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Educational Programs

• Minisink Townhouse
  
  Kimberly Hayes,
  Director
  
  646 Lenox Avenue
  New York, NY 10037
  
  Tel: 212-368-8400
  Fax: 212-926-4431
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  
  Services: Minisink Townhouse provides a host of year-round activities for young people that include Camp Minisink, Camp Minisink Cadet Corps, Order of the Feather, and Leadership Training classes as well as pregnancy prevention and family counseling programs.



• Project SOAR
  School District 6
  
  Maria Florez,
  Director
  
  4360 Broadway
  New York, NY 10033
  
  Tel: 212-795-4111
  Fax: 212-795-9611
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  
  Services: Project SOAR offers crisis intervention, counseling, drug prevention programs, and parent workshops.



• The Covenant House Community Resource Center
  
  Betsy Quiles,
  Director
  
  69 East 125th Street
  New York, NY 10035
  
  Tel: 212-727-9451
  Fax: 212-727-9451
  
  Hours: Monday and Thursday:
  9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.;
  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  
  Services: The Covenant House Community Resource Center responds effectively to the needs of young people by providing them with support and services in their own neighborhoods. The Center’s goal is to assist adolescents and their families in creating viable options by offering counseling, vocational assistance, school-based programs, prevention programs for young mothers, and outreach services for young people on the streets.



• The DOME Project, Inc.
  
  Joel Flax,
  Executive Director
  
  486 Amsterdam Avenue
  New York, NY 10024
  
  Tel: 212-724-1780
  Fax: 212-724-6982
  
  Website: www.domeproject.org
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  Services: The DOME Project is a nonprofit agency located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The DOME began as a small alternative classroom program in 1973; since then the Project has grown to include a variety of educationally based youth programs. The Academic Tutoring and Mentoring program offers free tutorial services to individuals ages 9-18 years old in one subject area. Each student is paired 1:1 with a tutor who they work with for the duration of the program. Pairs meet one night a week for 1 hour, under the supervision of certified Board of Education Teachers who serve as support to both the students and volunteers. The College Prep Program offers free services to youngsters who need help in securing placement in private preparatory schools, colleges, or universities – and who need help in succeeding once placed. For intermediate and high school students who may be struggling at home or in school, the Program offers the chance to move beyond past problems and excel in new school environments. The agency helps students at risk to earn placement in independent preparatory schools in the northeast.