Academic Achievement
84% of participants are more motivated to do their school work.
Children of Promise, NYC serves more than 350 children and their families each year.
Headquartered in
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
& The Bronx, New York.
Children of Promise, NYC is a therapeutic community within an after school program for children and youth impacted by mass incarceration. CPNYC co-locates a Wellness Center with licensed mental health clinicians that promote therapeutic empowerment and partners with the community to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma of mass incarceration.
Our Mission
Children of Promise, NYC is a community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma plaguing Black and Brown communities.
Communication & Relationships
97% of mentoring participants trusted their mentor and benefited emotionally and socially.
Mental Health & Behavior
87% of participants improved their problem solving skills.
Our Programs
After School
Youth Action
Saturday Resource Center
Wellness Center
Summer Camp
Mentoring
Break the Cycle
CPNYC helps to break the cycle of intergenerational involvement in the criminal justice system by serving each child’s needs as comprehensively as possible. The cycle can only be broken if social, economic, and educational inequities are addressed.
