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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Human Services, Senior Centers, Seniors
Mission: The educational alliance currently serves 50,000 new yorkers annually via 38 programs including preschools, camps, after school programs, senior centers, health & wellness programs, arts & culture classes, counseling services, and addiction recovery programs. All programs feature intergenerational and cross-cultural activities - bringing together people from diffrent backgrounds and age groups, so they can learn from and with each other.
Programs: Children and family services: these programs focus on facilitation of children's social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth and are offered in a community center, four public schools, public housing and through home-based services for infants. Head start and early head start provided an array of comprehensive services to families with infants and young children as well as to expectant parents such as development screenings, healthy meals, parenting education and assistance with securing employment, housing and healthcare.
the 14th st y: this educational alliance hub is the only jewish community center south of 14th street. In addition to serving both children and their families with a preschool and a parenting family center, the y provides youth, families and seniors with art classes, fitness classes, after-school programs, summer day camps, sports leagues and a variety of jewish life and learning programs.
behavioral health services: this comprehensive program is based at two residential therapeutic communities and outpatient facilites providing education, counseling, vocational training, family reunification and addiction services. Outpatient services also include prevention services targeting adolescents and seniors.