size over the next three years. The new Deputy Executive Director position is needed to enhance their capacity to supervise new program start-ups, significantly improve program monitoring and supervision, and ensure excellent service delivery. Urban Pathways is a social service and supportive housing organization serving homeless adults through outreach and assessment services, therapeutic vocational training and housing placement.
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| TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE GRANTS: $596,000 |
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