Seniors

In New York City, there are now 1.3 million New Yorkers 60 and over. Between 2000 and 2015, New York City is expected to see a 20 percent increase in its older adult population.


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Report

THE ENDURING ADVANTAGE OF SETTLEMENT HOUSES features the work of UNH members, and looks at how the settlement house model creates an advantage in programs for disconnected youth and immigrant families.

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Children

In New York City, two of every five New Yorkers, and nearly 50% of households with children, can’t buy fresh, affordable food close to home, especially in low-income communities.

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Youth

Only 36,000 of the 143,000 young people who applied got jobs through the Summer Youth Employment Program in 2010. In 2011, there will be only 28,000 placements. Who helped you get your first summer job?

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The Settlement House Advantage

Why do over half a million New Yorkers utilize settlement house services? A sense of belonging and caring. The people who come to settlement houses every day are welcomed as neighbors with skills and abilities, not clients with deficits and problems.

Programs emphasize voice, leadership and respect; comprehensive services address the needs of the whole person.

Together, these qualities make settlement houses truly "a place to call home."

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News & Issues

The New York Times SchoolBook: Out-of-School Time Programs Faces Deep Cuts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
New York City plans to cut financing for an after-school program that opened under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a move that advocates say could cut the number of seats for children nearly in half next year.

Nancy Wackstein, executive director of United Neighborhood Houses — an association of New York settlement houses and community centers — estimated that because of budget cuts, 23,000 children of elementary and middle school age would lose access to the program next year.

“When the school dismissal bell rings and parents are still at work, many of their elementary and middle school children will have nowhere to go,” Ms. Wackstein said in a statement.

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