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NEWS
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Program
Descriptions
Classic Program
Senior Focus
Crossing Borders
An
Alphabetical Listing of Sites
1987 to Present
for:
People & Stories: Program
offered in English
Gente y Cuentos:
Program offered in Spanish
Gens et Récits:
Program offered in French
(France only)
People
& Stories
New Jersey
Adult Learning
Center, New Brunswick Public Schools, New Brunswick.
Adults studying English as a second language (ESL). (2006-Present)
Albert C.
Wagner Youth Correctional Facility, Bordentown.
Male
inmates under age 21. (2002)
Amani House,
Trenton.
Men, recovering from substance abuse, in residential treatment program.
(1997-1999)
Architect's
Housing, Trenton.
Residents in senior-living facility. (2007-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Bo Robinson
Education and Training Center, Trenton.
Female inmates in minimum-security facility. (2008-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Bo Robinson
Education and Training Center, Trenton.
Male
inmates in minimum-security facility. (2001-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Camden
Community Service Center, Camden.
Youth on parole. (1999-2002)
Camden Housing
Authority, Camden.
Diverse
senior residents. (1994-1995)
Camden Youth
Advocates Program, Camden.
Youth on parole. (1997-1998)
Classic Books,
Trenton.
Urban men and women from the Trenton community. (2006-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Daytop
Village, Mendham.
Teenagers
involved with substance abuse in rehabilitative residential school.
(2005)
Doorway to
Hope, Trenton.
Women
residents of a transitional housing facility. (1991-2003)
Dunham Hall,
Trenton.
Urban women, who are low
income or formerly homeless. (2007-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Emily Fisher
Charter School, Trenton.
Disadvantaged high school students in specialized school. (2004)
Essex County
College, Newark.
Formerly incarcerated young adults and adults enrolled in job training
and education courses. (2008-Present)
Friendship Baptist
Church, Trenton.
Men and women enrolled in Mercer County College's Adult Basic
Education Program. (2008-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Garden State
Youth Correctional Facility, Yardville.
Male
inmates who are enrolled in the facility's high school equivalency
program. (1998-Present)
Highland Park
Senior Citizen's Center, Highland Park.
Intergenerational group of older adults and Rutgers University students.
(1995-1997)
Hispanic
Women's Resource Center, Newark.
Hispanic women who are studying for their high school-equivalency
diploma and learning English as a second language. (1995-2006)
International
Center, Princeton University.
International students of diverse backgrounds and members of the
Princeton community. (1995)
Lawrence
Plaza, Lawrenceville.
Senior citizens. (2008-Present)
Lawrence
Township Senior Center, Lawrenceville.
Senior citizens. (2008-Present
Life Ties,
Trenton.
Adolescents in crisis. (2007-Present)
Martin House
Learning Center, Trenton.
Men and
women who are studying for their high school-equivalency diploma and
learning English as a second language. (1987-2005)
Mercer County
Community College, Kerney Center, Trenton.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) students preparing for entrance to high
school-equivalency-diploma classes. (1988-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Mercer County
Detention Center, SIP program (State Incentive Program), Ewing.
Day program for youth with suspended sentences. (2005-2006)
Mercer House,
Ewing.
Residential home for youth in trouble. (2005)
Mercer Street Friends, Trenton.
Adult Basic Education students (2006-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Mercer Street
Friends Senior Citizen's Day Center, Trenton.
Diverse seniors, men and women, who are in need of care outside the home
during the day. (1993-1994)
Mercer Street
Friends Youth and Adult Development Center, Trenton.
Teens at risk for drug abuse and women in transition from welfare to
work, who are working toward their high school equivalency diploma and
studying English as a second language. (1995-2002)
Middlesex
County College Extension, New Brunswick.
Diverse
men and women in Adult Basic Education program, in transition from
welfare to work. (1998)
Morris County
Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with AIMS, Morris County.
Summer
enrichment program for youth. (2006)
Morris Hall,
Lawrenceville.
Older adults in nursing home and assisted-living residence.
(1995-Present)
Morristown
Neighborhood Center, Morristown.
Middle
school students in after-school program. (2005-2007)
Mountainview
Youth Correctional Facility, Annandale.
Male
inmates under age 21. (2000-2005)
New Brunswick
Free Public Library, New Brunswick.
Youth in
Middlesex County Detention Center. (2004)
New Brunswick
Senior Resource Center, New Brunswick.
Intergenerational group of older adults and Rutgers University students.
