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Youth and Family Services

Youth and Family Services Administrative Office
350 Linwood St.
Brooklyn, NY 11208
718-277-3522
Division Director: Rob Abbot

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  • School Aged Child Care: We provide high quality, fun afterschool programs to 850 children in several public schools: PS 7, PS 65, PS 89, PS 290, IS 171, and IS 302. We also provide summer camps at PS 7 and IS 302.
    Contact: Director of Youth and Family Services, 350 Linwood St., Brooklyn, NY 11208, 718-277-3522
  • Beacon: The Beacon is a school-based community center which provides adult education, including ESL and GED, afterschool and summer programs, and recreation, health and fitness for youth and adults. Click here for the Fitness Room brochure information.
    Contact: IS 302, 350 Linwood Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208 718.277.3522
  • Beacon Family Place: The Beacon Family Place provides family counseling.
    Contact: IS 302, 350 Linwood Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208, 718.277.9593
  • Cypress Hills Community Learning Center at IS 171: Offers adult education, including ESL and GED, and afterschool and summer programs.
    Contact: IS 171, 528 Ridgewood Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208, 718.235.1028.

    Recent Highlights:

      The Afterschool Corporation evaluated our programs at PS 7, PS 290, and IS 302/PS 89 in 2007-08, which had a combined enrollment of 619, and found that 72% of regular participants improved their math grades, and 70% improved their English grade, from the fall to the spring.

    Contact us regarding youth and family services in Cypress Hills.

     

CAREER AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Administrative Office
625 Jamaica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
718-647-2800
Division Director: Lowell Herschberger

 

  • College Success Programs: College STEPS helps local young people each year to apply to and enter college. We provide individual counseling to assist with the admissions and financial aid process, workshops, and college trips. The Student Success Center, located on the Franklin K. Lane campus, offers the same services on site to students on the campus.
    Contact:
    College STEPS:     2810 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11207. 718-484-8531
    Student Success Center: 999 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. 647-2100, ext. 8705
  • YouthLEAD: YouthLEAD provides GED instruction and employment services for young people, ages 16-24 who are not in school or working.
    Contact: 2836 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11207. 718-235-8837
  • Youth Build: Offers GED instruction and job training and experience in construction for young adults. Participants gain experience, while working on CHLDC’s affordable housing projects.
    Contact: 832 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. 718-277-3600. Cypress Hills' Youth Build recently helped some disabled homeowners and was featured in NY1. Click here for information.
  • CHECC: CHECC is located in the Lane High School Campus, and provides drop-out prevention counseling, employment services, and college preparation for students in all five of the schools in the building.
    Contact: Franklin K. Lane High School, 999 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208, 718-235-1521
  • Cypress Hills Employment Solutions: Employment placement services for adults in Cypress Hills.
    Contact: 2836 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, 718-235-8837
  • Adult Education: Offers free English as a Second Language classes.
    Contact: 528 Ridgewood Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208, 718-235-1028.

    • Recent Highlights:

  • In 2009, we helped 119 young people gain acceptance to college.