With the suspension of schools and workplaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the children and families served by the Boys & Girls of Harlem are facing challenges unlike anything previously encountered.  We are taking proactive steps to help the youth and families who rely on us navigate these difficult times.

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We’re Responding:  BGCHarlem is addressing the immediate needs of over 800 youth, and their families, we serve in schools to limit disruptions in learning and enable access to basic needs. We are:

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• Providing virtual academic enrichment programming and academic resource guidance for parents to engage our children while they are out of school;

• As soon as permitted, BGCHarlem will provide safe in-person school-aged childcare programming at our PS 186 location to those in need, including children of our City’s emergency and health care workers;

• Supporting our families suffering hardships by providing critical information and service referrals to meet their needs.

 

We’re Looking Ahead to Recovery:  BGCHarlem will help our kids build resilience as they adjust to a New Normal. We will help them to continue to achieve academic success and practice good health and wellness, by:

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• Conducting trauma-informed service-delivery in our in-school and out-of-school-time programs to diminish the negative social/emotional impact of COVID-19;

• Expanding our programs that promote good health and wellness habits among our youth;

• Offering continued information and resources that promote family stability for those we serve.