(1995-1998)
New Jersey
State Prison, Trenton.
Male
inmates in maximum-security facility. (2002-2005
New Jersey
Youth Corps of Trenton, Ewing.
At-risk youth participating in GED and vocational-training programs.
(1999-Present)
Operation
Fatherhood, Trenton.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) students. (2001-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Paterson Youth
Services, Paterson.
Neighborhood youth at risk for drug abuse and/or pregnancy. (1994-1995)
Princeton
Public Library, Princeton.
Teenagers
in need of enrichment. (2005-2006)
Princeton
Senior Resource Center, Princeton.
Intergenerational and older adults. Groups included sight-impaired and
handicapped seniors, as well as high school students. (1990-1998)
Princeton
University Women's Center, Princeton.
Diverse members of the Princeton community, as well as university staff
and students. (1993-1995)
Redshaw
School, New Brunswick.
Port-of-entry, English-as-a-second-language students from various Latin
American countries. (1994-1996)
Rescue
Mission, TEACH (Trenton Educational Advancement Center for the Homeless)
Program, Trenton.
Men
recovering from substance abuse in early release-from-prison program.
(1998-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
Rider
University, Lawrenceville.
Diverse members of community, faculty, staff and students. (1994-1995)
Saint Luke's
Episcopal Church, Ewing.
Inter-faith, intergenerational group of men and women. (1997-1998)
Somerset
Baptist Church, Franklin.
High
school students in after-school program. (2004-2005)
Somerset
County Jail, Somerville.
Diverse inmates in correctional facility. (1993-2000)
St. Martin's
Center for Health Services, Trenton.
Homeless
men recovering from crack-cocaine abuse. (1994-1996)
Temple B'nai
Abraham, Bordentown.
Inter-faith, intergenerational group of men and women. (1996-2000)
Trenton Area
Soup Kitchen, Trenton.
Students in pre-GED and GED preparation courses. (2001-2005)
Trenton
Daylight Twilight Program, Trenton.
Men and
women, youth and adults, in high school for non-traditional, at-risk,
and returning students. (2002-2004)
Trenton
Educational Development Corp. (TEDCO), Trenton.
Homeless women, recovering from drug abuse, in a transitional housing
facility. (1994-1995)
Union
Industrial Home, Trenton.
Teen mothers in residential program. (1998-2001)
Urban Women's
Center, Trenton.
Men and women who are preparing to enter high school-equivalency-diploma
classes. (1997-2002)
Vessels or Praise,
Trenton.
Adult-youth intergenerational group. Youth are members of a
creativity development group. (2008-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
YWCA,
Elizabeth.
Battered women in recovery. (1993-1994)
Pennsylvania
Covenant
House, Philadelphia.
Young men
and women, ages 18-21, in temporary housing. (2002-2006)
Family House
Now, Philadelphia.
Women
recovering from substance abuse in residential facility. (2005-Present)
Interim House,
Philadelphia.
Women residents in drug rehabilitation program. (1999-Present)
Kate's Place,
Philadelphia.
Women
with low and moderate income in center-city housing complex.
(2005-2007)
Kirkbride
Center, Philadelphia.
Men and women recovering from substance abuse in a residential treatment
program. (2000-2002)
Lancaster
County Youth Intervention Center, Lancaster.
Incarcerated youth. (2004-Present)
Manos House,
Lancaster.
Teenage
males in residential drug rehabilitation facility. (2008-Present)
Project
Forward Leap, Lancaster
Disadvantaged/gifted youth and their parents. (2002-Present)
Project HOME,
Philadelphia.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) students in program for the formerly homeless.
(1999-Present)
Summit Quest,
Ephrata.
Teenage
males in placement facility. (2005-2007)
The
Lighthouse, Philadelphia.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) and English-as-a-second-language students enrolled
in neighborhood resource and learning center. (1999-2004)
Womanspace,
Germantown, Philadelphia.
Women in
residential recovery center. (2003-Present)
Women of
Change (Branch of H.O.M.E.), Philadelphia.
Women in residential facility for the chronically homeless and mentally
ill. (2006-Present)
New York
Brooklyn YWCA,
Brooklyn.
Women of the Judson Post Hall Residence. (2008-Present)
Chelsea Elliot
Center, New York City.
College-bound youth, members of the "I Have a Dream Foundation," and
their parents. (2001-2002)
Green
Chimneys, New York City.
Gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning young people in a
residential program. (2000)
Renaissance
House, Westchester County.
