To support the work of the new Vice President of NYC Program Implementation. Blue Engine recruits, trains, and supports Blue Engine Teaching Assistants (“BETAs”), recent college graduates who work alongside mentor teachers to help students develop “college ready” skills in mathematics, literacy and growth mindset. This hybrid team teaching model accelerates student learning while simultaneously building a local pipeline of effective educators within historically oppressed communities. The Vice President of NYC Program Implementation will lead the implementation of new evaluation strategies, which is critical to measuring the success of their program model, and will provide coaching and oversight of program staff, using newly identified observation cycles.

To support a Youth Development Specialist who will help develop and implement DREAM’s new integrated learning model at DREAM Charter High School, helping students seamlessly transition between school-day and afterschool programming. The integrated learning model combines DREAM Charter School and DREAM OST (“Out-of-School Time”) programming to heighten the impact experienced by youth. This effort helps to ensure that students have the social-emotional and college- and career-readiness work they need to enter and succeed in college and beyond. The Youth Development Specialist will provide each student with individualized attention on a regular basis relating to his/her academic workload, grades, and extracurricular involvement. DREAM Charter School’s mission is to prepare students for high-performing high schools, colleges and beyond through a rigorous academic program that develops critical thinkers who demonstrate a love of learning, strong character, and a commitment to wellness and active citizenship. In the 2018-2019 school year, the school served over 700 students in Grades Pre-K through 10, and will grow within 2 years to a Pre-K through 12 school.

To support a new Program Associate, a position deemed crucial to developing EHTP’s East Harlem Teaching Residency (“EHTR”) and Out-of-School Time (“OST”) Programs. Now in its fourth year, the East Harlem Teaching Residency, in partnership with Hunter College School of Education and AmeriCorps, is a highly selective teacher-training program that develops, supports and certifies aspiring educators to become elementary teachers. The OST programs for elementary, middle, and high school students incorporate intensive academic support with an emphasis on literacy; science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”) learning; social and emotional skill-building; and family engagement in student learning. The Program Associate will support the growth and sustainability of their Residency and OST programs, helping EHTP to serve more families in East Harlem. East Harlem Tutorial Program serves youth in grades K-12 through afterschool and summer programs and 3 public charter schools, providing children with opportunities for academic, social and career advancement while fully engaging parents and caregivers in their children’s development.

To support the new College Success Team Manager at their Goddard Riverside Options Center, who will build upon the work of their successful College Success program which helps students persist through college and earn their degrees. In addition to supervising the Success Counseling Team, the responsibilities will include strengthening support for their college students in 2 new ways: to transfer from 2-year community colleges to 4-year colleges and universities to earn Bachelor’s degrees; and to prepare for the transition from college to careers. The College Success Team Manager will provide curriculum development, partnership and volunteer management, and support the data tracking and analysis necessary to implement new programming of the highest quality so as to better ensure that their college success and career pathways programs meet program expectations for high-quality, data-informed counseling. The Options Center, a Goddard Riverside program, was started in 1985 as one of NYC’s first (and thereafter most impactful) community-based college access centers.

To support a Partnership Development Coach for the School-to-Work Initiative, a career pathway strategy leading to postsecondary training and employment for 2,200 low-income, over-aged, under-credited transfer high school students at-risk of becoming disconnected from school. JobsFirstNYC has partnered with New Visions for Public Schools, a proven education support network, to pilot a career readiness/career pathway strategy in 12 transfer high schools leading to degree and/or credential attainment and employment in targeted sectors. Through this pilot, they aim to: universalize career exploration and awareness; embed advanced career development into the school design; and build bridge programs to sector-specific postsecondary opportunities. The Coach will work on-site across the 12 schools to facilitate the development of partnerships at each school, track and measure progress, provide technical assistance, and serve as a resource to schools and workforce development agencies on both the program and partnership level. JobsFirstNYC works as a neutral intermediary leveraging all available community, corporate, private and public resources to accelerate the successful connection of out-of-school and out-of-work young adults in New York City to the labor market.

