Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton / Manhattan Beach

Adult educational & vocational services - provides classes, counseling and other supports to help adult immigrants learn english as a second language. The Shorefront y targets immigrants with the greatest need for literacy services, including adults with learning disabilities and/or other special needs. In addition we serve an unemployed, underemployed, or not working full-time client group of diverse immigrants from the former soviet union, latin america, pakistan, china, and other countries. We also provide vocational counseling and job placement. In addition we provide assistance to immigrants eligible and applying for us citizenship. Our work has also expanded to serve ukrainian arrivals since february 2022.

Early childhood program - the y runs an infant toddler day care, universal pre kindergarten preschool program, nursery program and kinder camp for about 80 children, ages 6 months to 5.5 years, year-round. The program offers early drop off and extended care options to accommodate working parents and have at least one russian speaking teacher in each class to best suit our community demographic. The Shorefront y is fully licensed to provide these services by the nycdhmh during the school year and the summer.

See schedule oimmigrant and family services - we help individuals and families navigate the social service system, assist with crisis intervention and inform clients about the community and government resources and benefits that are available to them. Our goal is to build strong families and a vibrant local community by promoting health and economic security, preventing crisis and facilitating the transition into american life for the low-income americans, immigrants and refugees we serve. Regardless of the type of need or situation, staff evaluate the concern and help families assists or refers senior adult population living in south brooklyn to needed services, such as case management, advocacy and legal and financial counseling. Overall, this department provides clients with opportunities to maximize their potentials and live more self-sufficient and healthy lives.

School based programs (ps 225) - the after school program at ps 225 serve a diverse population of low-income families and children in high quality no cost programs year-round. This program for children in elementary and middle school serves over 200 children with, supplemental education and extracurricular learning to promote their social/emotional development and academic achievement.

The Shorefront y lenny krayzelburg swim academy provides an innovative and effective method of individual and small group swim instruction for toddlers, school age children and teens which helps them learn to swim well and to be water safe. Once they complete our curriculum, they transition into our four-tiered swim team program which helps develop their skills into a source of lifelong fitness. We serve approximately 600 children in lksa and 90 on the swim team at this time. In addition, the y offers athletic programs to its members. The facilities include a pool, sauna, fitness center and fee for service sports classes.

Youth - on-site programming includes an after-school program, sports classes and swim instruction for elementary aged children. We also operate a large publicly funded (no cost to families) after school program (with a summer component) at a local elementary school (ps 225). Our teen services provides wholesome recreational, social and leadership opportunities for neighborhood youth outside of school through supervised social and informal gatherings, trips, volunteer experiences and employment opportunities.

Summer camp - summer camps at the Shorefront y serve over 300 children each year with great, enriching activities, trips around new york and surrounding areas, sports and swimming instruction as well as daily play at the Beach. The reputation of camps has grown over the years and "y" continues to increase enrollment each summer.

Programming for children and adults with developmental disabilities (and their families.) Our engagement of families dealing with developmental disabilities and developmental of specialized programming that addresses the specific concerns and needs of this population is an organizational priority. We have a no cost after school program for children with autism: a 2 day per week experience for up to 5 children with more profound autism and a 5 day per week program for up to 15 school age children with autism. These programs operate from september through june on days that nycps is in operation. Both of these programs are provided at no cost to the families we also work with young adults with autism to help them develop pre-employment and employment skills and opportunities for lowering the barriers to active life style including employment, community participation, and opportunities for social interaction. By increasing their confidence and social skills of up to 12 young adults with asd, these participants have improved their "soft" job skills, social and prevocational skills and increased their socialization with neuro-typical peers.

Sundayfundaywe offered a respite program for parents of children with asd called sunday funday. Our achievement was an increased social skill development in our basdi clients. We served 75 south brooklyn low- income families of array of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, the majority were russian speaking. We have also developed specialized swim instruction for non neuro-typical children as we recognize the importance of teaching swimming to everyone.

Classp (consortia for learning and service to special populations)the classp program is a separate component that provides up to 5 high school students and 5 college students with additional training on working with special needs children and youth, develops job skills, training and increase awareness in job opportunities available when choosing a career path. These teens and young adults learned approaches, behavior management techniques when working with children, and gained hands-on experience working with children with autism and special needs at sfy special needs program. In addition, these teens and young adults received theoretical knowledge and college credit.the family autism center served 280 families, educated and supported people with autism spectrum disorders and their families. The goal of the program is to heighten community awareness and promote early assessment and intervention, furnishing parents with the information they need, and to be a resource providing information for children and adults with asd. We reach these goals through education, family support and outreach and focus on case management and the process of eligibility for opwdd and waiver services for each one of our participants which can be lengthy and complicated.

Program name camp g'sharimshorefront y served 9 children with autistic spectrum disorder in the summer camp program for typically developing children that fostered an inclusive social atmosphere where campers with asd had the opportunity to meet new friends and have new experiences while receiving the support and structure that would enable these campers to have a safe and successful camp experience.

Health and physical educationincorporates exercise classes, aquatics and sports classes for adults and children ages six and up.