PROGRAMS
Youth Education and Enrichment
Teen Academic and Skills Development
Adult Literacy and Education
Workforce Development
Family and Community Building
Support for Seniors
Resident Resources
Phipps CDC Program Sites
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PSYCHOLOGY EXTERNSHIPS
AVAILABLE
Phipps CDC is pleased to announce we are accepting psychology externs for a new training program. Graduate students in psychology may apply as of January 15, 2008 for positions beginning in September 2008. Externships are available for the following tracks:
- Early Childhood/Child
- Child/Adolescent
- Early Adolescent/School
- Adolescent/Adult (May choose Adolescent or Adult or combined)
- Adult/Elderly
Externs will be expected to make a 16 hour per week commitment,
which may be divided over two or three days. The externship will run
from September 2008 to June 2009, with an option to stay through the
summer at most sites. Externs will have two hours of individual
supervision with licensed psychologists each week, and will
participate in a variety of case conferences and seminars relevant
to their training experiences. We have a wide variety of programs at
Phipps, and externs will have the opportunity to gain additional
training experiences outside of their chosen track, if desired.
Download a complete externship description and instructions for application.
For questions regarding externship tracks/sites and application process, please contact:
Alison Meyer, PHD
Director of
Psychology Training
Tel: 646-388-8239
ameyer@phippsny.org
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HEAD START CENTERS
As
an increasing number of residents in the communities we serve have
returned to the workforce, Phipps CDC has stepped in to serve their
childcare needs. Phipps CDC serves 123 children ages three to five
in seven classrooms in two centers in the Bronx: the Phipps Head
Start Center and Lambert Houses Head Start Center. Phipps operates
both centers in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Head
Start program. The program mandates that 90% of the children come
from families whose income is at or below the Federal poverty level.
We also work extensively with parents of the participants to reinforce
academic, conflict resolution, and communication skills learned
during the day.
Our Phipps Head Start Center is accredited by the
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
NAEYC, the nation's largest organization working on behalf of young
children, is particularly focused on the quality of educational
and developmental services for all children from birth through age
8. NAEYC accreditation is a widely recognized indicator of high
quality in programs for young children.
With the assistance of several private foundations,
we enhance services at our Head Start Centers through collaborations
with universities, museums and arts organizations. Phipps CDC's
talented staff, high quality curriculum, commitment to parental
involvement, and sunny, attractive physical space are helping to
define a new standard for early childhood education in New York
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AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Recognizing
the need for a safe, structured environment where children can do
their homework, and participate in cultural, recreational and personal
development activities, Phipps CDC operates eleven after-school
programs and serves over 1,000 children in grades K-8. We also operate
drop-in programs at four housing developments that provide tutoring
and cultural enrichment to elementary school students. The program
goals are to develop a community of lifelong learners and to help
disadvantaged youth achieve academic excellence. Activities include:
- Homework Assistance.
Youth complete their homework under the guidance of adult instructors
and teen mentors.
- Literacy Instruction.
Working in small groups, children engage in activities
designed to improve their reading and writing.
- Visual Arts Instruction.
Professional artists work with children to develop their creative
arts skills, critique one another's work, and select works for
public display.
- Performing Arts Instruction.
Professional dance, music and drama instructors work with students
to develop their skills in preparation for public performances.
- Computer Instruction.
Children receive instruction in computer applications that develop
literacy, math and research skills.
- Recreational Activities.
Children choose from a variety of recreational activities,
including organized sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, basketball)
and games (table and board games).
- Martial Arts Instruction.
A certified martial arts instructor provides lessons in Ju-Jitsu,
Kung Fu, and basic self-defense.
- Environmental Studies.
Students participate in horticultural and environmental projects
under the guidance of Phipps CDC's Environmental Educator or NYC
Parks Department staff.
