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Below is a list of providers that serve our community. If you have questions or don't see the provider you need, please contact us. If you are a provider who serves the Bedford-Stuyvesant community and would like to be added to the directory, please contact us. |
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Collaboration for Permanency Project (Options
Counseling) Spence Chapin 6 East 94th Street New York, NY 10128 Phone: 212/369-0300 185 Marcy Ave., 4th floor Brooklyn, NY 11211 718/218-6360 http://spence-chapin.org/cfp.html Spence-Chapin Services is one of the largest nonsectarian accredited nonprofit adoption agencies in the Northeast, with roots dating back to 1908. Spence-Chapin provides comprehensive services to birth parents, including free options counseling for families struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Counseling sessions help families explore their choices carefully. MORE |
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| CAMBA – Homebase 1195 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/622-7323 FAX: 718/622-7327 www.camba.org/services-new.htm Living with someone and experiencing problems and you have to leave now? Is the shelter your only option? If this describes you or your situation then CAMBA – Homebase is the place for you. They focus on helping young adults, between the ages of 18 and 34, with children at-risk of entering the shelter. Their goal is to end homelessness in Bedford Stuyvesant. MORE |
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| North Brooklyn Health Network Family Health and Support Center Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center 100 North Portland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone: 718/260-7638 Fax: 718/260-4839 Contact: Migdalia Soto, MSW, MPA, Director The North Brooklyn Health Network is comprised of Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Cumberland Diagnostic Center as well as several offsite clinics. We provide acute and outpatient medical services to pediatric and adult patients as well as Mental Health Services. MORE |
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| Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) East Harlem Neighborhood Center 80 East 110th Street, #1E New York, NY 10029 Phone: 212/348-3000 Contact: Mike Arsham, Executive Director Email: mike@cwop.org www.cwop.org The Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) is a parent/professional partnership dedicated to public child welfare reform in New York City through increased, meaningful parent involvement in service and policy planning. Parents who have had direct, personal experience with the system hold seats on various community boards and guest lecture. MORE |
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Healium, Inc. SERVICES
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| The Family Center 584 Nostrand Ave., 2nd floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/230-1379 Contact: Katherine Hammer, Brooklyn Site Director Email: khammer@thefamilycenter.org www.thefamilycenter.org The Family Center services families with a seriously ill parent, families that have lost a parent and grandparents and other family members caring for children as a result of parental illness or absence. Services are free, confidential, offered in English and Spanish. MORE |
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| People’s Institute for Survival
and Beyond P.O. Box 250809 New York, NY 10025 Phone: 212/678-4947 Contact: David Billings, Coordinator/Organizer Email: revbillinz@aol.com www.pisab.org The People’s Institute is a national, antiracist collective of experienced organizers and educators who work locally and nationally to build an effective movement for social change. Through workshops, technical assistance and consultation, The People’s Institute helps individuals and communities to move from talking about the symptoms of racism to dismantling the causes of racism. MORE |
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| Rose Kennedy Family Center 178 Halsey St. Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/399-0523 Contact: Andrea Carrington Rose Kennedy Family Center is a Tier 2 family shelter specific to women 18 and older with children. The center provides childcare, life skills training and housing workshops. |
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March of Dimes
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National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) – New
York Chapter NASW New York State promotes the quality and effectiveness of social work practice through adherence to a Code of Ethics. |
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| Brooklyn
Perinatal Network 30 Third Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: 718/643-8258 extension 21 Fax: 718/522-3644 Contact: Denise West, Deputy Executive Director www.bpnetwork.org Brooklyn Perinatal Network was established in 1988 from a community task force to address high infant mortality. Their purpose is to prevent and reduce infant/maternal illness and death by enabling at-risk residents to access vital information, coordinate care, supportive health and social supportive services and assisting families to secure public health benefits and resources needed to maintain health. MORE |
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| Child
Development Support Corporation 352-358 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 Phone: 718/230-0056 Fax: 718/230-0112 Contact: John Ofari www.cdscnyc.org The Child Development Support Corporation (CDSC) is a private, not-for-profit community-based organization established in 1975. The mission of CDSC is to provide programs that empower families and help them to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for living in today’s society. MORE |
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| North
Brooklyn Health Network Family Health and Support Center Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center 100 North Portland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone: 718/260-7638 Fax: 718/260-4839 Contact: Migdalia Soto, MSW, MPA, Director The North Brooklyn Health Network is comprised of Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Cumberland Diagnostic Center as well as several offsite clinics. We provide acute and outpatient medical services to pediatric and adult patients as well as Mental Health Services. MORE |
