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In pursuit of its primary mission to bring innovative learning
opportunities to children in the greatest need, CMOM partners
with a wide variety of Community Based Organizations as well
as City, State and National Government agencies, foundations,
corporations and educational institutions to provide programs
to over 400,000 children each year. These partnerships and the
resulting programs have positioned CMOM as a leader in
outreach efforts throughout the city, across the country and
around the world.
opportunities to children in the greatest need, CMOM partners
with a wide variety of Community Based Organizations as well
as City, State and National Government agencies, foundations,
corporations and educational institutions to provide programs
to over 400,000 children each year. These partnerships and the
resulting programs have positioned CMOM as a leader in
outreach efforts throughout the city, across the country and
around the world.
After-School Programs
Over the last decade After-School and Out-of-School Time Programs have experienced a
Renaissance. The number offered, the geographic reach, the variety of subjects and the professional
standards have increased, expanded and improved. Many After-school efforts have worked to address
the struggling academic performance of students at school. They also provide safe environments for
students to test out new ideas in a supportive environment in which learning can flourish.
CMOM works with City Agencies, Community Based Organizations and Schools across the city to
provide enrichment programs in the after-school hours and Out of School Time. Using expertise and
experience garnered through school partnerships to develop curriculum and provide professional
development CMOM has developed an approach that compliments and enriches the work of schools
to meets performance standards in science, art and literacy. CMOM also emphasizes critical thinking
and problem solving skills through hands-on workshops providing students with opportunities to learn
about, test out, experiment with and apply their ideas without fear of failure building self confidence
and an intimate understanding of content, access to education specialists, practicing artists, writers
and science students. CMOM currently provides weekly after-school programming at Mosholu
Community Center, New Settlement Community Center, PS 64 and CES 88 in the Bronx, PS 87, PS 75
and Broadway Housing in Manhattan, PS 58 in Brooklyn and The Hellenic American Neighborhood
Action Committee in Queens.
Bronx Initiative
A large portion of the Bronx comprises the county with the lowest household income in the United
States but income is only one indicator of the many struggles of a neighborhood underserved in a city
rich with resources. These inequalities are the bases for CMOM’s Bronx Initiative begun by Bronx
Borough President Adolfo Carrion who approached CMOM to pilot early childhood programming and
then built these programs into a children’s museum in the Bronx.
CMOM is currently in the pilot phase working at two sites: Winifred Wheeler Day Care Center (in Mott
Haven) and at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the North Bronx. Programming includes
weekly literacy and arts-focused workshops for children at each of the three sites and is
complemented by a borough-wide “Family Festival” at Hostos Community College on November 4,
2006. The Family Festival will allow a greater number of families to participate and also provide the
opportunity to market the neighborhood programming to a broad audience.
More information about the Bronx Initiative
College and Graduate School Internships
Internships allow students the chance to explore various museum careers. Direct experience observing
and working with children is an important ingredient in the development of talented educators and
exhibition design. Internships at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan provide an opportunity for
education, design and non-profit management theory to be understood and applied in real situations.
CMOM partners with colleges and universities to provide credited internships in a variety of disciplines
including, education, exhibition design and development. CMOM hosts students from a variety of
institutions including, New York University, Bank Street College, Barnard College, Teacher’s College at
Columbia, Columbia University, Hunter’s College and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Interns can
apply for the Fall, Spring or Summer.
Over the summer, CMOM hosts up to 20 interns from across the country and around the world in the
museums various departments. The majority of summer interns work in the Education Department and
participate in an intensive 10 week teaching internship that includes 2 weeks of training sessions
followed by 8 weeks of hands-on teaching experience.
Graduate students are placed based on an appropriate match for their resume and course work with
current museum projects. Past interns have done research for upcoming exhibitions, painted exhibition
components, designed graphic materials, developed curriculum and taught special programs.
Deadline for Fall Semester is September 15
Deadline for Spring Semester is January 5
Deadline for Summer Program (June through mid-August) is April 15
For more information regarding specific internships and to download an application form, chose Adobe
Acrobat or MS Word or contact Karen Ogden Morse via email. Thank You.