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SUMMER PROGRAMS
Phipps
CDC's Summer Programs provide nearly 1,000 children and teens with
a wide range of exciting and educational activities: day camps,
sleep away camps, sports programs, environmental education, leadership
development, internships and community service. These critically
needed programs are offered in at-risk communities where families
often have no summer options for their children other than dangerous
and unsupervised urban streets.
Our summer youth programs are offered
in West Farms and Morrisania in the Bronx and the Bellevue South
neighborhood in Manhattan. We focus on fun, educational enrichment,
and emotional growth under the supervision of caring adult mentors.
Field trips to museums, aquariums, state parks and recreation centers
broaden the children's horizons. For many children this is their
first experience out of the city where they are able to swim in
a lake or take a hike in the woods. Their summer activities
introduce campers and teens to new ideas, build their self-confidence,
encourage new friendships, and provide them with memorable experiences.
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ACCIÓN ACADEMY
Achievement
~ Consciousness
~ Community
~ Integrity
~ Opportunity
~ Now!
In
September 2004, ACCIÓN Academy/CS 341, a new small middle
school, opened with 76 sixth graders. Housed in David Farragut School/CS
44 in the West Farms/East Tremont neighborhoods in the Bronx, ACCIÓN
Academy is built on the philosophy of encouraging students to experience
the community as their classroom and offering opportunities for
students to apply insight and critical skills to their everyday
lives while seeing the power of education as a tool for positive
change.
The third and final class of sixth graders was admitted
in September 2006, bringing enrollment to 200 sixth, seventh, and
eighth graders. Phipps continues to offer ongoing support to the
school by providing a comprehensive extended day program, supplying
adjunct staff, and offering a wealth of community and citywide contacts,
resources, and services. We are also committed to providing program
enhancements that allow the extended day and other enrichment programs
to grow in relation to the school's expansion - and have taken on
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COLLEGE ADVISEMENT
The
College Advisement Program is designed to help low-income high school
students and former high school dropouts become successful college
students. It also provides students with career development that
will make it possible for them to successfully achieve their goals.
The program prepares students by offering activities designed
to develop personal and social competence and by guiding students
and their parents through the testing, financial aid, admissions
and registration processes.
Advisement services includes:
- introductory college and career exploration workshops
and presentations, college tours (virtual and on-campus), and
college and career fairs;
- individual counseling and one-on-one consultation
sessions to advise on SAT placement, school selection, financial
aid resources and applications, essay writing, and application
submissions, and
- follow-up with students during the application
process and after they are enrolled to make sure their college
experience is successful. Through e-mails, phone calls
and support seminars, our advisor encourages students to continue
working towards their goals.
Since spring 2003, 130 students have been accepted
to college; of those, 116 registered. Although a few have
dropped out and a few more have not stayed in touch, our advisor
is in contact with 95 students who are still enrolled in college.
Two have received AA degrees and are continuing at 4-year
schools. Phipps CDC is expanding this program to serve students,
particularly those in middle schools, throughout the Phipps communities.
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WEST
FARMS COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER
At
our Community Education Center, older teens and adults can enroll
in a NYC Department of Education General Education Diploma (GED)
program offered in both English and Spanish. Orientation sessions
are held weekly at the Center, during which students take a basic
adult education test to determine their readiness for the GED program
or pre-GED preparation classes. Students enrolled in the classes
have access to our extensive roster of programs at the Center to
enrich their education: college counseling, job and internship referrals,
and a full schedule of events including cultural celebrations, "meet
the author" sessions, and field trips
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here for contact info
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PHIPPS
WEST FARMS BEACON
Since
1994, Phipps CDC has operated a Beacon program at CS 214, providing
engaging activities for youth and adults during non-school hours
as well as weekends, holidays and vacations. For children and teens,
the focus is on academic enrichment, college and career awareness,
life skills and recreation. Activities include tutoring, art, drama,
dance, computer instruction, book clubs, sports, martial arts and
environmental studies. Adults can take GED, ESL and parenting
skills classes and participate in organized sports leagues.