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Family of Services, Inc. Family Dynamics 613-619 Throop Avenue, 5th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/919-1226 Fax: 718/919-2017 Contact: Crystal George-Moses www.stchristopher-ottilie.org/family_dynamics.htm Focused on reducing the likelihood of child abuse and neglect through programs and services that build on family strengths and skills, Family Dynamics helps the families it serves to become effective parents, to provide for their children and to become strong members of a healthy community. Three themes run through their programs: effective parenting, self-sufficiency and positive youth development. MORE |
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| Interfaith
Medical Center Mental Health Services 1545 Atlantic Avenue, 3rd Floor South Building Brooklyn, NY 11213 Phone: 718/613-4483 or 718/613-4488 Contact: Dr. Lynn Kaplan www.interfaithmedical.com/patientservices.html#beh Interfaith Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry is organized to provide a comprehensive continuum of mental health and substance abuse services that include both inpatient and ambulatory services with varying levels of intensity to meet the needs of the consumers in our community. The treatment programs are designed to meet the needs of dual diagnosis consumers who may have both mental illness and substance abuse issues or who may be both mentally ill and mentally retarded. Interfaith Medical Center provides a comprehensive array of outpatient, inpatient and emergency behavioral health, psychiatric, detoxification and drug rehabilitation programs. MORE |
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| Brooklyn
Bureau of Community Service Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Center 20 New York Avenue, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/622-9400 Fax: 718/398-7139 Contact: Karen Dexter, Intake Coordinator www.bbcs.org/programs.php#family The program primarily offers family counseling. When appropriate, a combination of family counseling – including play therapy for children who have been victims of trauma – may be provided. MORE |
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| MS
35 272 MacDonough Street Brooklyn, NY 11233 Phone: 718/574-2345 Contact: Jacklyn Charles, Principal, Parent Coordinator Beacon Center: Located at MS 35, this community-based program in Bedford-Stuyvesant offers after-school and evening services, as well as weekend recreation services and summer enrichment programs for children and adolescents. Programs offered included Single Stop, Shape Up Brooklyn, GED preparation, Long Island University Extended Campus and other collocated programs. |
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| Successful
Start 1360 Fulton Street, 4th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718/623-5966 Fax: 718/623-3935 Contact: Sandra Lloyd, Program Manager Successful Start is a part of Healthy Families New York (HFNY) which is affiliated with Healthy Families America, a national model of home visiting based on two decades of research. The goals of the program are to prevent child abuse and neglect, to promote optimal child health and development and to enhance parental self-sufficiency. MORE |
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| Caribbean
Women’s Health Association (CWHA) Community Service Center of Brooklyn 123 Linden Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11226 Phone: 718/826-2942 Fax: 718/826-2948 Contact: Adrienne Mercer, Program Director www.cwha.org CWHA offers a roster of health and social support programs that aim to improve the health and well-being of low income, indigent, uninsured, underserved and immigrant families. These programs are uniquely designed to provide comprehensive, integrated, “one stop” services in order to foster coordinated case management. MORE |
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| Multilink
Group, Inc. 1445 Pitkin Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11233 Phone: 718/855-9298 Fax: 718/855-9540 Contact: Diana Johnson Each child is unique and develops at varying rates. However, there are common functions or activities expected within specific age groups. The services are free with no income guidelines for infants from birth to age 3. Services are provided in three languages: English, Haitian-Creole and Spanish. MORE |
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| Putnam
Child Development Center 706 Quincy Street Brooklyn, NY 11221 Phone: 718/453-5001 Fax: 718/453-6793 Contact: Gary L. King The primary goal of Putnam Child Development Center’s program is to prepare the children of our community for a future enhanced by education, to facilitate their family daycare, preschool and school-age growth and to identify salient traits. MORE |
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| One
City/One Community 1958 Fulton Street, 5th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11233 Phone: 718/221-2929 Contact: Winette Saunders-Halyard Case Conferencing Coordinator Email: Winette.Saunders-Halyard@dfa.state.ny.us www.actnyc.org/programs_onecity.html The overall goal of One City/One Community is to improve services for clients being served by multiple city agencies. One City/One Community can help you by bringing together all the people that want to help you, identifying problems you are having with getting services, getting your case dealt with quickly and coming up with solutions that work. MORE |
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| Literacy,
Inc. (LINC) 307 7th Avenue, Suite 1601 New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212/620-5462 extension 241 Fax: 212/620-0790 Contact: Jean Andrews, Team Leader E-mail: jandrews@lincnyc.org www.lincnyc.org In LINC’s vision, every child should read well by the age of 8, and the strengths and resources of every community should be coordinated to provide encouraging voices and a language-rich atmosphere that supports early readers. LINC’s purpose is to develop a system of outreach and coordination of community resources that enables neighborhoods to support all young children as readers. MORE |
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