Community Partnerships

• 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center partners with our Adult Education program on our longstanding Writing Through Reading Program.
   
• Asphalt Green partners with our Senior Services program on a senior fitness  initiative.
   
• Association to Benefit Children partners with our Youth Services and Early Childhood Education programs on various projects.
   
• Big Apple Circus offers circus arts program to the 5 to 12 year olds in our Rising Stars after-school program.
   
• Boriken Neighborhood Health Center partners with our Senior Services and Early Childhood Education programs on asthma prevention activities.

• Catholic Charities provides regular referrals to our Adult Education program.

• Children's Aid Society provides dental screenings to our Early Childhood Education centers through its mobile dental unit with Columbia University, teams with Youth Services on various projects, and has a strong linkage with our Mental Health Services program.
   
• Citymeals on Wheels partners with our Senior Services program on our weekend Meals on Wheels program and our Friendly Visiting program.
   
• Columbia University College of Dental Medicine provides dental screenings and preventive dental work to children at our Early Childhood Education centers.
   
• Columbia University Optometric Center/Columbia University Teachers College provides vision and hearing screenings at our Early Childhood Education centers.
   
• Community Board 11 enables Union Settlement to represent its participants’ interests on important community issues such as land use and zoning matters, the City budget, municipal service delivery and other vital neighborhood concerns.

• Concrete Safaris provides environmental education programs to elementary students in our Rising Stars after-school program.

• Consortium for Worker Education partners with our Adult Education program on job training efforts.

• Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides community educators and volunteers to visit our season Farmer’s Market to demonstrate healthy, culturally sensitive recipes and help local residents learn more about fruits and vegetables sold at the market.
   
• The Door provides workshops and support groups for our Youth Services participants.
   
• Drew University partners with Youth Services on its Summer College Experience Program.
   
• Easter Seals Foundation provides volunteers for our Senior Services program.

• East Harlem Business Capital Corporation works with the Union Settlement Federal Credit Union to help train and identify financing for local businesses.

• El Museo del Barrio provided arts education and programming to participants in our Youth Services and Senior Services Programs.

• Food Bank of New York donates food items for members of our senior centers and sponsors the Open Market Backpack Program, which allows students from our preschool and afterschool programs to select healthy foods to bring home for the weekend.
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• Grow NYC provides gardening services to El Sitio Feliz, our community garden.
   
• Henry Street Settlement provides volunteers for our Senior Services program.

• Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc. partners with our Senior Services program to provide joint events for seniors.
   
• Isaac Newton Middle School for Science & Math hosts our Youth Services after-school programs.
   
• The Jewish Museum partners with Youth Services on video-filmaking projects.
   
• Linkage House senior housing facility is co-sponsored by Union Settlement Association. Union Settlement staff continue serve on the Linkage House Board of Directors and the programs provide mutual referrals and share resources.
   
• Literacy Assistance Center partners with our Adult Education program to provide training and technical assistance.
   
• Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services regularly refers families to our services.
   
• Manhattan Neighborhood Network partners with our Adult Education program on its student filmmaking project.
   
• Metropolitan Hospital provides workshops and screenings to our Youth Services, Early Childhood Education and Senior Services programs, and partners on two federal grants focused on reducing minority health disparities in East Harlem.
   
• Mt. Sinai Medical Center provides free workshops and screenings to participants in our Youth Services and Senior Services programs, partners with Union Settlement on federal grants focused on reducing minority health disparities in East Harlem, and provides health services, internships and on-the-job training for our Adult Education students.
   
• National Council of Jewish Women provides literacy tutors for children in our Rising Stars Program.
   
• National Council on Women's Health provides workshops to our Youth Services participants.
   
• New School University's Eugene Lang College hosts a summer writing and theater program for high school students in our Union Settlement College Readiness Program.
   
• New York Academy of Medicine partners with several Union Settlement programs, including Early Childhood Education, on our joint efforts to combat pediatric asthma.
   
• New York Immigration Coalition provides immigration services and workshops for our Adult Education students.
   
• New York Police Department Explorers Program leads workshops on gang violence prevention and other topics for our Youth Services participants.
   
• Northern Manhattan Asthma Basics for Children partners with our Early Childhood Education program on asthma prevention and awareness activities.

• Nourishing NYC provides healthy food donations for our participants during the Thanksgiving holiday.

• NYCfNAC Volunteers in Tax Assistance provides free tax preparation  for Union Settlement participants and other local residents.

• Partners in Care partners with Union Settlement on our Home Health Aide Training Program, providing home aide training and job placement for program participants.

• Poets & Writers of America provides writing workshops for our Youth Services participants.
   
• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) provides volunteers for our Senior Services program.
   
• SCAN-New York collaborates with Youth Services on various projects.

• Settlement Health partners with many Union Settlement programs on community events, health fairs and other issues.

• Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College provides social work student interns to our programs, and our staff members often collaborate and assist faculty members on their academic and other research projects.

• SKILL Center partners with Adult Education and Union Settlement Home Care on Union Settlement’s Home Health Aide Training Program.
   
• Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center is a partner on our Meals on Wheels program.
   
• STRIVE/East Harlem Employment Services provides job training/placement referrals for participants in our Adult Education and Youth Services programs.
   
• United Auto Workers provides classes as part of our Adult Education program.