2010 Class Project

The program for 2010 TASL class is modeled after the Ford Foundation's Good Neighbor Committee. During the first year of the program, TASL members researched not-for-profit organizations in Lower Manhattan that work with youth. The class identified a number of vital, sustainable organizations doing transformational work in the community. TASL members worked with these organizations to create grant-and-partnership proposals, and decided to partner with four organizations.

Henry Street Settlement's Expanded Horizons Program
Henry Street Settlement, founded in 1893, offers youth and workforce development, heath and wellness programs, arts programs and supportive or transitional housing on the Lower East Side. The Expanded Horizons Program provides intensive college preparation support and career development services to 2,000 young people annually.

Safe Horizon's Streetwork Project
The Streetwork Project provides a range of medical, psychiatric, legal and educational services to homeless and street-involved youth, many of whom are caught up in substance abuse, crime, panhandling or prostitution. The center seeks to provide a refuge to these young people and provide them with the opportunity to take control of their lives.

Andrew Glover Youth Program
The Andrew Glover Youth Program works closely with the criminal courts and provides an effective alternative to incarceration for hundreds of young offenders each year. The program is astoundingly successful: the recidivism rate for participants is 17%, compared with a 72% recidivism rate for other juvenile offenders in NYC.

The Door
The Door provides comprehensive youth development services, including education, career development, primary and reproductive health care, counseling, arts programs and non-criminal legal services right in Hudson Square.

Snapshot Diary

Class of 2010 visits the South Bronx

On September 30, 2008 TASL visited Sustainable South Bronx and Rocking the Boat.

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TASL Partner's Lunch

Honoring four organizations TASL will partner with
during the upcoming year.