Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC), an award-winning, Brooklyn-based community development corporation, has formally launched a program that seeks to fight poverty in Red Hook and Gowanus by providing free job training and placement, as well as adult education and individual and family support services. The program, called Stronger Together: Creating Opportunities for Public Housing Residents […]
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Brooklyn partnership launches poverty reduction program
Last week, community development corporation Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) formally launched Stronger Together, a new program aimed at reducing poverty in Red Hook and Gowanus. The program is a partnership led by FAC in collaboration with Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, Red Hook Initiative and Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation. The organizations will work together to provide […]
Launching Stronger Together – New Poverty Fighting, Education and Employment Program for Public Housing Residents
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC), an award-winning Brooklyn-based community development corporation, formally launched Stronger Together: Creating Opportunities for Public Housing Residents in Red Hook and Gowanus with an inaugural program outreach day and press conference. Stronger Together is a new program partnership led by Fifth Avenue Committee in collaboration with its partners Brooklyn Workforce Innovations […]
New York City Change Capital Fund Launches New Initiative to Support Community Development Groups Tackling Poverty
The New York City Change Capital Fund (CCF), a collaboration of 17 foundations and financial institutions dedicated to the revitalization of distressed New York City communities, today announced the launch of a new initiative to harness the strength of community development corporations (CDCs) to reduce poverty in high-need New York City neighborhoods. CCF is funding […]