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About Communities for Kids Inc.

Location:

26 Alden Road, Larchmont, NY 10538, US

Mission Statement

Established in 2011, Communities for Kids Incorporated (C4K) seeks to cultivate partnerships between families, schools, and communities, in order to develop the spaces in which children play, learn, and grow. Specific activities include strengthening family participation in schools, designing full-service community school approaches, and boosting community empowerment through asset mapping. At the core of our work is the belief that children are key stakeholders in their own growth and development, and their voices must be heard. C4K values kids’ voices by actively engaging children in the design, implementation, and evaluation of our projects.

The mission of Communities for Kids Inc. (C4K) is to be a dynamic organization, facilitating holistic child development in their communities, and providing safe environments in which children can play, learn and grow. C4K’s main purpose is to provide for underprivileged children by supporting the development of Full-Service Community Schools. This is achieved through the identification and mapping of community resources, and the provision of programming and services for students, schools, and communities where gaps exist. We believe this can be achieved through an empowering and co-operative model of holistic community development centered on children and their surroundings

Description

The vision of C4K is one in which every child’s needs are met and they are able to develop into happy, healthy, educated, and fulfilled adults. In order to accomplish this, we envision a collective effort to prioritize and optimize children’s environments. In our vision, services and programs are no longer fragmented, but highly coordinated. We embrace the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child," and visualize a world in which all adults in children’s lives focus on their overall welfare.