Grants That Make a Difference
February 14, 2008
City Year Receives Grant Funding for Public School Programs
City Year New York has received a three-year, $318,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to support its Team Sponsorship program at P.S. 154. The school is located in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx and was chosen by City Year for the Team Sponsorship program because statistics indicate that 48.9 percent of children under the age of 18 in this community live in poverty.
The City Year Team Sponsorship Program supports teams of 10-12 Corps Members at specific schools. These Corps Members are assigned communities and school partnerships where they work Monday through Thursday. With support of the Department of Education, the Corps Members work directly with school administration, staff, and students to provide an all-day school presence that includes support in-school, after school and in the community.
City Year’s youth service corps serve full-time and year-round in schools as tutors, mentors, role models, and leaders of after-school programs and vacation camps.
The three-year grant will help City Year develop programs for the nearly 500 elementary school students who attend P.S. 154, and, as Itai Dinour, executive director of City Year notes, give them "the opportunity to improve their academic skills and participate in social enrichment programs that affect the community in a constructive way." Christine Park, president of the New York Life Foundation, also explained the importance of the grant: "The Foundation's support will enable City Year to provide the children of Hunts Point with personal, meaningful help and a chance to help their community."
Source: "Underserved Local Elementary School Receives Grant For Team Sponsorship Program", Press Release, New York Life Foundation, December 2007.
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