For the new Managing Director of its Grades K-8 Academics position responsible for the oversight of both elementary and middle school academics, aligning them to better serve their organizational goals, and the development of K-12 leaders. While their high school has an aligned curriculum, their elementary schools and middle schools are yet siloed and haven’t yet achieved the kind of vertical curricular alignment that is critical for success. This position will help them to continue to strengthen curricular and instructional alignment from elementary through high school, and help to ensure that KIPPsters have the skills and tools to help them succeed to and through college and lead choice-filled lives. KIPP NYC, a network of 13 schools — six elementary schools, feeding six middle schools, feeding the KIPP NYC College Prep High School — is part of a national network of college-preparatory public charter schools which prepare students in underserved communities for success in college and in life.

For the Education Director at the recently opened Pinkerton Clubhouse which will serve an anticipated 1,200 Harlem youth each year. The Education Director is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of Madison’s continuum of academic programs that supports members’ progression from kindergarten through high school. Dividing members into three distinct age groups: 6-9, 10-12, and 13-18, Madison offers academic enrichment and support year-round at their 5 Clubs. During the school year, activities including daily tutoring and homework help for elementary and middle-school students, literacy and math lessons for elementary-school students, STEM programs for middle-school youth, high school and college readiness programs for middle-school and high school students, respectively, and targeted support for alumni in college. They also run an intensive summer learning program. The Education Director helps to ensure that Madison meets its goals for participants with regard to school attendance, grade-level promotion, and high-school graduation and is a critical member of the larger team. With the addition of the Pinkerton Clubhouse, Madison will now operate five Clubhouses in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

For continued support of the Director of Math Curriculum and Instruction who will build upon her efforts begun last year to assist their High School Equivalency (“HSE”) eligible participants in preparing for and passing the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (“TASC”) as part of their training. This position was created to address the consistent challenges young adults were facing in preparing for and passing the math portion of the Test. The Director will continue to build math-specific HSE prep strategies across OBT’s two largest sites, address the ongoing challenges in student attendance, and continue math-based professional development activities for OBT instructors. Their signature Youth Education and Job Training Program combines HSE classes and business skills trainings to help students take deliberate steps towards economic mobility. OBT is a Brooklyn-based organization, operating out of multiple locations, that provides education, employment and training services to disadvantaged youth and adults.

To support a new Associate Director (“AD”) of Programs, whose primary responsibility is to support a team of Program Managers and Senior Program Managers in their execution of PENCIL’s college and career readiness programs, particularly the School Partnership Program. The addition of the AD will enable the organization to increase its impact by ensuring that these managers are fully equipped with the resources they need to deliver high-quality programming consistently and efficiently, and troubleshoot challenges in the delivery of partnership programs. Their hands-on programs, including in-school partnerships, mentoring, internships, and Principal for a Day, create targeted opportunities for business professionals, educators, and students to work together – in schools and the workplace. Last year, PENCIL served 2,500 students through its programming in over 90 New York City public schools.

To support a Math Instructional Coach who will work collaboratively with teachers, network-wide, to provide instructional support and pedagogical content knowledge for mathematics teaching and learning in grades Pre-K through 8. The Math Coach will support the development of math curriculum, observe math instruction, and provide real time feedback for math teachers through targeted coaching cycles in an effort to continuously improve math outcomes for all learners. The Math Instructional Coach will coordinate this work with the Instructional Coaches and Curriculum Directors of other content areas in an effort to streamline supports and enhance the math scope and sequence in alignment with all Pre-K through 8 curriculum work. Public Prep is a charter management organization that develops high-quality Pre-K and single-sex elementary and middle public schools that pursue excellence through continuous learning and data-driven instruction. They support 3 public charter schools located in low-income communities in the South Bronx and the Lower East Side of Manhattan that educate nearly 2,000 boys and girls in grades Pre-K through 8th.