Men in
recovery from substance abuse. (2000-2002)
Tepeyac, New
York City.
Mexican
immigrants in GED and ESL classes. (2004-2005)
Westchester
Library System, Ardsley.
Participants from various youth and adult-outreach-services programs in
English and Spanish including: an after-school program, an abused
women's shelter, a county jail, a Spanish GED class, and a domestic
violence program for men. (1999-2002)
California
A Friendly
Place, Oakland.
Participants of a drop-in center for homeless women in West Oakland
community. (1998-Present)
Aviva House,
San Francisco.
Pregnant and postpartum women with substance abuse problems in a
residential facility. (1998-2000)
Berkeley Head
Start, Berkeley.
Teachers and parents of diverse preschoolers. (1997-1998)
Florence
Crittenden House, San Francisco.
Pregnant teenagers and mothers in a residential facility. (1998-2000)
Mia House, San
Francisco.
Women recovering from substance abuse in a residential facility.
(1998-2000)
Open Senior
Center, El Cerrito.
Diverse senior population from local community center. (1997-1998)
Pomeroy House,
San Francisco.
Women
recovering from substance abuse in a residential facility. (1997-2000)
San Francisco County
Jail for Women.
Diverse
group of women. (1998)
Colorado
Hayden
Public Library, Hayden.
Library patrons and new readers who are not currently library patrons.
(2005-Present)
Pikes
Peak Library District, Colorado Springs.
Library patrons. (2005-Present)
Florida
Collier
County Public Library, Naples.
Men in homeless shelter. (2004-Present)
Intermediate ESOL students. (2004-Present)
Kansas
Louisburg
Library District 1, Louisburg.
Troubled teenagers attending alternative school. (2004-2006)
Wichita
Public Library, Wichita.
Troubled teenagers. (2004)
Migrant women in Even Start ESOL program. (2004-2006)
Texas
J.H.
Wootters Crockett Public Library, Crockett.
English-speaking library patrons, mostly senior citizens.
(2004-2007)
Sterling
Municipal Library, Baytown.
Intermediate ESOL students, native Spanish speakers. (2004-2007
Massachusetts
Worcester
Public Library, Worcester.
New immigrants learning ESOL. (2005-2006)
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Public Library, Minneapolis.
Latino immigrants. (2005-Present)
New Mexico
Thomas Branigan Library, Las Cruces.
Latinos. (2005-Present)
Gente y Cuentos
New Jersey
Better
Beginnings, Hightstown.
Parents
with children in childcare. (2008-Present)
El Centro de
Recursos Para Familias, Trenton.
Spanish-speaking, Adult Basic Education (ABE) students. (2002-Present)
Crossing Borders offered.
El Club del
Barrio and FOCUS, Newark.
Senior citizens from different Latin American countries. (1993-2003)
Families on the Move - Club You Belong / Familias en Movimiento - Club Tú Pertences, New Brunswick. Seniors from diverse Latin American backgrounds. (2005-Present)
Garden State
Youth Correctional Facility, Yardville.
Spanish-speaking male inmates who are enrolled in the facility's high
school equivalency program. (1998-Present)
Hightstown
Public Library, Hightstown.
Intergenerational groups of men and women from different Latin American
countries. (1997-2006)
Hispanic
Development Corporation, Newark.
Spanish-speaking ESOL and GED students. (2005-Present)
Hispanic
Family Center, Camden.
Intergenerational group of men and women from different Latin American
countries. (1998)
Hispanic
Women's Resource Center, Newark.
Hispanic
women who are studying for their high school-equivalency diploma and
learning English as a second language. (1995-2007)
La Casa de Don
Pedro, Newark.
Latinas
from diverse Latin American Countries in ESL Basic Completion program.
(2005-Present)
Latinas
Unidas, Trenton.
Recent
Latina immigrants in need of support services, including ESL classes.
(2003-Present)
New Brunswick
Free Public Library, New Brunswick.
(1)
Latina senior citizens. (2004-Present)
(2) Youth in Middlesex County detention center. (2004)
Princeton
Public Library, Princeton.
Men and women, predominantly newly arrived immigrants from various Latin
American countries. (1995-Present)
Puerto Rican
Association for Human Development, Perth Amboy.
Grassroots, intergenerational Latinos from a neighborhood center
providing services to youth and seniors. (2000-2002)
Sta. Columba
Neighborhood Club, Newark.
Single mothers and older women from different Latin American countries.
