Community and School-Based Supports

We offer an array of programs, embedded in communities and schools to help children stay in school and graduate high school. 

The Inwood House Division operates many of these community-based programs, providing parenting and life skills, leadership and career training to help students stay on track, including: 

• Our Teen Choice program partners with over 32 public schools to help teens delay sexual activity, reduce risky sexual behaviors, and avoid teen pregnancy. The program includes classroom-based health education workshops, intensive small group mutual-aid discussions, and individual counseling.
• The Drew Hamilton Community Center in Central Harlem provides after-school programming, summer camp, a teen center, and adult classes to provide safe and educational spaces for all family members. The center also offers support for pregnant and parenting teens, including young fathers. 
• ACTS @ The Eliza, located in Manhattan, offers a STEM robotics lab, teaching kitchen, performance space, sensory room, and early education programing. 

Sanctuary, Westchester County’s only runaway and homeless shelter, provides short-term shelter and family mediation. Sanctuary also operates the Street Outreach Program, providing counselors in a teen-friendly mobile unit to reach the thousands of alienated youths who spend all or most of their nights on the streets of Westchester County’s urban centers. These counselors serve as a trusted voice available to help teens identify safer and stable alternatives. 

Teens also can take advantage of the Education and Employment Center in Yonkers, a drop-in center to help youth get training and find jobs.