To support a new Program Manager who will oversee a new distance tutoring pilot project that will enable volunteers to remotely connect with students to conduct one-on-one tutoring sessions. This Program Manager will work with a consultant to develop a curriculum and model designed with volunteer ease of use and student engagement in mind, while keeping a focus upon high-quality, high-impact literacy instruction. Reading Partners uses a proven, research-based program model that has a positive impact on the three core indicators of literacy proficiency. With this track record of success, in this distance tutoring pilot Reading Partners will not be changing the literacy content, only how it is being delivered, substituting an online session for an in-person session once each week. Volunteers involved in the pilot will work with a student twice a week, once in-person at a school-based reading center at the beginning of the week and once online at the end of the week. Through this pilot and the additional sessions it will provide students, Reading Partners anticipates achieving a greater impact on student outcomes. Reading Partners delivers one core program: data-driven, one-on-one literacy tutoring for K-5 students using trained and supervised volunteers.

To support staffing for the continued development of the ReadWorks content and digital platform to improve teacher instruction and student achievement in reading comprehension. This phase of development will be driven by new data analysis efforts and ongoing consultation of cognitive science research and educator feedback. The shift to a digital platform over the last year dramatically expanded their ability to support teachers and impact their practice and, for the first time, directly support students through their platform. Their content and curriculum library has grown significantly to meet the needs of teachers and students. The grant will provide support for the new Manager of Marketing and Data Analysis and continue supporting the work of the Director of Content and Curriculum. ReadWorks seeks to improve teacher effectiveness and raise student achievement in reading comprehension through research-based, classroom-proven instructional practices and curriculum, and through free, open-access online technology.

To support a new Director of Learning and Development who will design and implement a comprehensive arc of professional development for incoming teachers, first and second year corps members, alumni, staff, and community organizations. The Director will oversee the region’s specialized learning and training opportunities for staff and alumni facilitators, and collaborate with regional and national staff to determine the best course of action to generate transformational leadership and learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom. Through this effort, they will create a continuum of meaningful support for teachers, alumni, external partners, and their own staff, bringing TFA closer to ensuring that one day, all children will have access to a quality education. TFA-NJ is an affiliate of Teach For America, a national teacher corps that finds, develops, and supports a diverse network of educational leaders.

To support the Alumni Affairs Coordinator for the Post-Secondary Success Initiative (“PSSI”), which targets the 1000+ Eagle graduates who are attending college or have graduated from college, are employed or are looking for employment. It provides support services, engagement activities, and access to resources which ultimately ensure a pathway to college graduation and meaningful post college experiences. Through these efforts, the Alumni Affairs Coordinator will engage and involve each school community’s respective alumni population with a focus on increasing college persistence and increasing alumni engagement. PSSI enables the EAF to support alumni along the next phase of their academic and career pursuits and transition into the world as engaged citizens. The Eagle Academy Foundation develops and supports a network of all-male, grades 6 through 12 college preparatory public schools in New York City and Newark, New Jersey.

To support a new Director of Student and Family Services who will oversee a streamlined, partnership-based GO Families program designed to build family-school-community connections that will raise student performance. By creating a holistic team collaborative that leverages community resources, GO seeks to increase parent engagement rates, strengthen student transitions to 6th and 9th grades, implement high-touch case management that is responsive to student and family needs, and positively impact student academic and behavioral growth through the family-school-community connection and collaboration. The GO Project provides year-round educational and family support services to 720 academically struggling public school children in grades K-8 in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. They employ a multi-disciplinary approach including an intensive focus on academic fundamentals through differentiated instruction led by certified teachers, exposure to diverse enrichment programs, and extensive social services for the students and their families.

