Grant Information - NYWF 2005 Grantee Partners ACCION New York, $25,000 To provide women with technical assistance support and fair-rate loans and to increase the overall numbers of low-income microentrepreneurs in New York City. Amethyst Women's Project, $30,000 To support peer education outreach services for women in Coney Island, Brooklyn, at risk for HIV infection, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Andolan Organizing South Asian Workers, $30,000 To support culturally-relevant services and leadership development training for South Asian low-wage workers, especially domestic workers, who are at risk of abuses in the workplace. Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, $30,000 To support the New York Asian Community Anti-Trafficking Collaborative to focus on the needs of Asian women and girls who are trafficked for the purposes of involuntary domestic servitude, forced labor, and sexual exploitation. Battered Women's Resource Center, Inc., $30,000 To support their leadership development training and organizing project for victims of domestic violence in order to improve government systems and services for battered women and their children in New York City. Beit Shalom, $30,000 To strengthen Beit Shalom's community outreach and domestic violence awareness activities and to begin offering educational programs designed to change behaviors that lead to violence against women. Business Outreach Center Network, Inc., $30,000 To assist Spanish speaking low-income individuals in successfully creating or enhancing their own home-based child care business and expanding the number of affordable child care slots available in their neighborhoods. Casa Atabex Ache, $20,000 To provide leadership development, health awareness, and empowerment services to young women living in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Catholic Big Sisters, $30,000 To support mentoring, counseling, and skill-based programs for girls and families residing in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood. Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, $25,000 To support comprehensive programming and services for girls involved in the criminal justice system. Center for Immigrant Families, $30,000 To support leadership development training of Latina women in the Washington Heights area to increase their involvement in the community. Child Welfare Organizing Project, $25,000 To support their work to educate parents about the foster care system and allow them to become active participants in improving the child welfare system. Coalition for the Homeless, $30,000 To support employment training and comprehensive support services for homeless and impoverished women. College and Community Fellowship, Inc., $30,000 To provide increased opportunities for formerly incarcerated women to secure a college degree and become active participants in society. DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association, Inc., $30,000 To expand DAMAYAN's community organizing, education and outreach, and leadership development programs for Filipina domestic workers. Domestic Workers United, $30,000 To support multi-ethnic leadership among low-wage workers to advocate for fair labor standards in the domestic work industry. Dwa Fanm, $30,000 To provide advocacy and legal education to Haitian and black immigrant women who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Esperanza del Barrio, $30,000 To support organizing efforts of street vendors in East Harlem and to create public awareness on issues affecting street vendors. Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, $30,000 To support organizing efforts of women on public assistance in South Brooklyn to improve access to training and education for low-income communities. Forest Hills Community House, $30,000 To provide a 20-week leadership development program for low-income young women and girls in Queens. Friends of Island Academy, $30,000 To provide social services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated young women of Rikers Island in order to help them successfully reintegrate into the community. Girls for Gender Equity, Inc., $30,000 To increase the number of Gender Respect Workshops in public school classrooms of low-income communities in Brooklyn; to empower African-American and Caribbean girls; and to assist the schools in providing equal opportunities to students in a safe environment. Grand Street Settlement, $20,000 To offer after-school programming services to girls and young women from the Lower East Side community and to expand the program by introducing the program into a nearby public high school. GRIOT Circle Inc., $30,000 To provide peer-to-peer mentorship, health education, and social service support for elder, gay, bisexual, transgender women of color. HIV Law Project, $25,000 To support the ongoing programs and services of the Women and HIV Empowerment Project, which includes their Center for Women's Organizing program, technical assistance to HIV-positive women engaged in advocacy work, and continued advocacy of specific issues of ongoing importance to protect the rights of HIV-positive women. Hour Children, $35,000 To offer job skills and social services support to formerly incarcerated women and mothers in order to achieve economic independence and successfully reintegrate back into the community. Ifetayo Cultural Arts Facility, $30,000 To support their Sisters in Sisterhood program, which serves young women and girls of African descent who live in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and its surrounding neighborhoods. Latin American Integration Center, $30,000 To increase health care access among low-income Latina immigrant women and to build their capacity to advocate for equitable access to quality health care. Make the Road by Walking, $35,000 To support their work to develop the leadership potential of immigrant women on public assistance and to increase access to translation services in public benefit offices and hospitals in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Mercy Center, $35,000 To provide job training and social services to low-income women who lives in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development, $35,000 To support health education, disease prevention, and better access to health services for Muslim immigrant women. Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, $30,000 To expand the Financial Literacy and Justice Program for women and train low-income women on banking and asset-building issues fundamental to women's economic security and well being. Neighborhood Self-Help by Older Persons Project, Inc., $30,000 To provide health education, prevention and social services to older women of color at-risk of heart disease and diabetes who reside in the Bronx. New Destiny Housing Corporation, $35,000 To increase housing opportunities for battered women and their children in New York City. New Settlement Apartments, $30,000 To support an intensive literacy and theatre-arts program designed for adolescent girls from low-income families in the South Bronx. New York SCORES, $30,000 To support their after-school education and recreation program through the next school year for girls residing in Central Harlem and Washington Heights. New York Women's Employment Center, Inc., $25,000 To support the organization's direct and citywide career services, small business project, and Self-Sufficiency Standard and Benefits Calculator programs. Picture the Homeless, $30,000 To support organizing efforts of homeless women to advocate for better shelter services for themselves and their families. Sister S.A.G.E./Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc., $25,000 To offer youth development programs and services to girls residing in the Ridgewood and Bushwick neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Teen Health Initiative/Reproductive Rights Project/New York Civil Liberties Union $30,000 To expand access to reproductive health care for adolescent girls in New York City�s low-income communities through education and advocacy work. Red Hook Health Initiative/Long Island College Hospital, $25,000 To engage the community and its residents in providing reproductive health education, medical referrals, and health and fitness programs for youth, teens, and adults in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Sadie Nash Leadership Project, $30,000 To support the expansion of Sadie Nash's leadership program, which enables girls to explore their communities and develop critical skills that they can apply in the future as socially active and productive members of society. Sex Workers Project/Urban Justice Center, $25,000 To provide legal representation to sex workers and to improve conditions for sex workers through legal advocacy and research. Sistas on the Rise, $30,000 To support low-income young women of color, particularly young mothers, to participate in social and economic justice work. Welfare Rights Initiative, $35,000 To support leadership transition, expand technology systems, and develop a long-term sustainability plan that will allow the Welfare Rights Initiative to continue to advocate on behalf of City University of New York (CUNY) students on public assistance and help them complete a higher education degree. Women and Work Program, $30,000 To support education and job training for women of modest educational backgrounds who are experiencing economic hardship. Women for Afghan Women, $25,000 To establish a leadership development and service-delivery program for the isolated Afghani women and girls living in Flushing, Queens. Youth Empowerment Mission, Inc., $30,000 To support after-school programming for girls in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Central Brooklyn who are at-risk of gang involvement. Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, $35,000 To expand programming at the Center for Community Wellness to support the development of young women and girls by meeting their educational and physical developmental needs and strengthening their critical thinking skills by becoming aware of local political and social issues. ^ back to top		< Back to Grant Info