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Young Audiences New York's mission is to use art, in all its forms, as a catalyst for exploring creativity and advancing equity among youth, families, and communities in New York City.
You Gotta Believe strives to find adoptive parents for young adults, teens, and pre-teens before they age out of the foster care system and run the extremely high risk of becoming homeless. People interested in adopting are invited to a 10-week parenting course to help figure out if a lifetime family commitment to the teen is something they are ready to do. You Gotta Believe is the only organization in the U.S. that solely limits its practice to finding young adults, teens, and pre-teens in the foster care system permanent parents and families.
Trail Blazers facilitates the development of values and life skills in thousands of urban youth through outdoor experiential education, year-round mentoring, and leadership training. The award-winning educational programs counteract the risk of school failure common among low-income and minority students. While at the 1,000-acre campsite in New Jersey, children develop confidence and independence. Programs rely on a non-competitive, education-based framework where children live, work, and play in small groups.
The New York Center for Children is a child-friendly Center providing free, comprehensive evaluation and therapy services to victims of child abuse and their families. NYCC also offers professional training on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of child abuse. In addition to evaluation and treatment, the children at NYCC also benefit from tutoring, mentoring and extracurricular events.
The Arthur Project’s mission is to create a replicable model that professionalizes traditional mentoring by using clinically-focused mentors to work intensely with youth and their families throughout middle school. Through the science of relationship-based learning, The Arthur Project fosters a profound sense of mattering that expands opportunities in the lives of children.
Road Recovery is a music industry-driven non-profit dedicated to helping young people as they battle addiction and other adversities in their lives.
Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability & Equity (RISE) inspires all generations of Rockaway residents to care for their environment and community through civic engagement and youth development programs that advance social equity and the physical well-being of their vibrant, coastal community.
Notes in Motion provides dance education programs to the NYC Public Schools in styles including modern, ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, Latin, African, and more. These programs are united by their singular approach to arts education, The Movement Exchange Method, which combines technical instruction with creative skill-building and collaborative learning. Programs foster self- discovery, risk-taking, and making connections. They aim to provide access to the art form of dance to inspire the next generation of dance appreciators.
Minds Matter of NYC transforms the lives of accomplished high school students from low-income families by broadening their dreams and preparing them for college success. Minds Matter targets students who are among the top academic performers in their class but attend struggling high schools with little college application guidance. By working with their mentors and attending top-tier summer programs, Minds Matter students gain academic and social enrichment, while building their college knowledge.
MindLeaps provides youth development dance programming to improve children’s academic outcomes and ability to make positive life decisions.
INCLUDEnyc brings love, equity, and access to young people with disabilities in New York City by providing them and their families with the resources and support they need. We give families with children and young people from birth to 26 with any disability the knowledge, confidence, and skills they need to make informed decisions, effectively access and navigate systems and services, and the ability to advocate for themselves and other young people.
The Fiver Children’s Foundation is a comprehensive youth development organization that makes a 10-year commitment to children from underserved communities throughout New York City and central New York. Through character-building summer and year-round out-of-school time programs, Fiver empowers children to make ethical and healthy decisions, to become engaged citizens, and to succeed in school, careers, and life.
Dorill Initiative is an arts and culture institution committed to helping At-Promise Youth tap into their limitless potential and creative power to galvanize communities and ignite social change
Dancewave transforms New York City’s youth through unique exposure to world-class, pre-professional performing arts training. Dancewave strives to expose students to various techniques and styles in order to develop the versatility required of professional dancers. They ingrain a sophisticated knowledge of dance history by exposing students to a wide spectrum of dance artists at various stages in their careers, while creating a nurturing and challenging environment for every participant to develop his or her technique and performance skill.
City Growers harnesses the wonders of nature to increase environmental and food literacy, cultivate curiosity, and provide transformative experiences for urban youth. They use urban agriculture to teach kids about where food comes from and why it matters.
Brooklyn Debate League helps NYC public high school students access the transformative power of speech and debate training.
ArtsConnection's research based arts programs create socially just learning environment that support literacy, communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. ArtsConnection's partnerships include and strengthen the diverse voices of NYC's youth, cultivating their arts and academic skill for success in a changing world.
America SCORES New York inspires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, andbecome agents of change in their communities through year-round after-schoolprogramming based on a nationally standardized curriculum of soccer, poetry andservice learning.
Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York unites foster, adoptive andkinship care families, giving them a voice and providing support, informationand advocacy. By fostering communication and collaboration betweenfamilies, agencies and concerned citizens, we seek to ensure the stability,well-being and permanency of all children touched by the child welfare system.
For over 130 years, Trail Blazers has cultivated inclusive and accessible activities for youth to enjoy and learn about the world around them. Their values emphasize the importance of teamwork and accountability in the growth of young people and a commitment to progress our communities.
The organization's mission is to help young people grow by connecting with nature. Their various camps, after-school, and leadership/workforce development programs create spaces where youth can engage deeply with themselves and each other free from tech-heavy environments, allowing them to develop the skills and values needed to thrive as adults.
Nonprofit Partner: Trail Blazers
For 130 years, Trail Blazers has cultivated inclusive and accessible activities for young people to enjoy and learn about the world around them. Their values emphasize the importance of teamwork and accountability in the growth of our youth and a commitment to progress in our communities.
The organization's mission is to help young people grow by connecting with nature.Their various camps and programs create spaces where youth can engage deeply with themselves and each other free from tech-heavy environments, allowing them to develop the skills and values needed to thrive as adults
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