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LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
FOR ADULTS
There is a critical demand for basic literacy services in
our communities and we have made it an organizational priority to
expand our adult literacy instruction to meet this need. At our
West Farms Technology and Career Center (www.phippswestfarms.org),
we offer English literacy, Spanish literacy, and ESL classes for
GED candidates and community residents seeking to develop their
literacy skills and further their education.
Daytime and evening classes are available and all classes
include a structured computer component. Evening ESL instruction
and literacy workshops are also available at our Beacon.
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here for contact info
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EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING
Phipps
CDC is committed to enhancing quality education for all ages through
innovative technological strategies that respond to different learning
styles. We use a project-based approach that involves staff and
students and results in a dynamic learning community. As a
longstanding community-based organization, we recognize the equity
issues that surround access to technology, which we address by designing
courses including office applications, technology-supported academic
instruction, new media offerings, and bilingual classesCurrently,
several Phipps CDC sites have sizable computer labs: The Beacon,
Henry Phipps Plaza South, and the West Farms Technology and Career
Center.
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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
The employment services offered at our West Farms Technology and
Career Center help people get jobs and develop careers. Staff provides
education and skills assessment, referrals to potential employers
or training programs, professional resume and cover letter writing
assistance, job readiness workshops including practice interviews,
job search assistance, and guidance with company research. During
the job search process, our staff is a valuable source of support
and advice for employment and other work-related issues including
transportation, professional attire and childcare. Additional
employment services include an on-site resource center where individuals
have access to computers, phones and a fax machine to facilitate
research on employment opportunities.
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here for contact info
New Employment Initiatives
at the Phipps West Farms Technology & Career Center
NYC Works
Under the New York City Council’s NYC Works Initiative administered
by the United Way of New York City, Seedco’s Earnfair Alliance
has subcontracted with Phipps CDC and several other Community Based
Organizations (CBO) to provide comprehensive employment, job placement,
and post placement services to 510 adults who face multiple barriers
to employment in the Bronx. Our program will prioritize and customize
services for three sub-groups: limited English proficient residents;
formerly incarcerated individuals; and non-custodial parents. Participants
will receive: Work Readiness Training, Supportive Services, and
Advanced Training.
HRA - Back to Work
Under the Human Resources Administration’s (HRA) new Back-to-Work
contract, the Non-Profit Assistance Corporation (N-PAC), and Seedco,
the lead agency has sub-contracted with Phipps CDC and several CBOs
to provide employment and training services that will help individuals
transition from welfare to work, maintain continuous employment
and achieve self-sufficiency. Our program will serve: public assistance
(PA) applicants; PA recipients; non-public assistance (NPA) Food
Stamp recipients; NPA non-custodial parents (referred by HRA’s
Office of Child Support Enforcement); NPA foster care youth; and
dependents on PA cases that are not employed. Phipps CDC’s
program will provide the following services: Job Readiness Classes,
Financial Literacy Classes and Earn Benefits, Basic Education Training,
Occupational Skills Training, Self Directed Job Search, Specialized
& Intensive Case Management.
Earn Benefits
Phipps CDC now offers Earn Benefits, Seedco’s innovative asset
building initiative, which links low-wage workers to a range of
income enhancing benefits and work supports that have a proven impact
on long term job retention and asset accumulation. Earn Benefits
services include: 1) marketing and education designed to increase
awareness of available benefits, eligibility guidelines and application
procedures through comprehensive resources such as a public website
(www.earnbenefits.org) and the printed Earn benefits Guide; 2) eligibility
screening and facilitated access using a web based technology tool,
Earn Benefits Online (EBO); and 3) benefits management to help individuals
manage benefits and develop self sufficiency skills such as financial
literacy. |
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FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
Phipps
CDC's Family Service Coordinators provide on-site family support
services through counseling and referrals for children, families
and individuals residing in Phipps apartments in West Farms, Melrose
and Morrisania in the Bronx, and Bellevue South in Manhattan. Family
Service Coordinators provide assistance with entitlements, housing
programs, healthcare services, and rent arrears. A primary focus
of their services is to encourage and assist families to pursue
personal goals in education, economic independence and career development.
