CHANGING LIVES . . . BUILDING COMMUNITIES

Charitable services, namely, public advocacy to promote awareness of the educational and financial needs of the local community, as well as towards social justice and systematic change on a state, national, and global level provided by a community center that provides outreach and support to neighbors and parishes; Family Support Center services, namely, providing referrals to services, in the field of day care, mental health, transportation, home management services, housing, entitlements, employment, vocational guidance, emergency cash and goods on an individualized basis; High school graduation equivalent test preparation class referral services for fathers aged 16-24; Career placement services, namely, placing the participants of an internship program in permanent jobs; providing federal supplemental nutrition programs for Women, Infants and Children, namely, providing referrals for health care and other social services in the field of nutrition, for the purpose of improving pregnancy outcomes, reducing the number of low birth weight infants, supporting and encouraging breastfeeding, and supporting the growth and development of infants and children

Charitable services, namely, providing financial support to vulnerable individuals and families via community center homelessness prevention services that provide outreach and support to neighbors and parishes; Financial counseling services, namely, financial counseling in the nature of prevention programs tailored for families at-risk of losing their homes; Financial Counseling services in the field of Homelessness Prevention, namely, helping families and individuals at risk of shelter entry and those with a previous shelter stay who live in Queens County and in East New York, Canarsie and Mill Basin in Brooklyn; Financial counseling services, namely, Family and Youth Center services, namely, financial counseling for homelessness prevention tailored for at-risk families and people in danger of losing their homes; providing federal supplemental nutrition programs for Women, Infants and Children, namely, providing financial assistance through offering families vouchers for free healthy foods and vouchers for the farmer's markets, for the purpose of improving pregnancy outcomes, reducing the number of low birth weight infants, supporting and encouraging breastfeeding, and supporting the growth and development of infants and children

Charitable services, namely, providing Community Centers providing outreach to and support for our neighbors and parishes, namely, education services in the nature of high school graduation equivalent test preparation classes and ESL classes; Early Childhood Services, namely, education services offering comprehensive quality courses through early childhood education programs, designed to foster the development of children in a safe environment; Older Adult Services, namely, providing educational and entertainment services, namely, conducting recreational and multicultural programs to help older adults improve the quality of their lives and provide the education necessary to continue to live in their communities as they age; Educational services, namely, Family Services Programs providing students with learning opportunities through courses in the field of Homework Help, Arts and Crafts, Language Arts, Creative Writing, Violence Prevention, Dance; Educational services, namely, family services programs providing workshops on parenting skills, career development and ESL classes, targeting individuals with limited literacy skills in their native language and limited language proficiency who function at the beginning levels living in the general geographic area of Astoria and nearby areas, and entailing highly contextualized learning through an array of educational and workforce services and supports, namely, computer lab instructions, job readiness workshops, and financial literacy workshops; Educational services, namely, providing a family services comprehensive program that provides structured activities for children ages 5-12 in the field of art, homework help, social skills development and creative writing, designed for working parents who want their children to be in a highly stabilized educational environment to reinforce what each student is learning in school; Educational services, namely, family services program, namely, providing academic enrichment and youth development opportunities outside of regular school hours, in the nature of courses in the field of general and liberal arts, primarily for children who live in low-income areas and attend low-performing schools; providing literacy and educational services, namely, arts and crafts, language arts, creative writing, violence prevention, dance, parenting skills, career development and ESL classes; Family Support Center services, namely, individual and family educational programs in the field of parenting, domestic violence, anger management, ADHD and parent aid training; Educational services, namely, services for students within the age range of 17-21, offering classes of instruction in Literacy, English, Math, Science and Social Studies and English for Speakers of Other Languages, enrichment classes in Work Readiness, Music and Dance, Critical Thinking, Math and English Tutoring, Computer Classes, Arts and Drama, Financial Literacy; Educational services, namely, Fatherhood Program consisting of classes to aid fathers aged 16-24 in reconnecting and strengthening their parental bond with their children by assisting young fathers in developing essential parenting skills needed to be socially, emotionally and financially involved in the lives of their children, developing responsible, reachable and accountable young fathers committed to the well-being of their children, empowering young fathers to be financially adept, educationally equipped and professionally skilled and, producing young fathers eager to fulfill the position of "role model" in their children's lives through Parenting Courses, Conflict Resolution Courses, Job Readiness Courses, Life Skills Courses; Educational counseling services, namely, High School Afterschool Program providing orientation and support services to 9th grade students to facilitate the transition into high school, addressing educational, personal and social challenges that may arise, assisting with the promotion into 10th grade; Providing after school educational programs, namely, providing students with Academic Enrichment, Recreational Activities, Field Trips, Cultural Awareness, for the purpose of improving relationships, reducing high risk behaviors and securing help from adults/parents to help refrain from violent behaviors; Educational services, namely, providing courses for victims of various issues who warrant services to help reestablish themselves in the fields of Life Skills Building, Job Readiness, Job Education and Career Counseling; Educational services, namely, Summer Youth Employment Program for young adults from the ages of 14-24, namely, providing internships in the fields of day cares, senior centers, office work, maintenance, the creative arts, retail, community organizing, computers and business Educational, services, namely, providing job readiness orientation courses that focus on professional identity, health and stress, financial literacy, and higher education; Educational services, namely, providing internships for low-income New York City young adults aged 16-24 who are not working and not in school, incorporating ongoing education in the field of law offices, business offices, and social organizations; Education services, namely, providing nine months of post-internship follow-up courses in the field of law offices, business offices, and social organizations; Educational counseling services to assist students in planning future training programs and further education; Educational services, namely, providing higher level English classes to immigrants between the ages of 16 to 31, namely, providing employability skills through job training, developing advanced college level English, teaching financial literacy for those who are speakers of languages other than English

