November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015

…complex barriers to employment. This third year of funding will add a third staff member to the Career Academy team, which will strengthen the program’s impact and expand the number

Remembering Gina Rusch

We regret to announce the passing of Gina Rusch, a longtime Union Settlement advocate who dedicated more than 50 years of her life serving East Harlem. After graduating from college…

May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

…May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – will have a Mexican theme both because of its date and because East Harlem is a portal community for large numbers of new…

July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015

…grades. Year one data showed that third graders in the Photos and Me program made five times more progress than a control group. In addition, student performance on standardized literacy…

September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015

…Sumner Houses. For Wyatt, the decision came down to simple economics. “There have been too many times I’ve had to book a train on Christmas day to come back to…

Winter 2018 Newsletter – Donor Spotlight: Megan Abbott

Best Books of 2016 by NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Time Out New York, The Washington Post, Google, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Megan’s next book, Give…

EHCP

…$1,000 for education-related expenses through our Higher Education Grant. At the same time, our Workforce Initiative Grant provides a range of funds for professional development courses and other career advancement…

March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022

…bedrock of East Harlem for more than 125 years, ever evolving to serve its historically significant and culturally diverse community and to respond to the challenges of the time. I…

Fall 2018 Newsletter – Editorial

…Settlement has been providing core social services to waves of immigrant families in East Harlem for over a century – from the Irish and German immigrants at the time of…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Program Spotlight

…class three to four times a week. In some cases, students are ready to take the test in less than six months. However, many times students have difficult schedules with…