They coordinate their activities with other local service providers,
including neighborhood schools and other community-based organizations.
At Honeywell Apartments, our staff provides services to fifteen
mentally ill and formerly homeless men, referred by the NYC Department
of Homeless Services from Tier II shelters. Our staff assists residents
with their transition to their new living situation and offers them
ongoing support and training to address their mental health, education
and employment needs. Along with referring residents to Phipps’
community based programs, we offer on-site programs to address daily
living skills, money management and medication compliance. This
program is funded by the Department of Mental Health & Hygiene
and the Department of Homeless Services.
Phipps CDC's Family Support Services also includes an Outreach Coordinator
who is responsible for involving tenants and community members in
neighborhood improvement planning processes, and in specific programs
at West Farms and Morrisania.
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GROWING
THROUGH GREENING
Because
there is a lack of open green space in West Farms, Phipps CDC works
to create and restore community gardens and parks, and to educate
students and community members through our Growing Through Greening
programs. Growing Through Greening is designed to spark and increase
participants' understanding of, and vocational interest in, the
fields of environmental science and horticulture.
In 1995, Phipps CDC worked with West Farms residents
to develop A Quality of Life Physical Plan for West Farms.
The plan, which won a 1995 American Planning Association award,
outlines a number of important community needs and recommends that
natural resources in the neighborhood be reclaimed by transforming
vacant lots into usable open spaces, improving a public park, and
cleaning up the Bronx River. Many sites targeted for transformation
into community open spaces were being used for illegal dumping,
prostitution, and drug dealing. Following the study's recommendations,
Phipps CDC initiated its first environmental beautification project
in West Farms, transforming a large garbage-strewn lot wedged between
the Bronx River and CS 214 into Drew Gardens.
Drew Gardens has become a symbol of a community-led
effort to restore, improve, protect, and preserve the natural environment
in an at-risk community. The reclamation of this site has been a
catalyst for other environmental improvement initiatives in the
neighborhood. Phipps CDC's after-school and summer programs take
advantage of the new and improved open spaces for outdoor recreation
and educational activities.
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SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAMS
As
tenants in Phipps' apartment complexes "age in place"
we find that coordinated supportive services for the elderly on
limited incomes have been a great success in maintaining their physical
and mental health, and improving their quality of life. Phipps
CDC's Senior Services Director focuses on improving social and support
services at Henry Phipps Plazas/Kips Bay Court, Lambert Houses,
and ECHO Apartments.
At Henry Phipps Plaza/Kips Bay Court, we provide a
"Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" (NORC) program funded
by NYC's Department for the Aging with a mission to maintain older
tenants safely in their homes. This is accomplished through a comprehensive
need-based program which includes: increased resident access to
appropriate supportive services, preventive health care, and medication
reviews; assistance with housekeeping, chores and shopping; and
therapeutic recreation, telephone re-assurance calls and a friendly
visitor program. The program stresses early professional intervention
and engages residents in planning and evaluating their service delivery.
The NORC staff includes the Program Director who acts as the program's
full time caseworker, one part-time caseworker, a Registered Nurse,
an Activities Coordinator and second year social work interns from
Hunter College's School of Social Work.
ECHO apartments in Manhattan offers its 98 seniors
meditation and exercise classes, optional resident-sponsored Bible
study classes, recreation activities, and monthly excursions.
Our Forget Me Nots at Lambert Houses in the Bronx
take full advantage of the network of social and education services
we have in place in West Farms. Seniors take computer classes
at the Technology Center, attend health seminars presented by local
hospitals, and enjoy the performing arts at nearby Lehman College.
