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2004 PROJECT GRANTS

BIG YEAR PRODUCTIONS, INC .
10525 Ayers Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 569-7456
www.bigyearprods.com
Contact: Vanessa Roth
$20,000 for production of a 30 minute documentary Taken Home: A Family Reunion about reunification after involvement in New York 's child welfare system.

CASA ATABEX ACHE
471 East 140th Street, Bronx, NY 10454 (718) 585-5540
www.casaatabexache.org
Contact: Dayanara Mante
$10,000 to support the Fuerza/Power anti-violence/violence prevention project for young women of color affected by the child welfare system.

CENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION
116 John Street, Suite 1605, New York, NY 10038 (212) 691-0950
www.cfrny.org
Contact: Susan Jacobs
$20,000 to support the Visitation Project that will improve the visiting options available to parents whose children are in foster care.

CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY AFFAIRS
72 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011 (212) 229-5400
www.newschool.edu/milano
Contact: Andrew White
$6,500 to publish “Lessons Learned,” a report about the Center for Family Life's work to engage underserved immigrant teenagers using a neighborhood playground.

CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY AFFAIRS
72 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011 (212) 229-5400
www.newschool.edu/milano
Contact: Andrew White
$35,000 for the Child Welfare Watch report, “Pivot Point: Managing the Transformation of Child Welfare in NYC,” on the downsizing of the child welfare system in New York City.

CHILDREN'S CENTER OF BEDFORD HILLS
c/o Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn, 247 Harris Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507
(914) 241-3100
Contact: Toni Campoamor
$5,000 for the Pre-Teen/Teen Time Program for children of women in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

COALITION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
50 Broad Street, Room 1701, New York, NY 10004 (212) 809-4675
www.cacf.org
Contact: Wayne Ho
$20,000 to study neighborhood-based services for Asian American families and to promote culturally competent child welfare planning in Asian American communities.

COMMITTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
140 West 22nd Street, Suite 301, New York, NY 10011 (212) 206-1090
www.chcfinc.org
Contact: Sandra Duque
$25,000 for the Latino Child Welfare Agenda to collaborate with social work undergraduate and graduate programs in New York to offer scholarships and to encourage Latino students to pursue a career in child welfare.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE EXCHANGE
39 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10006 (212) 894-8036
www.crenyc.org
Contact: Perrin Wicks
$14,230 for People United for Children to strengthen and diversify its fundraising base; for technical assistance to In the Spirit of the Children for strategic planning to strengthen fundraising strategies; and for technical assistance to New York Mothers Alliance to create a short-term plan to continue program operations and collaborate with other agencies.

CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR FAMILY PRESERVATION
120 Stuyvesant Place, Room 425, Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 447-6788
www.ccfamilypreservation.org
Contact: Folasade Campbell
$25,000 for general support to conduct parenting classes, run support groups and train parent advocates to assist clients with the Family Court and the child welfare system.

CONCORD FAMILY SERVICES
1221 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216 (718) 398-3499x3120
www.concordfs.org
Contact: Rudy Jones
$20,000 for the Youth Development Initiative to provide youth in foster care with educational, vocational and employment services to ensure long term employment as preparation for leaving the foster care system.

CONNECT
P.O. Box 20217, Greeley Square Station, New York, NY 10001 (212) 683-0015
www.connectnyc.org
Contact: Alisa Del Tufo
$10,000 to assist with the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to include a focus on child welfare issues.

CORNELIA CONNELLY CENTER FOR EDUCATION
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009 (212) 982-2287
www.holychild.com
Contact: Kimberly Morcate
$20,000 for the Family Literacy Program including one-on-one remediation for 5 th and 6 th grade low income, mostly Latina students.

COUNCIL OF FAMILY AND CHILD CARING AGENCIES
19 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010 (212) 929-2626
www.cofcca.org
Contact: Diane Leske
$25,000 to provide the fourth annual “Best Practice Awards” that recognize parent advocates, caseworkers, supervisors and senior managers in the child welfare system.

FUND FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
135 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 (212) 529-0110
www.nycwf.org
Contact: David Tobis
$3,000 to produce “Learning from Experience: Rights Won by Parents and Consumers in the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities System and the Lessons Learned for Parents and Young People in the Child Welfare System.”

GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES
305 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10037 (212) 243-7070x304
www.goodshepherds.org
Contact: Sister Paulette LoMonaco
$95,000 to expand and enhance its outreach and intensive services to hard-to-reach families whose children attend P.S. 27 and the Middle School for Leadership and Environment in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN, INC .
104 East 126th Street, Suite 4 - D, New York, NY 10035 (718) 876-5127
www.spiritofthechildren.org
Contact: E.P. Jones
$25,000 for the Youth Transition Empowerment Program that assists foster care youth with developing skills necessary to become self-reliant adults.

NATIONAL COALITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION REFORM
53 Skyhill Road, Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 212-2006
www.nccpr.org
Contact: Richard Wexler
$13,000 to develop media materials for the Partnerships for Family Supports and Justice (Highbridge Bridge Builders) and Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation.

PARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILY SUPPORTS AND JUSTICE
c/o The Fund for Social Change, 135 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
(212) 529-0110
Contact: John Courtney / David Tobis
$250,000 to support the Partnership for Family Supports and Justice (Highbridge Bridge Builders), a donor collaborative of nine foundations, ACS and community service providers to demonstrate that targeted services, legal representation, and parent/youth involvement will result in improved child welfare outcomes.

PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARENTS
c/o Prevent Child Abuse New York, 322 West 88th Street, #1, New York, NY 10024
(212) 877-2199
www.preventchildabuseny.org
Contact: Hank Orenstein
$20,000 to compile a resource guide that promotes best practices in parenting education and family support.

RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
116 East 16th Street, 5 th Floor, New York, NY 10003 (212) 677-4650
www.resourcesnyc.org
Contact: Judith Sussman
$10,000 for the Center Without Walls project that trains parents and staff in foster care/preventive service agencies about the rights of children with disabilities and ways to secure services for them.

SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES
P.O. Box 1406, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10268 (212) 349-6009
www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org
Contact: Jill Zuccardy
$20,000 to provide training and technical support to case workers and legal counsel representing battered women in Family Court to ensure the legal rulings from Nicholson v. Scoppetta are implemented.

SOUTH BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES
105 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 237-5500
www.sbls.org
Contact: Lauren Shapiro
$20,000 to promote family reunification by improving access to housing subsidies and permanent housing.

VOICES OF YOUTH
224 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001 (212) 279-0708x150
www.swkey.org
Contact: Giselle John
$20,000 for the Teach, Learn and Care Program to assist Child Welfare Fund awardees who are transitioning out of foster care.

VOLUNTEER PREVENTION GROUP
1229 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 462-7919
www.vpgprevention.org
Contact: Andrea Evans
$20,000 for the Families Working Together project which assists adolescent girls and their families and works to change the community culture regarding HIV/AIDS.

YOUTH COMMUNICATION
224 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001 (212) 279-0708x102
www.youthcomm.org
Contact: Keith Hefner
$25,000 for general support to Represent: The Voice of Youth in Care, a magazine by and for youth in foster care and to publish thematic booklets, including a collection of stories by biological parents.

YOUTH COMMUNICATION
224 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001 (212) 279-0708x102
www.youthcomm.org
Contact: Keith Hefner
$25,000 to organize the Child Welfare Fund Awards for Youth in Foster Care.