Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service
Mission:
The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service strives to empower its clients to achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and more rewarding participation in the community through programs that nurture and strengthen families, protect children, and enable individuals with disabilities to achieve their full potential. Through these services and advocacy, the Brooklyn Bureau works to build stronger and healthier individuals, families, and communities.
Contact Information
Address: 285 Schermerhorn Street , Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone: 718-310-5600
Website: http://www.bbcs.org
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General Information
Type: After School, Arts, Reading/Literacy
Target audience: Students, Parents, Families
Year founded: 1866
Tag words: visual art, after school, day care, pre K, reading
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Educational Day Care Centers/ Afterschool Programs
Description: Our two day care centers, Duffield Children's Center and Waverly Child Care Center, offer free or sliding-scale child care to low-income parents, providing educationally rich day care and afterschool programs to more than 425 children, ages 2 to11. Teachers and volunteers foster environments where children gain reading and math skills. Through our privately-funded afterschool literacy and arts initiatives, children have the opportunity to make their own art and use stories, music, dance and drama to explore history, science, society and culture.
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Afterschool Literacy Initiative
Description: Our Afterschool Literacy Initiative sparks fundamental change in children's attitudes toward reading and writing. From 3:00 to 6:00 each weekday, 230 children who attend our Duffield and Waverly child care centers study diverse themes such as Ancient China, Russia: Myths, Legends and Folktales and New York City Architecture and Its Influences. Children engage in multi-sensory learning activities, including dance, poetry, drama and song as they build their intellectual skills and discover the world in which they live.
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Visual Arts and Education Program
Description: Through an ongoing collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum of Art, children who participate in our Afterschool Literacy Initiative have the opportunity to see priceless works of art. Children also learn how to better express themselves through creating their own artwork as part of study themes. The Visual Arts and Education Program helps children develop cognitive and motor skills while bolstering their self-esteem and confidence.
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Head Start
Description: Head Start The Brooklyn Bureau provides Head Start program services to 47 children. Head Start is a nationwide, federally funded program intended to increase the social competence of children from low income families, thus preparing children for healthy and productive lives.
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Family Day Care
Description: The Brooklyn Bureau offers quality child care to 210 babies and toddlers through our network of home based providers. Located in 38 homes, Family Day Care provides safe and nurturing environments to babies and pre-schoolers, ages 0-4.
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Gary Klinsky Children's Centers
Description: Gary Klinsky Children's Centers (GKCC) provide after-school learning opportunities to children from low-income families, who attend some of New York City's lowest performing schools. GKCC provides hands-on lessons in history, sociology, ecology, science, geography, and technology, plus focused explorations into special-interest subjects including journalism, photography, poetry, entrepreneurship, and government. Lessons are presented to children through multi-sensory activities and are provided in the context of academically stimulating themes. GKCC enhances children's reading, writing, and math skills, and helps them to develop their creativity, confidence, and enthusiasm for learning. GKCC's students have demonstrated a marked improvement in behavior, school attendance, academic performance, and performance on standardized examinations. he GKCC program is offered every weekday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at four public elementary schools and one middle school located in East New York and Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The five GKCC centers serve nearly 1,000 children, from kindergarten through middle school.
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