Brooklyn Bureau Of Community Service

Families, community building, and workforce developmentthe families, community building and workforce development program division uses case management family services to assist parents and families in establishing stable and nurturing homes, reduce the risk of child abuse or neglect, and prevent inappropriate foster care placement. (see schedule o).the program division also provides services to enable disconnected fathers to reconnect with their children; vocational evaluation, job training and job placement for those previously involved in the criminal justice system; a high school equivalency preparation program serving young people diagnosed with severe emotional disturbances; comprehensive community center programs for children, adults and seniors located in four public housing developments; covid-19 outreach programs to support community vaccination and overall community health; and case management support for families displaced by hurricane ida.

After-school education the education and youth development program division provides literacy-rich,steam (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) and sel (social and emotional learning) focused programming in its after school programs (located in underperforming public schools); case management, post-secondary and career counseling programming to students attending a transfer high school serving over-age, under-credited young people; and 3k and pre-k early childhood education that uses an evidence-based and high scope creative curriculum.

Services for people living with developmental disabilities the services for people living with developmental disabilities program division provides comprehensive and holistic person-centered treatment, recovery and job training services to support the life goals of adults living with mental illness, along with service coordination and other activities to promote rehabilitation and to help program participants progress towards fuller, more rewarding and increasingly independent participation in the community. This program division provides vocational evaluation, job training, job placement and post-employment support to adults with disabilities. The population served include those with severe barriers to employment such as mental illness and/or developmental disabilities, and those with less severe medical disabilities. Programs provide day habilitation, recreation/respite, community habilitation and residential support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Health, housing, and homelessness solutionsthe health, housing and homelessness solutions program division provides supportive housing services for individuals who have aged out of the foster care system, transitional living/shelters for people experiencing homelessness, targeted prevention support services that provide linkage to healthcare for individuals struggling with substance abuse, lack of access to basic health needs, or are high risk for testing positive for hiv, and mobile shower services for unhoused brooklyn residents who lack access to basic hygiene.

Workforce development provides vocational evaluation, job training, job placement and post-employment support to adults with disabilities. Populations served include those with severe barriers to employment such as mental illness and/or developmental disabilities, and those with less severe medicaldisabilities.

Education centerthe bcs education center offers adult basic education (abe) classes, high school equivalency (hse) classes, digital up-skilling classes, and english for speakers of other languages (esol) classes, at almost all skill levels to sunset park residents. Over 800 people a year come to the center for classes, demonstrating the great need for adult literacy services in sunset park. All students at the education center also receive advocacy assistance, as well as college access support, career readiness counseling, and the opportunity to take credentialing courses in an area of their choice.