High School Internship Programs
The transition from high school student to college and again to working professional is one usually
guided by family support. Students from low income households, from families who have recently
immigrated and other situations where students may not be in contact with an adult to help mentor
them through these important life changes. Through the Junior Staff Internship Program students
experience a school-to-work/college program that utilizes CMOM’s resources to help them become
critical, independent thinkers in a comfortable environment where they can take on increasing
responsibility and develop leadership skills.
Beginning in their Sophomore Years the Junior Staff Program begins the first of a series of stages that
spans over three years and beyond. Through these experiences requiring increasing independence
high school students grow into part time staff. Students begin with a broad interest in working with
children, technology or the arts and develop their interests into real work experience and skill sets
which prepare them for future studies at college and careers in education. Many students stay on
through their college years to help pay for classes and to continue their experience in the field.
For more information about the Junior Staff Internship Program click here
Deadline to apply for Summer Squad is May 27th
Deadline to apply for TeenReach is October 10th
Deadline to apply to become a TechTeen is December 31st
To apply for the Junior Staff Internship Program please submit this Adobe PDF version or Word
document. Thank You.
Membership Program for Low Income Families
Families in underserved communities are often shy about visiting the many cultural institutions of New
York City. Costly fees, unfamiliar content, language barriers and a variety of other intimidating
circumstances create an imaginary wall preventing access. To begin to address these issues CMOM
has developed the Community Access Membership Program designed to invite title one or low income
families to the museum and encourage their continued utilization of the museum’s many resources.
Since 2000, the Community Access Program has enabled low-income families to purchase CMOM
family memberships for $5 (reduced from $210), giving them unlimited access to the Museum. CMOM
partners with more than 50 community-based organizations (Community Access Friends) to promote
this program. In three years the Access program has hosted over 20 private open-house events where
it has welcomed more than 4,000 new visitors and sold more than 1,000 Access memberships. Of this
number, nearly half have chosen to renew their Access memberships.
Learn more about CMOM’s ACCESS Membership Program CMOM’s ACCESS Membership Program
National Outreach Efforts
CMOM partners with organizations and museums across the country in a variety of efforts including
the development of touring exhibitions and programming in areas of great need.
Play Helps… a National Play & Learning Initiative
CMOM with the support of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), has been selected by the
Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) to launch a 3-5 year program called Play Helps… a National Play &
Learning Initiative that will focus public attention on the importance of play as the foundation for
learning. Because play is a universal right of all children, Play Helps will eliminate economic barriers to
provide learning opportunities for young children, especially those from low-income communities.
Monkey King: Journey to China Touring Exhibition
This 1,500 square foot exhibition is one of seven exhibitions that comprise the Asian Exhibit Initiative,
funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by the Association of Children’s Museums
(ACM). It opened at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) in January 2004, the Year of the
Monkey, and the following July began a tour to 10 children’s museums across the country.
Oh, Seuss! Off to Great Places Touring Exhibition
This hands-on interactive exhibition which makes Dr. Seuss well-loved books come to life, features the
colorful, unconventional characters and wacky environments of Dr. Seuss. Letters, words, and rhymes
appear throughout the environment in unexpected places – encouraging children to read, interact,
and to use language in playful and unusual ways. Each of the gallery’s 20 activities is set in an
environment reflecting scenes from one of five featured books: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, Green
Eggs and Ham, Horton Hatches An Egg, If I Ran the Circus and Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You
Are?
Ongoing Research in the Field of Education
Sharing the enormous body of experience, expertise and enthusiasm for education is an important
part of CMOM’s mission. Through research, mentor ship, model projects and more CMOM works to
further the field.
CMOM works with the New York City Department of Education as well as universities and colleges in
New York City and across the country to do research, provide internships and professional
development. CMOM is also a member of, and regularly hosts meetings and conferences for, the
Association of Children’s Museums, New York City Access Consortium, the New York City Museum
Educators Round Table, New York Museums Council, The Career Internship Network, The Society for
Arts in Healthcare, The American Association of Museums and The Partnership for After-School
Education.
CMOM has also recently installed a state of the art research lab. Funded by a Federal Department of
Education Ready to Learn Grant, the Research Lab enables researchers to study children utilizing
new media platforms and provides opportunities to study museum learning.
