Thanks to a unique partnership with the Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York, the Catherine McAuley High School helps 40 academically capable and motivated at-risk girls meet their full potential and become productive members of society by providing supportive housing with school.
The school in East Flatbush serves as a haven for girls and their families who are unable to provide a safe and stable home environment due to extended illness, neglect or abuse, extreme poverty or serious family relationship problems.
The boarding program at Catherine McAuley allows the girls to live on campus and fully commit to a rigorous academic curriculum and participate in a variety of extracurricular and community service activities. At the conclusion of its inaugural year in 2008 the first eight seniors graduated and all eight matriculated at college.
Brooklyn Community Foundation proudly supports programs like Catherine McAuley so that Brooklyn's young people can learn, grow and achieve.
Created for and by girls from low-income households, the Sadie Nash Leadership Project is a unique educational leadership program which supports the intellectual and emotional development of girls at a critical stage in their lives.
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