Our Locations
Administrative Offices
Brooklyn Headquarters & Edwin Gould Services
151 Lawrence Street, 5th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201
212-437-3500
The Leake & Watts Campus
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8700
East Bronx Family Service Center
412-424 East 147th Street, Bronx, NY 10455
718 794-8442
Schools
The Biondi Education Center
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8969
Early Childhood Learning Centers
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8820
Dr. Katherine Dodge Brownell School
450 Castle Hill Avenue Bronx, NY 10473
917-444-1885
Children’s Learning Center
1751 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10035
347-758-9128
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
412-424 East 147th Street, Bronx, NY 10455
718-395-4611
The Biondi School / Special Education
Dr. Angela White
Executive Vice President for Education Services
914-375-8971
Care Management Services
Danielle Wynn
Program Manager, Care Management Services
718-794-8511
Fundraising, Sponsorships, Marketing
H. Aldervan Daly, CFRE
Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement
212-602-5847
Early Childhood Services
Rising Ground Preschools
Alzina Gilmore, Vice President
914-375-8743
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
Terri Lein, Director
914-375-8820
Dr. Katharine Dodge Brownell School
Vera Gregory, Director
718-430–7938
Children’s Learning Center
Odette Stewart, Director
347-758-9128
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
Carolyn De Los Santos, Director
718-395-4611
Foster Care & Adoption Services
Debra McCall
Vice President, Family Foster Care
212-602-5862 (Brooklyn) 718-794-8274 (Bronx)
Family Resource Center
Family Stabilization Services
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services
Ryan Garofalo
Senior Vice President of I/DD Services
914-375-8898
Justice For Youth & Families
ParentChild+ Program
Passage Of Hope Unaccompanied Migrant Child program
Residential Services
Sue Sampogna
Executive Vice President for Residential & Therapeutic Services
914-375-8678
Residential Treatment Center
Sue Sampogna
Executive Vice President for Residential & Therapeutic Services
914-375-8678
Alumni Relations
Since 1831, thousands of children have been a part of the Rising Ground community. If you are looking for information about yourself or a relative who lived at Rising Ground (previously Leake & Watts) and would like to request alumni records, please download and complete our RECORD REQUEST FORM, and send it to Records@RisingGround.org. Or you can email us with questions directly. We’re happy to help!