Shorefront Ym-Ywha Of Brighton- Manhattan Beach Inc

Immigrant and family services - we help individuals and families navigate the social service system, assist with crisis intervention and inform clients about the community and government resources and benefits that are available to them. Our goal is to build strong families and a vibrant local community by promoting health and economic security, preventing crisis and facilitating the transition into american life for the low-income americans, immigrants and refugees we serve. Regardless of the type of need or situation, staff evaluate the concern and help families assists or refers senior adult population living in south brooklyn to needed services, such as case management, advocacy and legal and financial counseling. Overall, this department provides clients with opportunities to maximize their potentials and live more self-sufficient and healthy lives.

Early childhood program - the y runs an infant toddler day care, universal pre kindergarten preschool program, nursery program and kinder camp for about 80 children, ages 6 months to 5.5 years, year-round. The program offers early drop off and extended care options to accommodate working parents and have at least one russian speaking teacher in each class to best suit our community demographic. The shorefront y is fully licensed to provide these services by the nycdhmh during the school year and the summer.

School based programs (ps 225) - the after school program at ps 225 serve a diverse population of low-income families and children in high quality no cost programs year-round. This program for children in elementary and middle school serves over 200 children with, supplemental education and extracurricular learning to promote their social/emotional development and academic achievement.

The shorefront y lenny krayzelburg swim academy provides an innovative and effective method of individual and small group swim instruction for toddlers, school age children and teens which helps them learn to swim well and to be water safe. Once they complete our curriculum, they transition into our four-tiered swim team program which helps develop their skills into a source of lifelong fitness. We serve approximately 600 children in lksa and 90 on the swim team at this time. In addition, the y offers athletic programs to its members. The facilities include a pool, sauna, fitness center and fee for service sports classes.

Youth - on-site programming includes an after-school program, sports classes and swim instruction for elementary aged children. We also operate a large publicly funded (no cost to families) after school program (with a summer component) at a local elementary school (ps 225). Our teen services provides wholesome recreational, social and leadership opportunities for neighborhood youth outside of school through supervised social and informal gatherings, trips, volunteer experiences and employment opportunities.