(1991-2003)
The Children's Home
Society, Trenton.
Clients
of Children's Home, which provides adoption services, pregnancy and
early childhood programs, parenting services and skills.
(2008-Present))
Union City Day
Care Center, Union City.
Latina
mothers, predominantly newly arrived immigrants, from various Latin
American countries. (1995-2001)
Urban Starting
Points: Americorps Program, Jersey City.
Multicultural adults. (1994)
West
Windsor-Plainsboro Public Library, West Windsor.
Intergenerational groups of men and women, including newly arrived
immigrants from different Latin American countries. (1996-2000)
Pennsylvania
La Casa del Carmen,
Philadelphia.
Intergenerational Latinas. (2003-2004)
Norris Square
Neighborhood Project, Philadelphia.
Spanish-speaking youth, adults, and seniors from a community support
services center. (2002)
Open Borders
Project, Philadelphia.
Hispanic
men and women in English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classes and
neighborhood leadership program. (2002)
The
Lighthouse, Philadelphia.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) and English-as-a-second language (ESL) students
enrolled in neighborhood resource and learning center. (1999-2004)
Women's Center
at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Philadelphia.
Latina women from the Center and two nearby transitional housing
facilities. (1999)
New York
Associación Tepeyac,
New York.
Newly
arrived immigrants in an educational and support-services program.
(2004-2005)
Centro de
Hopitalidad, Staten Island.
Latino
immigrants. (2008-Present)
Coalition for
Hispanic Services. Brooklyn.
Latino parents. (2008-Present)
Jeffrey C.
Tenzer School, New York.
Newly
arrived immigrants in ESOL and GED programs. (2004)
Jewish
Community Center, Staten Island.
Latino men and women served by the Jewish Community Center.
(2008-Present)
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood House. New York City.
Students in ESL classes. (2008)
Make the Road
New York, Brooklyn.
Latino
participants with mixed Spanish literacy. (2008-Present)
Maura Clarke /
Ita Ford Center, Brooklyn.
Bilingual program and Latinas and Asians enrolled in ESL classes.
(2008-Present)
Museo del
Barrio, New York.
Intergenerational group from different Latin American countries. (1999)
My Sister's
Place, Westchester County.
Residents
in shelter for battered women. (1999-2002)
New Americans
Program, Queens Borough Public Library, Queens.
Newly arrived immigrants in an educational and support-services program.
(2000-2002)
New Life Child
Development Center (Head Start Program), Brooklyn.
Latino parents. (2008-Present)
The Family
Welcome Center, Bronx.
Spanish
literacy students. (2008-Present)
California
Azusa Public Library,
Azusa.
Spanish-speaking and bilingual adults who are interested in Spanish
literature. (2004-Present)
San Francisco Public
Library, San Francisco.
Spanish-speaking library patrons. (2004-2007)
Spanish-speaking teens learning ESOL. (2004-Present)
Connecticut
Hartford Public Library,
Hartford.
Spanish-speaking senior citizens. (2004)
Florida
Selby Public Library,
Sarasota.
Library patrons from many Latin American Countries. (2004)
New residents from Senior Friendship Center. (2004)
John F. Kennedy Public
Library, Hialeah.
Spanish-speaking library patrons. (2004-2006)
Texas
Montgomery County
Memorial Library System, Conroe.
Intergenerational group of new immigrants and professionals.
(2004-Present)
Migrant work families. (2004-Present)
Nevada
Las Vegas Clark County
Library District, Las Vegas.
Spanish-speaking library patrons. (2004-Present)
Arizona
Glendale Public Library,
Glendale.
Spanish-speaking and bilingual adults. (2005-2007)
Georgia
Gwinnett County
Public Library, Norcross.
New immigrants learning ESOL. (2005-Present)
Oregon
Multnomah County Library, Portland.
(2005-Present)
Newburg Public Library, Newburg.
(2005-Present)
North Carolina
Forsyth County Public
Library, Winston-Salem.
Latino immigrants. (2005-2007)
Washington
Seattle Public Library,
Seattle.
Mexican immigrants. (2005-2007)
Gens et Récits
France
Aînés Ruraux,
Saramon, (rural
southwest France)
Center for the “country elders.” (2007-Present)
Fleury-Mérogis Prison, Paris.
Male inmates, ages 25-68. (2004-Present)
Foyer Rural,
Saramon,
(rural southwest France)
Members of the local community. (2007-Present)
Updated December, 2008
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