Program areas at SoBRO
The youth Development and education department provided after-school summer youth employment, and out-of-school youth services to 2,100 young people between the ages of 5 and 24. In-school and after-school programs assisted a total of 1,040 elementary, middle and high school students with homework and tutoring, college preparation, arts and cultural activities, and leadership Development. Additionally, summer internships were provided to over 700 youth through our syep program and 179 for syep/wlh program during the winter. Participants were provided academic support, career awareness training, work skills Development, and leadership training. The sobro transformation academy, which is a combination of the youthbuild program and young adult justice scholars program, serves at-risk young adults to earn their hse and obtain post-secondary education/job placement.
In fy2021, sobro provided career Development services to hundred of individuals, placing them into employment and delivering job-readiness training, which included a customer service training component and nationally recognized certification in customer service. Sobro's outcomes for adult education classes have consistently surpassed program evaluation targets.
Sobro has more than two decades of experience developing and managing commercial and residential properties, evidenced by our portfolio of over 450 units of affordable and market rate housing and over 120,000 square feet of commercial, industrial, and office space in the Bronx and upper manhattan. Sobro's housing Development efforts include rehabilitating existing buildings and creating new buildings in vacant space to transform blighting influences into beautiful and viable spaces for living and working. One of sobro's goals and part of our comprehensive strategy for community develoment is to increase the availability of rental housing for low and moderate-income families. To this end, we build new housing, rehabilitate vacant properties, and prevent deteriorating housing stock from becoming abandoned.
Industrial Development and job creation community and technical assistance