The latest from CaringKind ... Administration for Children's Services ... Project Destined

Jed Levine is the new executive director of the New York City-based CaringKind.

Jed Levine is the new executive director of the New York City-based CaringKind. Photo by CaringKind, illustration by Zach Williams

A pilot program in the Bronx backed by Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez aims to turn teens into real estate professionals. That’s the goal of the nonprofit Project Destined, which first launched in Detroit in Sept. 2016, am New York reports. The teens assessed properties in Times Square and Midtown last month to get some first-hand experience of the real estate industry and professional standards. Then they had to give a presentation to a panel on properties commercial potential.

A total of 34 students will be part of the program over the summer, with a boot camp scheduled for September and monthly meeting through the spring, according to am New York.

“When we go to these schools, we don’t say, ‘Come join a real estate program … “What we do is we tell kids, you know what, whether you’re a doctor or a nurse or a schoolteacher, you know, real estate is going to be a part of your life,” co-founder Cedric Bobo said to the paper.

 

The New York City Administration for Children’s Services has awarded four new contracts for nonprofits providing non-secure placement services for juvenile offenders. A $7.46 million contract will go to SCO Family of Services, according to the City Record. The Children’s Village meanwhile has three new contracts, one for $2.64 million, another for $9.93 million, and a third for $9.83 million.

Acacia Network Housing received a four-year, $11.91 million contract from the city Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration. The money will fund “stand alone transitional residence for families,” according to the City Record.

 

There is a new president at CaringKind, an organization that specializes in care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Jed Levine will succeed as president and CEO Lou-Ellen Barkan, who retired after 14 years leading the New York City-based organization.

Levine has worked at the nonprofit since 1990, most recently as executive vice president overseeing programs and services, according to a July 11 press release. Barkan will remain at CaringKind on a part-time basis to oversee the leadership transition. Levine also teaches at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and at Hunter College School of the Health Professions.

He also does public service through appointments to the New York State Coordinating Council for Services Related to Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias, Senator Gillibrand’s Working Group on Aging and to the Age-Friendly New York Commission at the New York Academy of Medicine, according to the press release.

 

The Brownsville Community Culinary Center is showing yong people in the Brooklyn neighborhood how to get cooking. A 40-week apprenticeship program is provinding the first table-service restaurant in decades in the historically-underserved area, Voices of New York reports via The Bridge. The program offers experience with food-service partners as well as hands-on training at the center's eatery and bakery, with a specialty in food inspired by the African Diaspora. 

 “It was important that we didn’t try to impose a grand solution to the community without its consent ... create a way for people to find their own path,” co-founder Lucas Denton told The Bridge.

 

Breaking Ground made good on its name on July 10. The new La Central facility in the Bronx will provide 992 units of mixed income housing, which includes 160 units of new supporting housing for formerly homeless and low income New Yorkers, according to a press release.  Here’s a snapshot from it’s “topping off” ceremony:

 

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced $3.6 million in grants. A total of 42 organizations will receive money for scholarly exhibitions, publications, and visual arts programming, according to a July 10 press release. Individual grants range from $35,000 to $120,000, selected from an applicant pool of 224 nonprofits.

The winners include these New York organizations:

  • Art in General, Brooklyn, NY, $100,000 (over 2 years)
  • Artists Space, New York, NY, $100,000 (over 2 years)
  • International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, $80,000 (over 2 years)
  • Maysles Documentary Center, New York, NY, $50,000 (over 2 years)
  • Recess, Brooklyn, NY, $100,000 (over 2 years)
  • Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, $100,000 (over 2 years)
  • New Museum, New York, NY, Sarah Lucas exhibition, $100,000
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Rachel Harrison exhibition, $100,000
  • The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, "Waiting for Omar Gatlato: A Survey of Algerian Contemporary Art" exhibition, $60,000

 

Send your press releases, photos, and word of your latest happenings to reporter Zach Williams at zwilliams@nynmedia.com.

X
This website uses cookies to enhance user experience and to analyze performance and traffic on our website. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Learn More / Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Accept Cookies
X
Cookie Preferences Cookie List

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.

Allow All Cookies

Manage Consent Preferences

Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active

We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.

Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link

If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.

Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.

If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.

Save Settings
Cookie Preferences Cookie List

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.

Functional Cookies

We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.

Performance Cookies

We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.

Sale of Personal Data

We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.

Social Media Cookies

We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.

Targeting Cookies

We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.