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January 19, 2010 New York
Last year was the most difficult one for poor New Yorkers since the inception of Robin Hood 20 years ago. But thanks to your generosity, in 2009 we invested over $130 million in more than 200 programs and schools throughout the city’s poorest neighborhoods, touching more than 400,000 New Yorkers. Here, we focus on Robin Hood’s efforts to serve our youngest neighbors.
More than half of the babies in N.Y.C. are born into poverty. These children are more likely to face risks to their healthy development and school readiness. To counteract these risks and give them a better shot at a better life, Robin Hood directs donor dollars to support and expand the most effective programs for young children.
We support programs for young children that can improve not only their immediate well-being, but their long-term educational success.
- Nurse Family Partnership Program (N.F.P.), for example, provides first-time, low-income mothers with two-and-one-half years of home visitation services from highly trained registered nurses. Solid research shows that the program yields important and enduring benefits for both mothers and children. Thanks to our donors, N.F.P. reached 865 Bronx and central Brooklyn families in 2009.
- Another evidence-based program called Early Head Start offers comprehensive child-development services through multiple program options that include home visiting and center-based child care. In 2009, Robin Hood supported Early Head Start programs that served 175 families.
- In July, we made a new grant to the Staten Island Mental Health Society to launch its Early Childhood Mental Health Project. Special education, for children inappropriately placed, creates a pathway to academic failure. This project invests in the organization’s pre-kindergarten program with prevention, early identification and treatment for young children with behavioral and mental health problems. When these deficiencies are caught and treated early, young children are more likely to escape placement in special-education classes upon entry into school and to be placed instead in regular classrooms where the chances of academic achievement are more promising.
In 2010, with your help, Robin Hood will continue to focus on interventions for young children that are most likely to improve their chances of educational success.
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Learn more about 2009 and 2010 and how Robin Hood:
Heals | Teaches | Feeds | Shelters | Trains
Overview: 2009 Accomplishments, 2010 Challenges
See how Robin Hood Nurtures. Watch Jennifer's story.
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