Caring Neighbors Fund
Myrtle Avenue Commercial Revitalization and Development Project Local Development Corporation
Description:
Support for the Myrtle Avenue - Healthy Food For All Initiative, which aims to create community-based solutions to the problem of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy, affordable food for public housing residents in Fort Greene.
Support for the Myrtle Avenue - Healthy Food For All Initiative, which aims to create community-based solutions to the problem of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy, affordable food for public housing residents in Fort Greene.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Clinton Hill
Downtown
Fort Greene
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Mercy Home for Children
Description:
Support for this network of local group homes for disabled adults to collaborate with the College of Direct Support to develop competencies for front line staff who provide services to consumers in all areas of human service.
Support for this network of local group homes for disabled adults to collaborate with the College of Direct Support to develop competencies for front line staff who provide services to consumers in all areas of human service.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Manhattan New Music Project
Description:
Arts in ed / professional development programs serving special needs students in 5 District 75 Bklyn schools. Thru teacher trainings and in-school support, MNMP helps teachers use the arts as a way to improve students' academic & socialization skills.
Arts in ed / professional development programs serving special needs students in 5 District 75 Bklyn schools. Thru teacher trainings and in-school support, MNMP helps teachers use the arts as a way to improve students' academic & socialization skills.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Borough Park
Coney Island
Gowanus
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Middle School Students
High School Students
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York
Description:
Renewal grant to provide immigration legal services in the heart of the Haitian community to help US citizens and lawful permanent residents reunite with family members in Haiti & assist Haitians stranded in the US apply for Temporary Protected Status.
Renewal grant to provide immigration legal services in the heart of the Haitian community to help US citizens and lawful permanent residents reunite with family members in Haiti & assist Haitians stranded in the US apply for Temporary Protected Status.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York
Description:
Support for legal services at the Haitian Family Support Center; a new initiative created by the First Church of the Bretheren to respond to the needs of Haitian immigrans impacted by the January 10, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Support for legal services at the Haitian Family Support Center; a new initiative created by the First Church of the Bretheren to respond to the needs of Haitian immigrans impacted by the January 10, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
League Treatment Center
Description:
Capital gift to outfit 2 nursery school classrooms in the League School's new home in Prosepct Heights.
Capital gift to outfit 2 nursery school classrooms in the League School's new home in Prosepct Heights.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Preschool Students
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
KONGO
Description:
Support for a community based arts program that uses music and dance as part of the healing process for Haitian immigrants impacted by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Support for a community based arts program that uses music and dance as part of the healing process for Haitian immigrants impacted by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie
Description:
The Food Pantry Enrichment Program will increase the value of JCCC's current emergency food services by increasing the nutritional value of the food packages, the accessibility of the food pantry, and volunteer engagement.
The Food Pantry Enrichment Program will increase the value of JCCC's current emergency food services by increasing the nutritional value of the food packages, the accessibility of the food pantry, and volunteer engagement.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Mill Island
Starrett City
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Institute for Community Living, Inc.
Description:
Support for a health educator to work at 10 Brooklyn residences with 1,000 seriously mental ill adults to promote a Healthy Living curriculum that will save lives and lengthen life spans by addressing lifestyle choices that cause serious illnesses.
Support for a health educator to work at 10 Brooklyn residences with 1,000 seriously mental ill adults to promote a Healthy Living curriculum that will save lives and lengthen life spans by addressing lifestyle choices that cause serious illnesses.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Homecrest Community Services, Inc.
Description:
$25,000 challenge grant to be used for general operating support. A key goal is to generate a high level of participation, especially among the leadership of the Brooklyn Chinese-American community, as well as other stakeholders.
$25,000 challenge grant to be used for general operating support. A key goal is to generate a high level of participation, especially among the leadership of the Brooklyn Chinese-American community, as well as other stakeholders.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bensonhurst
Sheepshead Bay
Population Served:
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund