Our Programs

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A champion for all children, ABC offers every child a joyful, beloved life by creating compassionate programs in urgent response to the needs of New York City’s most vulnerable families.

Every year, we serve over 2,500 children and families by providing…

450,000 hours of early childhood education

11,000 hours of mental health treatment

3,000 hours of abuse and neglect prevention

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Within the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed the exciting growth of a new club at Youth Services—the baking club! Led by Riverdale volunteer Stella Jaffe, children are learning the essentials of baking, and even going through the process th
Recently, children and their families from Youth Services participated in a cooking demo organized by GrowNYC, as part of a series of demonstrations called ‘Affordable Eats.’ GrowNYC’s demonstrations address the concerns of those wh
At the end of October, the Graham School roof and gym were once again transformed into an ABC pumpkin patch. During this autumnal home-based socialization event, families were able to pick a pumpkin and take pictures in the pumpkin patch, before enga
Join us in congratulating ABC’s New York City marathon finishers! Samantha O'Donoghue, Katherine Nguyen, Regine Aguilar, Christine Legge, India Bulkeley and Clay Broussard all represented ABC last Sunday, and raised over $20,000 in the process.
In honor of voting season and today’s election, the Tadpole Room at the Graham School held their own voting activity. The polling decision was for the name of their plant—Pete or Salad. Our children did an excellent job at exercising thei
If you thought that only the children dressed up for Halloween, you were wrong. In fact, the council of Gretchen(s) appeared... on the one Halloween where Gretchen didn’t dress up as a bear!
Our little trick-or-treaters are having an amazing Halloween! 🎃 Each classroom at Cassidy’s chose a different theme: we had Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle, adorable monsters, Bluey characters, and Little Bo Peep’s flock of sheep.
“I first started supporting ABC during the pandemic when I was looking for an organization that aligned with my values. It was good to feel like I was making a difference when the world felt scary and hopeless. I was looking for an educational
“I was looking for charities to run the marathon with and it was such a nice surprise to see ABC on the list. I wanted to run for an organization that I felt connected to and ABC was exactly that because I used to volunteer at Cassidy’s P