York Street Project

St. Mary's residence (smr) offers safe, affordable housing and support for working women with limited income, allowing them to concentrate on improving their job skills for a better future. On average they live with us for two years while they get on their feet.

The nurturing place (tnp) provides year-round licensed early childhood development and education for children (2 months to 5 years) while their mothers are at work or school. This educcational program helps to facilitate increased language development, cognitive thinking, emotional stability, and to improve socialization, interpersonal development, problemsolving abilities, and motor skills. Most importantly, it helps children to acquire a love of learning and the ability to give and receive affection - lessons that can last a lifetime. Tnp received a 4- star rating from grow new jersey kids and currently utilizes the gold curriculum and assessment tools and ages and stages questionnaire screening tools.