For continued support of the Director of 5-12 Science, a senior instructional leadership position within their Content Development team. The Director of Science created the first shared curricula and shared assessments for all middle and high school science classrooms across the Uncommon Schools network. The Director will lead substantial revisions to the Pre-AP (“Advanced Placement”) and AP Chemistry curricula and assessments and incremental revisions to all other science curricula for grades 5-12, as well as design and deliver professional development to science teachers, ensuring that all students better learn the science skills necessary to succeed in the 21st Century. This initiative will help to improve student achievement and contribute to teacher retention during a period of rapid growth. Uncommon Schools starts and manages outstanding urban public schools that close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college. In the 2018-19 school year, they operated 53 schools serving more than 19,000 students in Newark and New York City, as well as several other needy cities.

To provide continued support for a part-time, Licensed Clinician who is part of the Strong Mothers Program interdisciplinary team that helps more than 100 mothers each year become better parents through intensive case management, peer support, and mentoring. The Clinician provides behavioral health interventions for approximately 20 program participants who exhibit a history of trauma, helping to address their deeper mental health and emotional regulation needs. The Clinician will continue and expand the programming including individual and group trauma-informed therapy and domestic violence and anger management psycho-educational workshops to help young pregnant and parenting women overcome trauma and become better and more effective parents. They will add a new component to build communication and attachment between parent survivors and their children who have witnessed the violence to promote the regulation of emotions and the healing of trauma so that this violence can be averted in the future. Forestdale is a child welfare agency headquartered in Queens, which supports family members in meeting life’s challenges through its foster care and preventive services.

For continued support of the Supervisor of Training and Capacity Building responsible for implementing the Connections to Care (C2C) project. The Door is one of fifteen NYC nonprofits selected to participate in this Social Innovation Fund supported project. Through this effort, which is in the third year of a pilot, front-line staff receive ongoing training and coaching in basic mental health care practices, better enabling them to intervene and support young people who are struggling with mental health concerns. Ultimately, connections to these supports allow young people to get the care they need to achieve their long-term goals and stabilize their lives. In the upcoming year, they will solicit feedback from staff and young people to refine their training curriculum and further operationalize the important culture shift in their agency towards a more pro-active approach to mental health. The Door works to empower young people aged 12 to 24 to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services including health care, mental health counseling, and education support in a diverse and caring environment, mostly under their one roof, and free of charge.

For continued support for the Trauma Clinician who provides training to Osborne staff of all departments in recognizing trauma and responding to trauma appropriately and effectively, and responds to staff requests for guidance in handling individual cases and program-specific challenges. In addition, the Clinician will provide mental health treatment and trauma-informed services to justice-involved youth and adults and their families at no cost to those with limited access to specialized healthcare. This effort will continue a shift in the organization’s knowledge base and culture which puts trauma at the center of how they understand and address crime and its human and economic costs. The Osborne Association serves individuals and families impacted by the criminal justice system, providing opportunities for them to achieve self-sufficiency, adopt healthy lifestyles, form and rebuild families, and rejoin their communities after incarceration.

The Foundation annually makes additional grants to other organizations as well as to qualified charities to which the Advisory Board Members requested the Fund to make a donation.

To support an Executive Assistant who will provide administrative support to the Executive Director and serve as a member of the Jubilee development team, helping to ensure that the Jubilee Center has the administrative infrastructure needed to fulfill its mission, implement recently adopted organizational strategies, and support its sustainability. This position will be responsible for building and maintaining an up-to-date donor prospect database, tracking and communicating with funders, volunteers, parents and local community members, developing and executing communications materials, and other foundational functions. The flagship Jubilee Center is a resource for low-income families within the Hoboken community, many of whom live in nearby public housing. It provides affordable year-round out-of-school programming for children through its focuses upon educational enrichment and support, which shifts their trajectories toward academic and life-long success.

