Programs
ESL Hamilton-Madison House’s ESL Program, (English as a Second Language) offers free morning classes, from beginner to advanced levels. The Program also offers trips, presentations, and guest speakers.
The Women Talk Program provides a culturally sensitive environment, in which women are taught to communicate effectively in English and are assisted with the transition to living and working outside of the Two Bridges/Chinatown community.
Behavioral Health For 33 years, Hamilton-Madison House has been the leading provider of Behavioral Health Services to New York City’s Asian community. Currently serving more than 5,000 clients a year, Behavioral health Services has language specific clinics that take into account a client’s ethnicity and native language. On July 1, 2001 Peter Yee became Hamilton-Madison House’s new Assistant Executive Director for Behavioral health Services. In 2002, the Korean Clinic and the Southeast Asian Clinic expanded to meet the growing needs of the community. Clinicians are now available for residents who speak Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian.
Child Care Centers Hamilton-Madison House Child Care Centers are a collaboration of Head Start and Day Care Programs. Childcare is provided at eight sites; each year over 280 children, ages 2 through 5, are served as well as 50 children, ages 6 through 12 in school age day care.
Chinatown Resource Center
The Chinatown Resource Center (CRC) is a focal point of Hamilton-Madison's effort to meet the psychological, economic and social needs of area residents, workers and businesses who were affected by September 11th. The Center works to empower the community and to promote its recovery through a holistic approach by providing behavioral health services, consultation, education, workshops, and advocacy.
Senior Services During 2006-2007 oveer 6,500 seniors, who live in the Two Bridges/Chinatown community and throughout New York City, attended Hamilton-Madison House's four senior service locations.
Supported Housing The goal of Hamilton-Madison House’s Supported Housing is to provide permanent housing for people who are seriously and persistently mentally ill to live independently. Supported Housing provides 43 beds to Asian American mentally ill patients - 15 fully furnished apartments at a single site and 9 fully furnished apartments at scattered sites. The admission criteria are 18 years of age and older with documented history of mental disability and psychiatric treatment. The services for tenants are bi-lingual and bi-cultural case management, social, cultural, and recreational programs.
Two Bridges Tower Community Program Hamilton-Madison House is contracted to provide social services to tenants of 82 Rutgers Slip, a model housing program. The goal of this program is to improve the quality of life for 200 families living in the building. The tenants come from a cross-section of life NYC. A wide variety of cultures is represented in the building. People come from a wide variety of social and economic conditions and the residents of 60 apartments are formerly homeless families. The House provides After School and Summer Camp to children ages 5-12. A number of evening activities are available to adults and teens. People are encouraged to develop links to various agencies in the community.
Youth Development Programs
Children ages 5-12 After School Program operates 2:30 - 6:00 p.m. for 38 weeks between September and June, paralleling the school calendar. This program provides school pick up, supervised and mandatory homework completion, individual and group tutoring, arts and crafts, computer literacy, yoga, life skills, and a nutritious meal. Summer Day Camp is a seven-week program that provides activities for the children to learn teamwork and sportsmanship as well as develop increased communication skills and empathy. The Saturday Program consists of Sports, Chinese classes, violin classes, and one-on-one homework assistance is available. The computer lab is also open for classes and independent use.
Ages 13-21 Teen Program – 50 Madison Street is open weeknights for the teens and gives them a safe environment to socialize with their friends, receive homework assistance, speak with a social worker, play pick-up basketball, engage in HIV/AIDS peer education, and surf the net. In addition, Makin' Da Music, an innovative DJ-training program is offered to teens ages 15-17. The participants learn the fundamentals of spinning discs, the history of music, working an audience, and developing entrepreneurial skills.
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