A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Intermediate School 218
Primary School 5
Children's Aid Society

What is the goal of the project?

To extend the use of existing facilities so they become multi-service centers providing all services required by neighborhood children and families.

Who participates in the project?

Children and families in the Washington Heights/Inwood area at the northern tip of Manhattan. Heavily Hispanic area with 30 percent new immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Just less than half of the population makes under $10,000 per year. High crime area.

What services are provided?

• Health services
  
• Before and after school programs
  
• Academic support
  
• Career readiness
  
• Arts and recreation programs
  
• Parent resource centers
  
• Summer programs
  
• Community development

How are collaborators evaluating their success?

• By measuring attendance, test scores, incidents of violence, and observations of the school environment and personnel attitude
  
• The Children's Aid Society staff is beginning a 10-year longitudinal study to evaluate the schools

What are the collaborators learning?

• Test scores have increased 15 points in both math and reading
  
• Attendance is the highest in the district
  
• No incident of violence in an area where violence in schools occurs every day
  
• No property destruction or graffiti

Contact Person

C. Warren Moses (Pete)
Associate Executive Director
The Children's Aid Society
105 East 22nd Street
New York, New York 10010
(212) 949-4936 (Phone)
(212) 477-3705 (Fax)

[South Tama County School-Based Youth Services Project: Tama, Iowa]

[Alianza Dominicana, Inc.: La Plaza Beacon School: New York, New York]