Harlem Children's Zone
Mission:
Founded in 1970, Harlem Children's Zone, Inc. is a pioneering, non-profit, community-based organization that works to enhance the quality of life for children and families in some of New York City's most devastated neighborhoods. Formerly known as Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, HCZ Inc.'s centers serve more than 13,000 children and adults, including over 9,500 at-risk children. The emphasis of our work is not just on education, social service and recreation, but on rebuilding the very fabric of community life. The Children's Zone intentionally develops programs where other agencies are not located and poor children and families have no one, or even a place, to run for help.
Contact Information
Address: 35 East 125th Street, New York, NY 10035
Telephone: (212) 534-0700
Website: http://www.harlemchildrenszone.org
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General Information
Target audience: Students, Parents
Year founded: 1970
Tag words: Pre-K, Charter School, HCZ, Harlem
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The Baby College:
Description: Provide parents with both a range of information and the supports necessary to raise happy and healthy children who enter school ready to learn.
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Harlem Gems Head Start:
Description: This Universal Pre-Kindergarten program located at PS 149/207 provides 40 four-year olds with an intellectually and socially stimulating curriculum that helps prepare them to enter kindergarten ready to learn.
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Promise Academy Charter Schools
Description: Promise Academy Charter School is part of an ambitious plan to revitalize Central Harlem and save the lives of children in a community that has long been gripped by poverty, poor health, and failed schools. The vision and proposal for the school was put forth by The Harlem Children's Zone, a community based organization that provides preventive, educational and recreational services for Harlem families. "We have a whole community of kids shackled by a history of failure who have sort of given up and thrown in the towel -- and we expect those kids to compete with other people's kids," Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of Harlem's Children's Zone said on a news program before the school opened in September 2004. "We make a promise to our parents: if you give us your kids, we're going to guarantee that those kids are going to be successful."
Fees for services: K-12
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Schools/sites: 175 W. 134th Street New York, NY 10030
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