Grand Street Settlement
Mission:
Since its founding in 1916, Grand Street Settlement has provided residents of the Lower East Side community with the tools and support they need to overcome challenging circumstances and build productive lives and futures. Its comprehensive and integrated array of culturally relevant programs and services assists more than 10,000 area residents of all ages annually–from toddlers in Early Head Start and Day Care to school-age youth, young adults, and senior citizens.
Contact Information
Address: 80 Pitt Street New York, NY 10002
Telephone: 212 674-1740
Website: http://www.grandstreet.org
General Email: info@grandstreet.org
Location
General Information
Type: After School, Summer Program
Target audience: Families
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Project COOL After-School Program
Description: Grand Street's Project COOL is a pioneer in providing community-based academic support to low-income children. The creative literacy curriculum embraces an interactive approach to learning and teaching. It includes a full range of academic and cultural enrichment, recreation, and leadership development activities for approximately 100 children, ages 6–12. Project COOL employs a learner-centered approach, engaging students in activities that tap their interests and increase their ability. Project COOL builds the children's academic skills and self-confidence — the foundation for improved school performance.
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Summer Day Camp
Description: The Summer Day Camp is a long-standing tradition and a vital part of the Settlement's programming. The Summer Camp provides approximately 175 children with an array of stimulating educational and recreational activities for seven weeks each summer, in a safe and nurturing environment. The youngsters engage in interactive educational activities that allow them to continue to learn and grow academically during their summer vacation. This helps to prevent summer "learning loss" for those youngsters already struggling academically during the school year. The children build their skills and develop new interests through art projects, sports, games, and field trips to fascinating sites around New York City. The Camp also gives the children the opportunity to form positive relationships with caring adults and older adolescents who serve as mentors and assistant counselors.
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Early Childhood
Description: Grand Street Settlement has offered quality early childhood services for Lower East Side children and families for more than three decades. Its Head Start Program was established in the 1960s to serve three- and four-year-olds from disadvantaged families. Programs now include Daycare, Early Head Start, Head Start, and Universal Pre-Kindergarten. Together they offer an intensive and comprehensive continuum of child-centered services for newborns to six-year-olds, and an array of support services for parents and families.
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Beacon Center
Description: Established in 1995, the Grand Street-administered Beacon Center is only a few short blocks from the agency's main community center at 80 Pitt Street. Housed at Marta Valle Comprehensive school, the Beacon Center is within walking distance of a number of local elementary, middle, and high schools. The Beacon Center offers our community a secure, safe haven in a drug-free zone where residents of all ages are offered academic enrichment, college and career exploration, counseling, health education and referrals, athletics, creative expression, cultural activities, and parent support. The Center serves well over 5000 community members each year, and brings more than one million dollars in services to our local schools.
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