Children’s Aid
Project Title
For project support to provide college and career supports to New York City youth through community centers
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
0 months
Description
Established in 1853 with the mission to improve the lives of orphans in NYC, Children’s Aid now offers over 100 programs across more than forty sites in under-resourced communities, reaching nearly 50,000children and families annually. Children’s Aid primarily serves four neighborhoods—Harlem, Washington Heights, the South Bronx, and Northern Staten Island—experiencing high levels of intergenerational poverty. It operates six community centers offering neighborhood-based solutions for young people, families, and communities, including academic support, post-secondary preparation, career skills, financial literacy, and life skills for high school students. Graduates receive ongoing support, including job placements, counseling, financial assistance, and food security. Carnegiesupport would amplify these programs by integrating them into a scalable model for community centers, allowing Children’s Aid to assist more youth with comprehensive college and career services and provide $1,500 stipends for intensive youth cohort-based experiences.
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For planning related to the relaunch of the National Center for Community Schools
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
As the larger educational reform conversation shifts from a near-exclusive focus on academics to an understanding that social-emotional learning and a focus on the needs of the whole child are also required for success, more and more districts across the country are becoming interested in community schools as a key reform strategy. In response, Children’s Aid is preparing to relaunch its National Center for Community Schools (NCCS), a practice-based technical assistance center that builds the capacity of schools, districts, and community partners to organize their human and financial resources around student success. Over the past twenty-four years, NCCS has provided technical assistance to 15,000 adaptation sites; their goal continues to be supporting whole school models that provide more effective learning environments for diverse learners, particularly those residing in low-income communities. This grant supports a nine-month strategic planning process for NCCS that will include market research, business planning, and change management.
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Toward a leadership forum for professionals engaged in community school implementation
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
4 months
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Date
Sep. 29, 2005
Duration
0 months