Community Impact

See schedule ocommunity Impact (ci) serves 25,000 low-income residents annually in upper manhattan. Ci operates 27 different programs in three major areas 1) youth education including mentoring, tutoring and cultural programs for children, 2) emergency services including hunger relief, shelter, and advocacy services, and 3) adult education and workforce development programs which include high school equivalency classes, english for speakers of other languages classes, tutoring, college readiness workshops, and job services. Ci ensures that they reach their target low-income population and respond to their essential needs by working with 100 Community partners including public schools, community-based organizations, churches and family shelters. Ci fully embraces volunteerism throughout all their programs. Their volunteer corps consists of 500 volunteers, columbia university (cu) students, some cu faculty and administrators, and Community members. Accomplishments: increased food quantity and quality through emergency programs, increased hse earners through states temporary waiver program, maintained strong tutor core though hybrid programming.