I was in 12th grade when a couple of my friends started talking about WIOA and the Work, Learn & Grow (WLG) Youth Employment Program during lunch. They said it would help us get ready for college, and I thought that sounded pretty cool. We all went to the office, and I signed up without really knowing exactly what it was. As time went on, Ms. London, the WIOA program director, and Ms. Roberta, WIOA case manager and college advisor, explained more about the program. Ms. Robert

Vivian Ampomah, a family coordinator with The Child Center of NY’s School-Based Early Support (SBES) program, sees firsthand how supporting entire families creates lasting change. Since our founding in 1953, The Child Center of NY has recognized a simple truth: Children do not grow in isolation. They thrive when their families are supported and their communities are strong. That belief has guided our work for more than seven decades—and it is the foundation of the School-Base

Kathy, a mom whose daughter, Rebecca, attends a New York City public school in Queens, first learned about the School-Based Early Support program (SBES) while attending a community health workshop. Since our founding in 1953, The Child Center of NY has recognized a simple truth: Children do not grow in isolation. They thrive when their families are supported and their communities are strong. That belief has guided our work for more than seven decades—and it is the foundation

When I was a young boy in Bangladesh, I had a dream to come to the United States. In June 1997, it was fulfilled. I arrived in New York at 21 years old, and it was very good. I enjoyed the different culture and enrolled at LaGuardia Community College. But I could not continue to study there because I had the burdens on my shoulder of supporting my family in Bangladesh. I stopped going to school and started to work full time. I now have three children. My daughter is a young a

Durante mi embarazo, una amiga me habló del programa Early Head Start del Child Center of NY y me invitó a participar. No sabía que aceptaban mujeres embarazadas, así que no me matriculé en ese momento. Después de que nació mi hija Jennifer, otra amiga habló positivamente del programa y me animó a informarme sobre él. Cuando Jennifer tenía unos tres meses, visité The Child Center of NY en Corona para aprender más. Decidí matricularme porque soy madre primeriza y sentía que n