NYC DYCD Selects Child Center Of New York As Winning Operator Of Roosevelt Island Beacon After School Program Request For Proposals At PS/IS 217 - Community Invited To Meet Child Center Of NY 6 PM Tonight At School

The NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) selected Queens based Child Center of New York (CCNY) as the winning operator of the Roosevelt Island Beacon After School Program Request For Proposals at PS/IS 217 replacing the current long time operator Roosevelt Island Youth Program.

Yesterday, I asked CCNY Chief Executive Officer Traci Donnelly:

I understand that the Child Center of New York has been named as the new operator of the Roosevelt Island Beacon After School Program.

Please let me know if you have any comment or statement to make to the Roosevelt Island community about your plans for the Roosevelt Island Beacon After School program.

Ms. Donnelly replied:

Since 1953, The Child Center of NY has worked to provide multicultural, multilingual, and whole child services to 26,000 New York City kids and their families annually. We are consistently called upon to expand our services, and we consistently respond in the positive, so that we can, as we aim, "strengthen children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support so that they can build healthy, successful lives."

We are truly honored to have been selected for the Beacon RFP on Roosevelt Island. We will endeavor to continue to prove ourselves worthy of the confidence placed in us by our communities, the City and State, and, most importantly, the children and families of Roosevelt Island.

The Child Center of New York invites interested Roosevelt Island community members to a meeting tonight, August 9, 6 PM, at PS/IS 217 auditorium to learn more about their plans and programs for the Roosevelt Island Beacon After School Program.

Here's information about the Child Center of New York programs & services, other locations and more available at their web site.