towards the hiring of a Curriculum Director who will help to refine their 6-week Summer Intensive and year-round Scholar Services Programs which together expose young men of color to the tech fields. The Summer Intensive provides the young men with over 200 hours of computer science instruction and soft skills development, all while being imbedded within a cohort of twenty peers at a Fortune 500 company or at a university. After completing the Summer Intensive, the students are deemed “All Star Scholars” for life. The Scholar Services Program provides continuing computer science education and mentorship opportunities, professional and collegiate skill-building workshops, and community-building events. They provide access to internships with corporate partners, opportunities to both travel to and present at tech and entrepreneurship conferences, and networking events with other All Star Scholars. Through a rigorous introduction to coding, dedicated mentorship relationships with industry leaders, and access to exclusive internship opportunities, All Star Code opens doors for young men of color who are interested in tech careers.

For continued support for the Program Coordinator who supports staff development and service delivery at the Horizons Workforce Development Program at Landing Road, an employment-focused shelter and housing facility in the Bronx. The Horizons Program is their signature program that provides employment services to homeless adults working to achieve independence and stability. Horizons uses an individualized approach to help residents identify and develop professional strengths, thereby giving them the skills to find and maintain employment independently. Landing Road is based on a new financing model developed by BRC that involves building a shelter as well as some affordable housing on the same site, and using income received from operating the shelter to permanently subsidize the housing, making it lower-priced to a low-income population. BRC is a leading provider of housing and services to NYC’s neediest, helping nearly 10,000 individuals each year develop the tools to move from homelessness to improved health and self-sufficiency.

For a Quality Improvement & Impact (“QII”) Manager for the More Members, More Often Program, a comprehensive strategy to increase recruitment, attendance and participation of members at their clubs. The initiative is focused on increasing the membership and frequency of attendance of all youth, but especially teens, through community outreach and increasing the quality of youth experiences at the club. The QII Manager will coordinate activities for 4 Union County, NJ Club sites, and build partnerships in the communities to collaborate on and participate in events that will draw new potential members and further engage current members. The Boys and Girls Club of Union County is the largest facility-based, professionally staffed youth development organization in the County, serving over 4,000 boys and girls aged 5 to 18 each year who come from disadvantaged economic, social and family environments.

To support a full-time Job Developer who will provide job placement and retention support to young people in their Education, Career, and Enrichment (“ECE”) programs, including their two largest youth programs – Jobs for America’s Graduates New York (“JAG NY”) and the Court Employment Project (“CEP”). Their ECE programs annually serve more than 650 young people between the ages of 12 and 24 who are involved in or at-risk for involvement within the criminal justice system. The services emphasize work readiness, passing the high school equivalency exam, and attaining industry-recognized work credentials. The addition of the Job Developer will increase their capacity to work with older disconnected youth, especially those aged 18-24 who have built their work-readiness skills and who now seek to secure and advance in part-time and full-time employment. CASES, the oldest alternative-to-incarceration agency in New York State, works to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community.

To support a Coordinator for their Post-Secondary Pathways Program which will serve young people 16 to 24 years old, providing them with the opportunity to earn credentials in growing job sectors, including health and technology fields, as they pursue their high school diplomas. This program enhances the existing services in the community by providing young adults with the personalized support, skills, advice, encouragement, and opportunities required to envision and attain employment in a career that ensures a living wage. It provides meaningful alternatives for their graduates who are not college bound or who prefer to pursue other post-secondary options because of immediate economic needs. Using technology, industry and sector-based research, youth development principles, and wrap-around services, they illuminate post-secondary pathways for their students, bridging the gap between an eager, available workforce, and industries that have demand for trained workers. They hope to place 200 students on a viable career path while they also work towards completing their high school diplomas.

For a new Deputy Director of Programs who oversees all programming staff, including their new adjunct faculty, and all curriculum development, and who is responsible for ensuring that they meet their growth goals of serving 234 youth through their core program and another 258 youth through their graduate programming. Initiatives of particular focus for the upcoming year include: their new adjunct faculty; referral and internship partnership building; and graduate college access programming. Exalt Youth is a voluntary program that elevates expectations of personal success for youth ages 15-19 who have been involved in the criminal justice system through a combination of structured classes, individualized supports to navigate the education and justice systems, paid internships, and a helpful alumni network providing additional resources. Through increased engagement with government agencies, Exalt is positioned to assist in the new Raise the Age implementation in New York, which will enable more youth to receive assistance outside of the jail system, both during and after the sentencing periods.