Partnerships with Hospitals and Medical Centers
The complications of being sick, the medical procedures a patient undergoes, being taken out of
school and even just being in a hospital are all disruptions to a child’s social life. Patients are eager to
have “normal” experiences and this is an important goal for these programs.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Arts Outreach Program helps children living with Cancer and their
families explore, heal and learn through art. For two hours every week, the Museum sends its leading
educators to the children’s ward of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cancer Treatment Center. Equipped
with a portable selection of supplies and a creative curriculum, the educators invite patients, their
siblings and parents to participate in free, innovative art activities that are therapeutic, fun and
educational. By combining an academic focus with fun art activities, the art-making program makes the
hospital setting more livable, stimulating, and fun for kids coping with illness.
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore The Carl Sagan Discovery Program at CHAM is the nation's first
science and learning program fully integrated into the design and philosophy of a pediatric hospital.
Activities are designed to develop patients’ understanding of themselves within the context of the world
and the universe. CMOM has partnered with CHAM to design curriculum and train the program’s high
school and college age Science Explainers to teach younger patients. After initial training sessions,
CMOM works weekly with both the explainers and patients to model hands-on science activities.
In a new partnership with New York Presbyterian CMOM is working to promote healthy living through a
series of hands-on workshops, guest speakers and special events.
Public Libraries
Libraries are more than sources of information they serve as community centers acting as
neighborhood resources and providing a wide variety of programming for all ages and in all subjects.
CMOM provides the New York Public Libraries with educational experiences to over 6,000 participants
at branches throughout Manhattan and in the Bronx. These programs are primarily science and art
based designed for elementary age students as well as parent child classes for 3-4 year olds.
The Queens Library System has the largest book circulation of any system in the country and serves
the most ethnically diverse county in the country. CMOM provides hands-on science programs at a
number of branches throughout the Borough.
For a list of library branches that CMOM has provided programs at click here
School Programs and Partnerships
CMOM works with the Department of Education as well as private and parochial schools to provide
important educational opportunities for New York City children in all five boroughs. Programs are
designed to meet performance standards in the arts, literacy and sciences through an inquiry based
process that engages children to develop critical thinking skills.
30,000 school children visit CMOM a year to participate in guided exhibition tours and hands-on
interactive workshops. CMOM also partners with schools to provide in-depth programming including:
The New York City Museum School (NYCMS) located in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood. As a
“New Vision” public high school NYCMS integrates museum study into academic excellence by
engaging students through object-based learning, encouraging students to develop visual literacy,
interpretive skills and critical thinking; PS 64 and New Settlement Apartments in the Bronx to providing
a combination of services including in-school literacy programs, after-school cultural e and
professional development; PS 87 in the Upper West Side in a variety of capacities including providing
after-school programming, hosting the annual project reads. CMOM works with the New York City
Department of Education to provide professional development sessions for early childhood, art,
science and new teachers as well as parent coordinators and after-school staff.
Program descriptions of Guided Exhibition Tours
Program descriptions of In-School Outreach Classes and Programs
Program descriptions of Professional Development
More information about The New York City Museum School
Shelter and Temporary Housing Programs
Children make up a large proportion of the number of homeless in the United States. In New York City
there are a number of experimental models for temporary housing including private and public
complexes where part of the apartments are reserved for the homeless. CMOM works with a number of
sites to provide programs that help to build personal and professional skills as well as science, art and
literacy enrichment programs.
The Homes for the Homeless program provides children and families living in temporary housing with
20 weeks of music, art, literacy, and parenting skills development in a safe and supportive
environment. Participants engage in an early childhood curriculum designed to integrate museum
exploration with literacy skills. Work with CMOM educators and a licensed social worker help
participants develop parenting strategies and gain insight into how their children learn. Journal writing
sessions with a resident author promote personal dignity and expression. Each year these writing
exercises are turned into a published literary magazine.
Working throughout Harlem, Broadway Housing Communities addresses homelessness by promoting
stability and dignity through the provision of permanent housing. Broadway Housing also seeks to
address some of the health issues affecting Harlem. To that end CMOM developed and taught a fun,
hands-on series of activities that taught human biology as well as important health information about
what diabetes is, how it impacts the body and what students can do to help prevent the onset of
diabetes, within themselves and their community.
Located in the Bronx, New Settlement comprises 14 formerly abandoned buildings in Morris Heights.
