We offer a safe place respite program that allows girls between the ages of 12-15 to seek retreat when experiencing stress, trauma, and restoration at remote location. Our program typically deals with victims and survivors of physical and sexual crimes.
“Within HAUP, I work under the Covid Action Support Initiative (CASI) team.
CASI offers the community a variety of resources:
-educational sessions/workshops,
-Covid-19 resources (masks, Covid-19 home test, etc.),
-social service referrals (housing, immigration, etc.),
Other resources within HAUP:
Immigration
ESL (Haitian Creole to English)
After Program K-5 grade (SONYC P.S. 189 and COMPASS P.S. 241)
Special Needs Services”
The CCRB does a series of office tours where the youth can explore different departments and careers at agency. This is a great opportunity for young people to be exposed to different career paths, while being civically engaged. We also have a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a working committee made up of young leaders who are committed to criminal justice issues and improving police-community relations. Members advise CCRB staff about its efforts to engage young New Yorkers, serve as ambassadors to their communities about the agency, and join team-building activities.
Financial Empowerment/Counseling Service and worker protection, including for those in retail and fast food industries
NYC Smoke-Free, a program of Public Health Solutions (PHS), works to protect the health of New Yorkers through tobacco control policy, advocacy and education. We run a youth-led, adult-supported program called Reality Check, which aims to expose the manipulative and deceptive marketing tactics of the tobacco industry and produce change in communities through education, advocacy, outreach, political education, and media campaigns.
Youth can take advantage of the following programs and opportunities: Healthy Eating Alternative Series; Financial/Trading (Stocks/Options/Cryptos) Workshop; Etiquette/Modeling/Sewing Workshops; S.T.E.W. (Summer Talent Ed Workshop); Academic Support/Tutoring and Scholarships for High School Seniors. We also offer ESL for immigrant students and families
NY Connects is a free of charge program that connects people of any disability any age to services, resources or it could be based on people’s needs.
We connect people to services such as health Information/Services/Activities, Legal / Justice Services, reasonable accommodation guidance, benefits, housing applications, Medicaid applications to mention a few.
Fashion Runway, Public Speaking Coaching and Sewing Lessons for Girls Ages 9 – 18
