Partnership with Children serves over 10,000 children and youth each year in New York City, as well as in school communities in New York and beyond.

Open Heart - Open Mind (OHOM)

• Almost 52% of the children served by OHOM are of African and/or Caribbean origin
• Almost 36% are of Hispanic origin
• Approximately 90% are eligible for the Federal free lunch program
• Over half of the students in schools served by OHOM perform below grade level

Life Steps

• Serves adolescents and families in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Greenpoint and Williamsburg
• 75% of youth receiving Life Steps services are of African and/or Caribbean origin; 25% are of Hispanic origin
• All youth served by Life Steps live in economically depressed communities

Center for Capacity Building

• In the 2008-09 school year, the CCB served 35 schools in New York City, Bridgeport, CT, and in New Orleans, LA
• The CCB trains teachers, administrative staff, and families to implement OHOM