CFY-New York City has been conducting teacher training on a small scale for many years. We recently were selected as a professional development vendor by the New York City Department of Education and now plan to scale our services significantly over the coming years.

New York City is also where CFY launched its Student Software Team in 2005. Our goal now is to extend the Team's work over additional months of the year and lay the groundwork to replicate this successful program in our other cities.

By the 2010-2011 academic year, CFY expects to be running New York City operations with a full-time staff of 11+, and an annual budget of more than $3M.

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CFY-New York City Interim Director

Cindy Menz-Erb

became the Interim Director of CFY-NYC in April 2009. Prior to this role, Cindy served for more than one year as CFY-NYC’s Program Director, where she successfully implemented improvements to CFY’s program and expanded it to more than 2,400 NYC families (a 15% increase from the prior year). Prior to coming to CFY, Cindy started up the New York City operations of the Center for Student Missions (CSM), an organization she had worked with in Washington, DC and Chicago. CSM coordinates both short-term service-learning trips for junior and senior high school students and longer-term service opportunities for college students. In her role as Director of CSM’s NYC office she was responsible for the overall management of the site including creating partnerships with community organizations and developing service-learning programming and curriculum. Cindy has also worked in the HIV/AIDS sector doing the recruitment and event logistics for AIDS walk fundraisers in NYC as well as in Seattle. Cindy holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and a master’s degree in Community Development from North Park University in Chicago.
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Major Supporters

(FY2004-2008)

Foundations


Clark Foundation
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Lone Pine Foundation



Corporations


Citigroup Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
SAP



Government


New York City Council
New York City Department of Education
New York City Dept. of Youth & Community Development

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News & Events

02/27/08: Real Estate Weekly
10/02/07: New York Resident
06/09/07: News 12 - The Bronx
06/09/07: New York 1
04/03/07: WNBC's "Today in New York"
01/11/07: CFY Presides over NASDAQ Closing Bell

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NYC Take IT Home Schools

(* current partner schools 2008-2009)

Manhattan


IS 012 - Talented and Gifted (East Harlem)
IS 099 - MIAVA (East Harlem)
IS 190 - Mirabal Sisters School (Washington Heights)
JHS 117 - Tito Puente Education Complex (East Harlem)
JHS 117 - Tito Puente Performing Arts Academy (East Harlem)
JHS 117 - TIME (East Harlem)
JHS 117 - Career Academy (East Harlem)
MS 057 - James Weldon Johnson (East Harlem)*
MS 319 - Maria T. Mirabal (Washington Heights)
MS 321 - Minerva Mirabal (Washington Heights)
MS 324 - Patria Mirabal (Washington Heights)*
MS 326 - Writers Today & Leaders Tomorrow (Wash. Hghts)*
MS 348 - Wash. Heights Exped. Learning (Wash. Heights)
New Heights Academy Charter School (Wash. Hghts)*
Reisenbach School (Harlem)



Brooklyn


IS 211 - John Wilson (Canarsie)
IS 232 - The Winthrop School (East Flatbush)
IS 246 - Walt Whitman Middle School (Flatbush)*
IS 252 - Arthur Somers School (East Flatbush)
IS 291 - Roland Hayes (Bushwick)*
IS 409 - East New York Family Acad. (East NY)*
K 352 - Ebbets Field Middle School (Crown Heights)*
MS 061 - Gladstone H. Atwell (Crown Heights)*
PS 384 - Frances E. Carter School (Bushwick)*



Bronx


IS 219 - New Venture (Morrisania)*
IS 254 - Magnet School of Applied Arts & Sciences (Belmont)*
KIPP Academy (South Bronx)
MS 118 - William W Niles (Tremont)
MS 223 - Lab School of Finance and Tech (Mott Haven)*
MS 331 - Bronx School of Science Inquiry
________and Investigation (Morris Heights)*



Queens


IS 061 – Leonardo da Vinci Intermediate School (Corona)*
IS 204 – Oliver W. Holmes (Long Island City)*
MS 043 – (Far Rockaway)*

IMPORTANT NOTE:

CFY-New York City is currently at capacity for our Take IT Home program and will not be accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year. Please check back in 2010 for information about the following school year.

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Volunteer in New York City

You can help improve the learning environment of low-income children by volunteering with CFY-New York City. If you live in or around New York City, you can volunteer to help train families at CFY Family Learning Workshops.

To volunteer please contact us at volunteer-NYC@cfy.org. We will then ask you for additional information, such as the dates you are interested in volunteering. To volunteer you must be 16 years of age or older.

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Contact CFY-New York City

Computers for Youth-NYC
322 Eighth Avenue, Floor 12A
New York, NY 10001
tel: 212-563-7300
fax: 212-563-1215
email: CFY-NYC@cfy.org

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