New Settlement integrates working-class residents with the formerly homeless as an essential means
to revitalizing poor neighborhoods and pulling the homeless out of a cycle of poverty. As the success
of the organization has grown so too has its mission to provide not just housing but badly needed
social services including after-school programs. CMOM has worked with New Settlement and school
administrators for the last five years to develop programming at three sites in the South Bronx: PS 64,
CES 88, and New Settlement Community Center.
More Information about The Homes for the Homeless Outreach Program
Over the last decade After-School and Out-of-School Time Programs have experienced a
Renaissance. The number offered, the geographic reach, the variety of subjects and the professional
standards have increased, expanded and improved. Many After-school efforts have worked to address
the struggling academic performance of students at school. They also provide safe environments for
students to test out new ideas in a supportive environment in which learning can flourish.
CMOM works with City Agencies, Community Based Organizations and Schools across the city to
provide enrichment programs in the after-school hours and Out of School Time. Using expertise and
experience garnered through school partnerships to develop curriculum and provide professional
development CMOM has developed an approach that compliments and enriches the work of schools
to meets performance standards in science, art and literacy. CMOM also emphasizes critical thinking
and problem solving skills through hands-on workshops providing students with opportunities to learn
about, test out, experiment with and apply their ideas without fear of failure building self confidence
and an intimate understanding of content, access to education specialists, practicing artists, writers
and science students. CMOM currently provides weekly after-school programming at Mosholu
Community Center, New Settlement Community Center, PS 64 and CES 88 in the Bronx, PS 87, PS 75
and Broadway Housing in Manhattan, PS 58 in Brooklyn and The Hellenic American Neighborhood
Action Committee in Queens.
Bronx Initiative
A large portion of the Bronx comprises the county with the lowest household income in the United
States but income is only one indicator of the many struggles of a neighborhood underserved in a city
rich with resources. These inequalities are the bases for CMOM’s Bronx Initiative begun by Bronx
Borough President Adolfo Carrion who approached CMOM to pilot early childhood programming and
then built these programs into a children’s museum in the Bronx.
CMOM is currently in the pilot phase working at two sites: Winifred Wheeler Day Care Center (in Mott
Haven) and at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the North Bronx. Programming includes
weekly literacy and arts-focused workshops for children at each of the three sites and is
complemented by a borough-wide “Family Festival” at Hostos Community College on November 4,
2006. The Family Festival will allow a greater number of families to participate and also provide the
opportunity to market the neighborhood programming to a broad audience.
More information about the Bronx Initiative
College and Graduate School Internships
Internships allow students the chance to explore various museum careers. Direct experience observing
and working with children is an important ingredient in the development of talented educators and
exhibition design. Internships at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan provide an opportunity for
education, design and non-profit management theory to be understood and applied in real situations.
CMOM partners with colleges and universities to provide credited internships in a variety of disciplines
including, education, exhibition design and development. CMOM hosts students from a variety of
institutions including, New York University, Bank Street College, Barnard College, Teacher’s College at
Columbia, Columbia University, Hunter’s College and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Interns can
apply for the Fall, Spring or Summer.
Over the summer, CMOM hosts up to 20 interns from across the country and around the world in the
museums various departments. The majority of summer interns work in the Education Department and
participate in an intensive 10 week teaching internship that includes 2 weeks of training sessions
followed by 8 weeks of hands-on teaching experience.
Graduate students are placed based on an appropriate match for their resume and course work with
current museum projects. Past interns have done research for upcoming exhibitions, painted exhibition
components, designed graphic materials, developed curriculum and taught special programs.
Deadline for Fall Semester is September 15
Deadline for Spring Semester is January 5
Deadline for Summer Program (June through mid-August) is April 15
For more information regarding specific internships and to download an application form, chose Adobe
Acrobat or MS Word or contact Karen Ogden Morse via email. Thank You.
High School Internship Programs
The transition from high school student to college and again to working professional is one usually
guided by family support. Students from low income households, from families who have recently
immigrated and other situations where students may not be in contact with an adult to help mentor
them through these important life changes. Through the Junior Staff Internship Program students
experience a school-to-work/college program that utilizes CMOM’s resources to help them become
critical, independent thinkers in a comfortable environment where they can take on increasing
responsibility and develop leadership skills.