To support the Information Technology (“IT”) Instructor for the Young Adult Literacy Program IT Career Pathway, a new program that is a collaboration between their Education and Employment Services Departments. Participants will enroll in the Employment Services Department, complete a two-week Job Readiness Workshop, and then work to earn industry-recognized credentials in the high-demand field of IT and digital technology. Due to the basic literacy needs of many of their clients, in addition to earning credentials, participants will be instructed in the basics of reading, writing, and math so that they may develop the skills that a modern workplace requires. They will also receive instruction in soft skills that can aid them in their employment search. Each credential will be earned over 22 weeks. Upon earning the credential(s), participants will work with their account manager towards being placed in employment. The Fortune Society provides a broad array of services including education, counseling and vocational training to support successful re-entry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of communities.

To support the new Senior Director of Client Programs who will oversee an effort to increase client retention and intentional client activity among justice-involved young men through their enhanced tracking of client engagement. GOSO clients face many challenges when attempting to proceed continuously through GOSO’s programmatic components in the prescribed manner. The Senior Director is developing a new automated workflow protocol to more thoroughly track GOSO’s clients’ continuing engagements thereby sending information and automated alerts at specific intervals to Career Managers. Each client’s activities will be better monitored to ensure more timely outreach and ongoing client support. Through this effort, they hope to encourage clients to remain active in GOSO, engaging in purposeful activities. GOSO is dedicated to drastically reducing recidivism and further involvement in the criminal justice system among young men aged 16 to 24 through supportive counseling, education, vocational training, and employment services focused upon meaningful employment and financial self-sufficiency.

To support a new Salesforce System Administrator to help expand and strengthen the agency’s technological capacity as it transitions to Salesforce over the coming months. As a large organization geographically spread across Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan, it is essential that they create and maintain a cohesive platform to manage the agency’s data tracking and analysis systems so as to improve alignment and collaboration among programs and support departments. GSS’ current tracking systems exist across multiple databases and spreadsheets that are unable to interact with one another. By taking steps to unify these functions within just one system – Salesforce – they will enhance their capacity to integrate information across program services and functions, expand fundraising efforts that drive the future sustainability of GSS, and support processes that raise the quality of the services they provide. The Salesforce System Administrator will be responsible for supporting the implementation process and managing the technical needs of the system on an ongoing basis. GSS is a leading New York City multi-service agency serving more than 30,500 clients annually through more than 90 programs, providing at-risk NYC youth and their families with supports that promote a safe passage to self-sufficiency.

For continued support of the part-time Career Coach for the Career Bridge Program which provides additional career and technology programming and increases the number of students receiving career training. They use MyBestBets, a web-based postsecondary and career exploration platform that guides low-income individuals through the planning of a financially sustainable career. Through this program, their college and career program staff work with students to find immediate jobs, while they continue to receive career and technology education leading to career advancement and sustainable living wages. Through the efforts of the Career Coach, they are increasing the number of students who receive career training and one-on-one coaching and can better track their students’ career progress. Grace Outreach provides programs for low-income women aged 18+ to help them to strengthen their academic skills and acquire a High School Equivalency diploma, and to help them prepare for both higher education options and employment pathways to higher-wage jobs and careers.