Phipps Houses will complete construction of La Casa
de Felicidad in Fall 2006. This 85-unit building in the Melrose
section of the Bronx will provide housing exclusively for low-income
tenants over the age of 62. Phipps CDC will assume responsibility
for providing the same breadth of social services we have established
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TIER
II TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
The
Phipps Houses Group has three Tier II transitional housing shelters.
Sojourner Truth House and Lee Goodwin Residence are owned and managed
by Phipps Houses and Phipps CDC, and operated under contracts with
the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Town and Country
Shelter is a new Transitional Shelter managed by Phipps CDC also
under contract with DHS. Located in the Bronx, the residences provide
163 furnished apartments with kitchens for homeless families that
are in the process of finding affordable, permanent homes. Families
are referred by DHS and most stay for five to nine months.
Housing Specialists help families locate affordable
apartments and counselors provide family support services that include
on-site childcare, life skills counseling, medical and mental health
referrals, and education and employment assistance to help parents
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency.
In 2005, our shelters were recognized by DHS for their
strong performance, with Lee Goodwin Residence scoring 8th of 150
such programs citywide on a comprehensive review emphasizing successful
placements of families in affordable permanent apartments. |
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PHIPPS
OPPORTUNITY CENTER
The Phipps Opportunity Center is Phipps CDC's new community education center in the Melrose section of the Bronx. Programs in language skills and technology education include basic ESL and literacy instruction, and a range of computer classes. Free public computer access is also available. The Family Room is the site's resource center for parents and kids providing member families with parenting programs, family activities, and referrals to special services free of charge, as well as drop-in childcare for parents enrolled in classes at the Center. The Center has been a site for Opportunity NYC Work Rewards, an employment study/incentive program launched by the Mayor's Center for Economic Opportunity. The program recruited eligible participants through March, and Phipps CDC is currently administering enrollment and providing referrals for education, employment and training to participants. In coming weeks, the Center will also launch a financial literacy program through the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Financial Empowerment, which is piloting local counseling centers to provide one-on-one financial counseling and workshops in managing credit and debt, basic banking, and access to affordable financial services and products.
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PHIPPS CLASSIC CENTER
The Phipps Classic Center, a 22,000-square-foot community and recreation center in the Bronx, is the newest location for Phipps CDC youth programs. The Phipps Classic Center offers a range of after-school and summer programs for elementary school children and teens that include academic enhancement, sports and recreation, arts and cultural activities, life skills, and community involvement.
Enrichment activities for children aged 6-12 include computer instruction, multicultural cooking, gardening, basketball, chess, dance, yoga, journaling, arts & crafts, and team fitness. Educational programs include homework help, reading, and literacy activities. The teen program features a similar range of activities along with group outings such as bowling, ice skating, skiing, leadership retreats, and college tours. Special collaborations include arts and educational programming provided by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and LEAP, an academic and social enrichment youth organization.
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CONTACT INFO
After-School & Teen Programs
Literacy for Adults
PHIPPS WEST FARMS BEACON
CS 214
1970 West Farms Road
Bronx, NY 10460
718-542-8333
College
Advisement
Growing Through Greening
Teen Programs
WEST FARMS COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER
1030 East 178th Street
Bronx, NY 10460
718-542-0109
Educational Technology
Employment Services
Family Support Services
Literacy for Adults
WEST FARMS TECHNOLOGY & CAREER CENTER
1071A East Tremont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10460
718-620-1900
www.phippswestfarms.org
Educational Technology
Literacy for Adults
Family Support Services
Financial Empowerment
PHIPPS OPPORTUNITY CENTER
Phipps Opportunity Center
3125 Third Avenue at 159th St.
Bronx, NY 10451
347-329-3929
After-School & Teen Programs
PHIPPS CLASSIC CENTER
286 East 156th Street
Bronx, NY 10451
718-665-7093 |
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