Beginning in their Sophomore Years the Junior Staff Program begins the first of a series of stages that
spans over three years and beyond. Through these experiences requiring increasing independence
high school students grow into part time staff. Students begin with a broad interest in working with
children, technology or the arts and develop their interests into real work experience and skill sets
which prepare them for future studies at college and careers in education. Many students stay on
through their college years to help pay for classes and to continue their experience in the field.
For more information about the Junior Staff Internship Program click here
Deadline to apply for Summer Squad is May 27th
Deadline to apply for TeenReach is October 10th
Deadline to apply to become a TechTeen is December 31st
To apply for the Junior Staff Internship Program please submit this Adobe PDF version or Word
document. Thank You.
Membership Program for Low Income Families
Families in underserved communities are often shy about visiting the many cultural institutions of New
York City. Costly fees, unfamiliar content, language barriers and a variety of other intimidating
circumstances create an imaginary wall preventing access. To begin to address these issues CMOM
has developed the Community Access Membership Program designed to invite title one or low income
families to the museum and encourage their continued utilization of the museum’s many resources.
Since 2000, the Community Access Program has enabled low-income families to purchase CMOM
family memberships for $5 (reduced from $210), giving them unlimited access to the Museum. CMOM
partners with more than 50 community-based organizations (Community Access Friends) to promote
this program. In three years the Access program has hosted over 20 private open-house events where
it has welcomed more than 4,000 new visitors and sold more than 1,000 Access memberships. Of this
number, nearly half have chosen to renew their Access memberships.
Learn more about CMOM’s ACCESS Membership Program CMOM’s ACCESS Membership Program
National Outreach Efforts
CMOM partners with organizations and museums across the country in a variety of efforts including
the development of touring exhibitions and programming in areas of great need.
Play Helps… a National Play & Learning Initiative
CMOM with the support of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), has been selected by the
Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) to launch a 3-5 year program called Play Helps… a National Play &
Learning Initiative that will focus public attention on the importance of play as the foundation for
learning. Because play is a universal right of all children, Play Helps will eliminate economic barriers to
provide learning opportunities for young children, especially those from low-income communities.
Monkey King: Journey to China Touring Exhibition
This 1,500 square foot exhibition is one of seven exhibitions that comprise the Asian Exhibit Initiative,
funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by the Association of Children’s Museums
(ACM). It opened at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) in January 2004, the Year of the
Monkey, and the following July began a tour to 10 children’s museums across the country.
Oh, Seuss! Off to Great Places Touring Exhibition
This hands-on interactive exhibition which makes Dr. Seuss well-loved books come to life, features the
colorful, unconventional characters and wacky environments of Dr. Seuss. Letters, words, and rhymes
appear throughout the environment in unexpected places – encouraging children to read, interact,
and to use language in playful and unusual ways. Each of the gallery’s 20 activities is set in an
environment reflecting scenes from one of five featured books: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, Green
Eggs and Ham, Horton Hatches An Egg, If I Ran the Circus and Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You
Are?
Ongoing Research in the Field of Education
Sharing the enormous body of experience, expertise and enthusiasm for education is an important
part of CMOM’s mission. Through research, mentor ship, model projects and more CMOM works to
further the field.
CMOM works with the New York City Department of Education as well as universities and colleges in
New York City and across the country to do research, provide internships and professional
development. CMOM is also a member of, and regularly hosts meetings and conferences for, the
Association of Children’s Museums, New York City Access Consortium, the New York City Museum
Educators Round Table, New York Museums Council, The Career Internship Network, The Society for
Arts in Healthcare, The American Association of Museums and The Partnership for After-School
Education.
CMOM has also recently installed a state of the art research lab. Funded by a Federal Department of
Education Ready to Learn Grant, the Research Lab enables researchers to study children utilizing
new media platforms and provides opportunities to study museum learning.
Partnerships with Hospitals and Medical Centers
The complications of being sick, the medical procedures a patient undergoes, being taken out of
school and even just being in a hospital are all disruptions to a child’s social life. Patients are eager to
have “normal” experiences and this is an important goal for these programs.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Arts Outreach Program helps children living with Cancer and their
families explore, heal and learn through art. For two hours every week, the Museum sends its leading
educators to the children’s ward of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cancer Treatment Center. Equipped
with a portable selection of supplies and a creative curriculum, the educators invite patients, their
siblings and parents to participate in free, innovative art activities that are therapeutic, fun and
educational. By combining an academic focus with fun art activities, the art-making program makes the
hospital setting more livable, stimulating, and fun for kids coping with illness.
