I Have a Dream Foundation
Project Title
For project support of career readiness and postsecondary success services at I Have a Dream Foundation East Harlem
Date
Mar. 06, 2025
Duration
18 months
Description
Founded in 1981, the “I Have a Dream” Foundation (IHDF) works to ensure that all children have equal access to the educational, mentorship, and career opportunities so they graduate from high school, pursue and complete higher education and fulfill their innate potential. As a national program engaging with different cities across the country IHDF works with affiliates to adopt their framework and build upon it by customizing programming to meet their community’s specific needs. This proposal will support IHDF’s local East Harlem site reaching 114 Dreamer Scholars, elementary to college age. With support from the Corporation IHDF plans to strengthen their NYC based career readiness and postsecondary preparation offerings. This grant will support thirty-nine Dreamer Scholars who have completed high school and will receive one on one support on the last stage of their journey, and their newest cohort of seventy-eight Dreamer Scholars and their families will begin to receive services which will improve their postsecondary outcomes.