Charitable services, namely, providing Community Centers providing outreach to and support for our neighbors and parishes, through providing emergency food services in the nature of providing food to needy persons and through providing refugee resettlement services in the nature of providing safe and affordable temporary housing to those in need; Providing temporary housing accommodations for the purpose of helping individuals strive for rehabilitation and independence; Child care and family day care programs in the field of Early Childhood care, designed to foster the development of children in a safe environment; Affordable Housing services, namely, providing temporary housing accommodations for low-income older adults, temporary family housing and temporary halfway housing for formerly homeless individuals; Counseling related services, namely, Refugee Resettlement Program, namely, resettling individuals and families in the nature of providing safe and affordable temporary housing to those in need who have escaped political or religious persecution, fled the brutality of dictator governments, represent ethnic minorities being discriminated against in their homelands and to victims of human trafficking who were brought to this country for the sex trades or as forced labor

Behavioral Health Services through providing more than 25 behavioral health programs helping individuals strive for rehabilitation and independence, namely, psychiatric evaluation, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention; Behavioral Health Services through providing more than 25 behavioral health programs helping individuals strive for rehabilitation and independence, namely, MICA services for the mentally ill and chemically addicted persons in the form of mental and substance abuse rehabilitation; Older Adult Services, namely, providing nutritional guidance services; Providing nutritional information and counseling namely, providing federal supplemental nutrition programs for Women, Infants and Children, namely, nutrition counseling and health information, breastfeeding information, for the purpose of improving pregnancy outcomes, reducing the number of low birth weight infants, supporting and encouraging breastfeeding, and supporting the growth and development of infants and children; Developmental Disability Services, namely, health care services in the nature of 24-hour supervised care at one of our 19 residences for the developmentally disabled; Substance abuse patient counseling for developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, programs for general substance abuse prevention and family treatment rehabilitation through working directly with families to develop a long-term plan that best meets the client's needs; Substance abuse counseling for developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, Substance abuse Family Treatment Rehabilitation Program services assisting families who are facing difficult issues and are in need of rehabilitation

Charitable services, namely, providing Community Centers providing outreach to and support for our neighbors and parishes, namely, support groups and case management in the nature of coordination of necessary legal, social psychological, medical, vocational and educational issues and services; Patient advocacy and case management services in the nature of coordinating medication management services, namely, coordinating the procurement and administration of medication, for helping individuals strive for rehabilitation and independence; Older Adult Services, namely, providing social service, namely, companionship services to help older adults improve the quality of their lives and provide the support necessary to continue to live in their communities as they age; Providing social services, namely, companionship services in affordable housing for low-income older adults and formerly homeless individuals; Homeless prevention case management services, namely, coordinating legal, social, and psychological services for vulnerable individuals and families; Family Support Center services, namely, individual and family emotional support counseling for parenting concerning intrafamily relationships, for victims of domestic violence, for individuals with anger management, for families dealing with ADHD, and in the fields of marital counseling and intrafamily communication counseling; Counseling in the field of developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, providing a program helping client/consumers who are residents of the Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn neighborhood in need of support and family-strengthening services; Counseling in the field of developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships for strengthening families and helping them stay together; Providing Students within the age range of 17-21 social services and programs, namely, companionship services; Family counseling services, namely, individual, family and group counseling to aid fathers aged 16-24 in reconnecting and strengthening their parental bond with their children by assisting young fathers in developing essential parenting skills needed to be socially and emotionally involved in the lives of their children developing responsible, reachable and accountable young fathers committed to the well-being of their children and producing young fathers eager to fulfill the position of "role model" in their children's lives Counseling in the field of developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, providing services for victims of various issues who warrant services to help reestablish themselves through Individual/Family counseling; providing students with free legal advice about U.S. citizenship and immigration