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore The Carl Sagan Discovery Program at CHAM is the nation's first
science and learning program fully integrated into the design and philosophy of a pediatric hospital.
Activities are designed to develop patients’ understanding of themselves within the context of the world
and the universe. CMOM has partnered with CHAM to design curriculum and train the program’s high
school and college age Science Explainers to teach younger patients. After initial training sessions,
CMOM works weekly with both the explainers and patients to model hands-on science activities.
In a new partnership with New York Presbyterian CMOM is working to promote healthy living through a
series of hands-on workshops, guest speakers and special events.
Public Libraries
Libraries are more than sources of information they serve as community centers acting as
neighborhood resources and providing a wide variety of programming for all ages and in all subjects.
CMOM provides the New York Public Libraries with educational experiences to over 6,000 participants
at branches throughout Manhattan and in the Bronx. These programs are primarily science and art
based designed for elementary age students as well as parent child classes for 3-4 year olds.
The Queens Library System has the largest book circulation of any system in the country and serves
the most ethnically diverse county in the country. CMOM provides hands-on science programs at a
number of branches throughout the Borough.
For a list of library branches that CMOM has provided programs at click here
School Programs and Partnerships
CMOM works with the Department of Education as well as private and parochial schools to provide
important educational opportunities for New York City children in all five boroughs. Programs are
designed to meet performance standards in the arts, literacy and sciences through an inquiry based
process that engages children to develop critical thinking skills.
30,000 school children visit CMOM a year to participate in guided exhibition tours and hands-on
interactive workshops. CMOM also partners with schools to provide in-depth programming including:
The New York City Museum School (NYCMS) located in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood. As a
“New Vision” public high school NYCMS integrates museum study into academic excellence by
engaging students through object-based learning, encouraging students to develop visual literacy,
interpretive skills and critical thinking; PS 64 and New Settlement Apartments in the Bronx to providing
a combination of services including in-school literacy programs, after-school cultural e and
professional development; PS 87 in the Upper West Side in a variety of capacities including providing
after-school programming, hosting the annual project reads. CMOM works with the New York City
Department of Education to provide professional development sessions for early childhood, art,
science and new teachers as well as parent coordinators and after-school staff.
Program descriptions of Guided Exhibition Tours
Program descriptions of In-School Outreach Classes and Programs
Program descriptions of Professional Development
More information about The New York City Museum School
Shelter and Temporary Housing Programs
Children make up a large proportion of the number of homeless in the United States. In New York City
there are a number of experimental models for temporary housing including private and public
complexes where part of the apartments are reserved for the homeless. CMOM works with a number of
sites to provide programs that help to build personal and professional skills as well as science, art and
literacy enrichment programs.
The Homes for the Homeless program provides children and families living in temporary housing with
20 weeks of music, art, literacy, and parenting skills development in a safe and supportive
environment. Participants engage in an early childhood curriculum designed to integrate museum
exploration with literacy skills. Work with CMOM educators and a licensed social worker help
participants develop parenting strategies and gain insight into how their children learn. Journal writing
sessions with a resident author promote personal dignity and expression. Each year these writing
exercises are turned into a published literary magazine.
Working throughout Harlem, Broadway Housing Communities addresses homelessness by promoting
stability and dignity through the provision of permanent housing. Broadway Housing also seeks to
address some of the health issues affecting Harlem. To that end CMOM developed and taught a fun,
hands-on series of activities that taught human biology as well as important health information about
what diabetes is, how it impacts the body and what students can do to help prevent the onset of
diabetes, within themselves and their community.
Located in the Bronx, New Settlement comprises 14 formerly abandoned buildings in Morris Heights.
New Settlement integrates working-class residents with the formerly homeless as an essential means
to revitalizing poor neighborhoods and pulling the homeless out of a cycle of poverty. As the success
of the organization has grown so too has its mission to provide not just housing but badly needed
social services including after-school programs. CMOM has worked with New Settlement and school
administrators for the last five years to develop programming at three sites in the South Bronx: PS 64,
CES 88, and New Settlement Community Center.
More Information about The Homes for the Homeless Outreach Program