Caring Neighbors Fund

Description:
Support to provide subsidies to special-needs children of limited financial means. Reaching low-income riders has been a priority for GALLOPNYC since its beginning, and it has the most substantial subsidy program in the New York City area.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)

Description:
Support to conduct outreach and education at local food pantries to improve access to benefits and to provide case management for residents to secure affordable housing and obtain benefits and entitlements.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Ditmas Park
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Support to allow SUNY Downstate to provide culturally sensitive lectures that promote disease prevention and early detection, as well as screenings and support services.
Grant Amount: $1,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Renewal grant to support the HAEP Outreach Coordinator.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Diaspora will hire a full time outreach coordinator who will help immigrants impacted by the earthquake access supportive services.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Grant to support ESL classes for adult Haitian immigrants seeking improve language skills and employment prospects.
Grant Amount: $12,500
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)

Description:
Support to hire an Outreach Coordinator to respond to the complex needs of Brooklyn's large Haitian community by providing one-stop, culturally- and linguistically-competent services to Haitian immigrants.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Support allows CL, which provides services to young cancer patients and their families, to buy and maintain a fuel-efficient 14-passenger van to transport seriously ill children and their caregivers to medical appointments in Manhattan.
Grant Amount: $18,000
Neighborhoods Served: Borough Park
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
CAMBA will implement the Financial Assistance Program, a pilot of the NYC Haitian Community Hope and Healing Fund, to provide financial assistance to Haitian immigrants who arrived after the 2010 earthquake or to families supporting them.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)

Description:
CAMBA will operate additional ESL classes serving Haitian immigrants seeking to improve their language skills and gain employment. The program will serve 40 adult from October to June.
Grant Amount: $12,500
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)