Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation is building a strong, sustainable Cypress Hills/East New York for youth and adults. Each year, over 9,000 local residents participate in the organization’s programs, which include affordable housing development, community-based planning and sustainability initiatives, housing counseling, community organizing, youth development, and education, employment and college access programs.
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation’s Change Capital Fund grant is supporting the expansion and integration of programs for affordable housing and job development, and the continuity of educational services from kindergarten through college.
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC)’s CCF-funded initiative focuses on expanding and integrating programs for affordable housing and job development, and expanding the continuity of youth services from kindergarten through college. Two key programs include: the CHAMPION Network, which works closely with businesses in the transportation and logistics sector to train, place, and support young adults; and College Success Programs, which provide counseling and support services starting in high school and continuing throughout college to ensure college graduation.
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With funding and technical support from Change Capital Fund, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation developed a public benefit rationale illustrating the cost benefit of just one of their programs:
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Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC) is a 37-year-old nonprofit comprehensive community development corporation located in South Brooklyn that advances economic and social justice by building vibrant, diverse communities where residents have genuine opportunities to achieve their goals and the power to shape the community’s future.
The Change Capital Fund grant is funding the Stronger Together Partnership, a collaboration between FAC and Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, Red Hook Initiative, and Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation. Stronger Together will improve education and workforce outcomes for one in three young adults living in poverty in Red Hook and Gowanus public housing. Over 10,000 individuals facing multiple barriers to self-sufficiency live in these public housing communities. The four Stronger Together partners share intake, referral, and data-tracking systems to increase access to the partner organizations workforce programs, adult education, college access, financial literacy, income supports and employer connections.
With funding and technical support from Change Capital Fund, Fifth Avenue Committee developed a public benefit rationale illustrating the cost benefit of just one of their programs:
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New Settlement Apartments is a nonprofit organization that has for 25 years demonstrated a commitment to affordable housing and community development, offering a wide range of services for youth, adults and families. New Settlement collaborates with community residents and develops strategic partnerships to lead collective action efforts in the southwest Bronx. The extensive year-round community services and educational programs are created to address the needs of several thousand youth and adults who live in this chronically underserved area of the Bronx.
With its Change Capital Fund grant, New Settlement Apartments is focusing on reducing poverty in the South Bronx and ensuring that families have the power to make quality choices about education, employment, housing, wellness and creative expression.
New Settlement Apartments’ (NSA) is expanding continuity and increasing intensity of services offered to youth and families living in low-income housing in the Mount Eden section of The Bronx. The organization’s goal is to improve educational outcomes and job prospects for 17- to 24-year-olds and housing stability for families. During the first year, NSA focused on making internal programmatic connections between programs to harnesses their collective efforts to have a greater community impact.
With funding and technical support from Change Capital Fund, New Settlement Apartments developed a public benefit rationale illustrating the cost benefit of just one of their programs:
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St. Nicks Alliance, a 40 year old North Brooklyn based community organization, seeks to transform lives of low and moderate income people through employment, education, housing, and health care, delivering impactful services with measurable outcomes to children, adults, and the elderly. As a civic anchor St. Nicks carries out their mission within the context of building a sustainable community for all people through the arts, environmental advocacy, and urban planning.
St. Nicks Alliance launched NABE 3.0, an initiative that integrates the organization’s outcomes-driven strategies in housing, employment and education through one-on-one transformational coaching for residents of North Brooklyn, in an effort to reduce homelessness and poverty. In its first year, St. Nicks Alliance utilized its partnerships with schools, CBOs, government agencies and local providers to coordinate services, create service plans, and develop policies for consistently capturing data, resulting in first year impacts in employment, improved education levels, and homelessness prevention. Transformational coaches work collaboratively to review client service plans, troubleshoot bottlenecks and inspire/motivate clients to reach their goals and outcomes.
With funding and technical support from Change Capital Fund, St. Nicks Alliance developed a public benefit rationale illustrating the cost benefit of just one of their programs:
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