To support the Family Success Supervisor who will oversee the work of their Family Coaches, assisting them to better address the needs of the families within the Family Success Initiative. The Initiative is a continuum of services for families, including parenting interventions that help parents to develop the key skills, resilience, and support systems to safely parent their children in order to either reunify with their children who are in foster care, or prevent their children from entering the foster care system. The Supervisor supports the Family Coaches as they help parents work toward their short-term and long-term goals by: providing ongoing one-on-one support; conducting interventions including parent/peer support groups to reduce social isolation; and visit coaching during supervised visits with children in foster care. The key aim is to provide every child they serve with a safe, loving, and permanent family. Graham Windham provides a wide range of services to over 5,000 children and families affected by abuse and neglect in New York City’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Harlem.

To support a Career and Education Pathways Access Coordinator for the GrandLo Cafe at Essex Crossing, a nonprofit social enterprise job training program. The program will serve 50 “opportunity youth” this year, youth who face steep barriers to future achievement and low access to educational attainment. The youth will receive training in hard and soft skills and comprehensive supportive services to help them overcome difficult life circumstances. Based on lessons learned during the first-year pilot, the training cycles will move from 9-week to 12-week cycles in order to give each cohort a more in-depth training. They will reduce the cohort size from 15 to 10 trainees per cohort to give each trainee more individualized attention during the training cycle, and to allow GSS to more successfully build their career and educational pathways placement support following each participant’s completion of the program. The Coordinator will guide the youths in creating an individual Career and Education Pathways Plan, connect them to a workforce or education pathway, track participants’ progress during and after the program to gauge the program’s effectiveness, and provide further support as needed. Grand Street Settlement provides comprehensive educational programs and social services to people of all ages residing on the Lower East Side in Manhattan and Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn.

To provide continued support for the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (“LCSW”) at their 21st Century Learning Center located at P.S./I.S. 191, a high-needs public school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Many students at P.S./I.S. 191 have severe behavioral problems and social-emotional challenges that noticeably impact their ability to focus on program activities, interact in a cooperative manner with their peers, and achieve academic success. The LCSW assesses middle school participants, implements planned curricula and groups, and provides case management, psycho-educational support, and individual and group counseling. Through these efforts, they seek to increase the effectiveness of the Learning Center by addressing these challenges and providing support that will better ensure the success of participants in school and beyond. Since the arrival of the LCSW, P.S./I.S 191 was removed from the NYS Education Department’s list of persistently dangerous schools. The concerted effort to address social-emotional challenges and developments, and the creation of a safe environment for students by the LCSW, contributed to this improvement. Hudson Guild’s mission is to create and sustain a strong, effective community that acknowledges and responds to the potential, achievements, and interdependence of its diverse members.

To support the second-year salary of NAC’s Chief Development Officer. As NAC has added six new programs over the past few years, each with significant growth potential, they must ensure that they have the infrastructure in place to support and sustain this growth. This has increased the burden on raising more funds from private sources each year. The addition of this position has enabled NAC to begin designing and executing a strategic plan for revenue generation, developing Major Donor and Planned Giving programs, and building the agency’s current and prospective institutional supporters at all levels, areas which they will solidify and build upon this year. NAC’s mission is to provide innovative and high-quality services in support of birth, foster, and adoptive families caring primarily for “medically fragile children”, which include children with severe physical disabilities, emotional and behavioral challenges, and developmental disabilities. Their continuum of services ensures that children’s physical, social, educational, recreational, medical and mental healthcare needs are met, and children are enabled to remain with – or to be returned to – their families whenever possible, or else be adopted by loving families.

For continued support of the Leadership Engagement Manager who will continue to hone their approach to onboarding, supporting, and managing Team Leaders, volunteers with extra responsibility who have received additional training and who are at the helm of each community project. This position is part of their focus on increased consistency and quality of their program delivery, as well as on improving the internal infrastructure needed to best serve their nonprofit Community Partners and the populations whom they serve. The Manager’s focus will be on building relationships throughout their key volunteers’ leadership experiences, making them more positive volunteer experiences, and increasing the ease with which the key volunteers can help them to deliver their ongoing programs. Through enrichment workshops, hands-on support, and consistent communications with Team Leaders, the Manager will seek to build a stronger, more connected group of leadership volunteers. New York Cares meets pressing community needs by mobilizing many caring New Yorkers in volunteer service.

