When we said that donating to our holiday toy drive would spread joy and smiles, we meant it! Jaslyn, whose dazzling smile is pictured here, is a participant in our COMPASS afterschool program at P.S. 273. Amazingly, our partner City National Rochdale donated enough so that all the children in this program would receive gifts this year.

Daniela is an 11th-grade student who goes to therapy at a Child Center wellness center in her school during lunchtime...

Meet the Empresarias Soñadoras, also known as the Corona A cohort of The Child Center of NY’s groundbreaking Cash+Community Works initiative. Meaning “dreaming entrepreneurs,” the name Empresarias Soñadoras embodies the spirit of Cash+Community Works, a movement grounded in the concept of peer-driven change and defined by direct investment in under-resourced families, trusting them with power, and connecting them with peers in an effort to uplift whole communities.