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2004 PROJECT GRANTS
Past
Grants:
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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