For their Alternative to College (“ATC”) Counselor who provides post-secondary supports to youth graduating from their Learning to Work programs who are not college-bound and who have no career-focused plan yet in place. This year, they will begin the work and the relationship-building with students prior to their graduation. They will offer a new introductory workshop to provide an overview of services available from the ATC Counselor, and the general benefits and challenges of each. The ATC Counselor provided direct service to 89 youth in the pilot year while building new partnerships with training programs and other resources to which they can refer their participants. They have gained a better understanding of the challenges that this population faces and the barriers to their success. Having honed their model, they now want to deepen the work while beginning to institutionalize their approach across their program sites which serve young adults transitioning to adulthood, in order to have a broader approach. Queens Community House is a multi-site, community-based, settlement house serving low-income families in 11 neighborhoods across the Borough of Queens.

To support a new part-time Intake Specialist for the Young Adult Opportunity Initiative (“YAOI”) which creates employment and education opportunities for out-of-school, out-of-work youth ages 16 to 24 in the Mount Eden community of the Southwest Bronx. The Intake Specialist will provide thorough intake assessments of youth seeking to enter the program, and provide support to program staff to link youth to needed services and benefits, whether or not they enter their program. This role will help ensure that they can carefully assess young people’s needs, fully incorporate them into personalized program plans, and track their progress. It gives them a needed ‘point person’ where program participants and alumni, program staff, partner staff and outside providers can collaborate and develop the best plan possible for each young person who comes through their doors. New Settlement Apartments provides housing services as well as educational and community service programs for children and families living in the Southwest Bronx.

To provide continued support for the Vocational Specialist for Women and Youth who leads their enhanced Oasis Works program, a vocational training and job placement program that links participants to local sustainable employment. The Vocational Specialist will: teach 3-week employment readiness courses; work one-on-one with job seekers in their Employment Self-Help Center; teach certification courses culminating in ServSafe (restaurant), Customer Service, and Bank Teller certification; and oversee the job placement program that links program graduates directly with local internships and jobs. Their social workers will carry out a mental health assessment for each participant and provide support and referrals as necessary. They will expand and enhance the vocational training Oasis makes available to its current youth employees who serve as after school tutors and summer camp counselors. Oasis provides educational and vocational programs that help women enter and succeed in the workforce, and help children flourish academically and stay in school.

To support staffing for the implementation of the Individualized Placement and Support (“IPS”) Program in their supportive transitional and permanent housing programs for youth exiting homelessness. A top-tier, evidence-based practice model, IPS has been proven to increase positive employment and mental health outcomes among vulnerable youth. They expect that this will lead to better financial and wellness outcomes for the youth they serve by providing them with a bridge from poverty to opportunity and self-sufficiency. Through this program, they will serve 100 young adults per year whose behavioral health issues might typically hinder them from engaging in, or even seeking, employment. Covenant House New York helps teenagers and young adults turn the tragedy of homelessness, abandonment, and exploitation into an opportunity for growth and transformation by providing comprehensive residential care and services.

To support the new Site Manager who serves as the relationship manager between Year Up New York and the Borough of Manhattan Community College (“BMCC”) campus, coordinating the delivery of their one-year workforce development and college access program for underserved young adults in NYC. The program involves: 6 months of classroom-based instruction by BMCC professors enabling the development of marketable skills in a high-growth career field, and professional soft skills training from Year Up staff; followed by a 6-month professional internship with one of Year Up’s corporate partners. Students are eligible to earn bi-weekly stipends and up to 31 college credits at BMCC for the successful completion of their studies. Year Up New York provides a high level of wraparound support to their students during and after their training. Year Up’s intensive, one-year workforce development program is structured to provide academic and experiential learning to young adults so as to prepare them for the rigors of the modern workplace.