The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization serves farmworkers and their families living in Orange County. It focuses on social determinants of health and access to healthcare and human services through partnerships with healthcare providers and other community organizations. From a community center in Goshen that it shares with Sun River Health, it coordinates a community health…
Located in the small Catskill hamlet of Pine Hill in rural northwestern Ulster County, the Pine Hill Community Center aims to be a place of connection by providing community-building activities that nurture creativity and life-long growth. As with many community centers, its programs are broad in scope and offer something for everyone. In 2022, the…
Lead for Poughkeepsie* (LFPK) is a local affiliate of Lead for America (LFA), a national service organization advancing place-based movements across the US that cultivate the next generation of civic leaders. Since its launch in August 2021, LFPK’s signature initiative has been its Hometown Fellowship program. The program recruits young professionals with ties to the…
The Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center (the Center) supports the LGBTQ+ community and promotes positive social change through advocacy, cultural and social programs, wellness and mental health programing, and community education. Located in Kingston, NY, the Center is the largest organization representing the LGBTQ+ community in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. The Center provides vital human…
The Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood (GHPN) works to help children and families reach their full potential through cradle-to-career programming. Based on the highly successful Harlem Children’s Zone model, Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood improves outcomes for students by identifying unmet needs in the community and working to meet them through direct service, collaboration, community building, and/or…
Grace Smith House enables individuals and families to live free from domestic violence by providing a comprehensive range of emergency, residential, and community-based domestic violence services to individuals and their children in Dutchess County. When Grace Smith House opened in the early 1980s, no one envisioned that the organization would serve over 2,000 families each…
The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley is dedicated to alleviating hunger and preventing food waste by ensuring that all products available for donation are distributed judiciously to member agencies, practicing responsible stewardship, and actively participating in the community to increase awareness of hunger and poverty. The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley is a…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF) works to strengthen the communities of Berkshire County, MA; Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY; and northwest Litchfield, County, CT through grantmaking, promoting philanthropy, and supporting the nonprofit sector. By responding to the region’s highest priority issues, while addressing their root causes, Berkshire Taconic is expanding the role of…
Adelphi University is a nationally ranked doctoral research university located in Garden City, New York, with learning centers in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley, Suffolk County, and online. With a 70-year history, Adelphi University’s School of Social Work has earned recognition as a 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Grad School for Social Work. Adelphi’s…