The Yard – East Flatbush Family Enrichment Center
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The Yard – East Flatbush Family Enrichment Center
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The Yard – East Flatbush Family Enrichment Center (FEC) operated by Rising Ground is one of 30 FECs launched by the Administration for Children’s Services in New York City.
Participation is voluntary, free, and open to all community members. At the centers, families and children can connect with neighbors, volunteer their time, participate in various events and activities, and access resources and supports they need to thrive.
The Yard began providing community offerings last year including Financial Literacy, Computer Science & Coding, and Vision Board Workshops, a Summer Youth Program, and a monthly Women’s Virtual Circle. Events have included a Community Baby Shower, Back-to-School Resource Fair, Thanksgiving Turkey & Food Giveaway, a Holiday Toy Giveaway, and more. Community members are invited to take part in bi-monthly virtual Town Hall meetings to express their ideas about what they want to see at the FEC.
The Yard opened its physical location at 3521 Church Avenue in Spring 2025. The Center includes a community kitchen, business center, children's library, food pantry, community wardrobe, and meeting space for members of the East Flatbush community.
View The Yard Linktree including a Community Resource Directory
Follow The Yard on Instagram and Facebook
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Integrated Healthcare
The Health Services program at Rising Ground brings together providers experienced in serving the unique health care needs of children living in foster care with an integrated, team approach to care. We provide evidence-based primary medical care for children from birth through young adulthood who live with foster parents, kinship families, in residential or in Close-To-Home placements.
Clinical Services
- Primary care services including Well Visits and same day Sick Visits
- In-person and virtual visits
- Vaccines and lab work
- After hours provider phone availability 24/7
- Referrals and Care Coordination with community specialists
- Medical form completion, letter requests
- Nutrition support
- Dental services provided on site through the NYU Dental team
- Comprehensive and focused, trauma-informed psychological assessments
- Individual and family therapy
- Psychiatric consultation
- Developmental assessment and education for infants and toddlers
We work closely with all members of the agency to coordinate any medical, emotional, and social needs while a child is in care. Our Health Services team will be reaching out to see how we can support you, and please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.
Where to find us
- 500 Bergen Avenue Bronx, NY 10455
- This is around the corner from the Rising Ground Bronx Hub (424 E. 147th Street)
- Bronx Hub subway stop: 3rd Ave-149th St.
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Article 31 Mental Health Clinics
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Counseling Services
Rising Ground's Article 31 Mental Health services include both in-person and virtual services, including:
- Individual & family therapy
- Group therapy
- Parent support
- Stress management
Seen & Heard
Giving a voice to infants and toddlers who have been exposed to trauma.
Seen & Heard gives voice to infants and toddlers who have been exposed to trauma, allowing caregivers to intervene before trauma can alter a child’s chances at long-term success.
We help children from birth to age 5 and 11-months-old to heal wounds left by trauma, violence, child abuse, neglect, domestic violence, gang, and community violence.
Do you know a young child displaying any of the following symptoms:
- Trouble sleeping or nightmares
- Headaches
- Domestic Violence counseling anxiety
- Increased aggressive behavior
- Excessive worrying
- Angry outbursts
- Not displaying emotions
- Difficulty concentrating
- Regression to “babyish” behavior
Confidential Services | Spanish speaking services available | Billed through insurances
The Circle of Security Parenting Group
Join our group for caregivers of children age six and under
All parents feel unsure about what their child needs from them at times. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you.
This course will cover:
- Relationship-based parenting techniques.
- Effective self-care techniques for
parental stress.
- Strategies for successfully managing
children’s emotional needs.
- Families will learn how to create secure
parent-child relationships.
Groups will meet weekly for 8 sessions. All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.
English & Spanish sessions are available.
The English Speaking Group will meet
SATURDAYS 11:00AM to 12:30PM
MAY 10, 2025—JUNE 28, 2025
Certificate of completion will be provided.
Group Facilitator: Marisol Rueda Gomez, LMSW
Call to register: 718-206-3440
*For Spanish group, inquire at [email protected]
Where to find us
91-14 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: 718-206-3440
1600 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Phone: 718-471-6818
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Health Services Clinic
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Integrated Healthcare
The Health Services program at Rising Ground brings together providers experienced in serving the unique health care needs of children living in foster care with an integrated, team approach to care. We provide evidence-based primary medical care for children from birth through young adulthood who live with foster parents, kinship families, in residential or in Close-To-Home placements.
Clinical Services
- Primary care services including Well Visits and same day Sick Visits
- In-person and virtual visits
- Vaccines and lab work
- After hours provider phone availability 24/7
- Referrals and Care Coordination with community specialists
- Medical form completion, letter requests
- Nutrition support
- Dental services provided on site through the NYU Dental team
- Comprehensive and focused, trauma-informed psychological assessments
- Individual and family therapy
- Psychiatric consultation
- Developmental assessment and education for infants and toddlers
We work closely with all members of the agency to coordinate any medical, emotional, and social needs while a child is in care. Our Health Services team will be reaching out to see how we can support you, and please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.
Where to find us
- 500 Bergen Avenue Bronx, NY 10455
- This is around the corner from the Rising Ground Bronx Hub (424 E. 147th Street)
- Bronx Hub subway stop: 3rd Ave-149th St.
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Jamaica Community Partnership
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Our Mission
We work with community partners to ensure that every person – children, young adults, and families – in the Jamaica, Queens area have access to resources and opportunities that place them on a path to an improved quality of life.
Our Vision
A just world where every person feels inspired to achieve their fullest potential, participate in, and contribute to activities that affect their lives, families, and their communities.
Who We Are
Community Partnerships are neighborhood coalitions that serve as local hubs for social service providers, community leaders, and residents to share local resources and information, address community needs, design and promote strategies to reduce the potential need for child welfare involvement and support communities to thrive. The partnerships host open, monthly meetings in all five boroughs.
To stay informed about upcoming events, resources, and opportunities in Jamaica, please join our mailing list or visit our Facebook Page or follow us on Instagram.
Social Capital
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Social Capital. Referrals to Social Capital include organizations that support peer and family networks, coaching, and cohort strategies.
Education
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Education. Referrals to Education include organizations that support Early Childhood Development (head start, early head start, child care partnerships, preK, and home visiting) and Postsecondary and Employment Pathways (community college, training and certification, workforce partnerships).
Health and Wellbeing
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Health and Wellbeing. Referrals include organizations that support mental, physical, behavioral health, health coverage, and access to care, support for adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
Economic Assets
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Economic Assets. Referrals to Economic Assets include organizations that support asset building, housing and public supports, financial capacity, and transportation.
Volunteer With Us!
We encourage the participation of volunteers who support our mission and are willing to contribute. Click here to fill out our volunteer form.
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Jamaica Community Partnership
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Our Mission
We work with community partners to ensure that every person – children, young adults, and families – in the Jamaica, Queens area have equitable access to resources and opportunities that place them on a path to an improved quality of life.
Our Vision
A just world where every person feels inspired to achieve their fullest potential, participate in, and contribute to activities that affect their lives, families, and their communities.
To stay informed about upcoming events, resources, and opportunities in Jamaica, please join our mailing list or visit our Facebook Page or follow us on Instagram.
Social Capital
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Social Capital. Referrals to Social Capital include organizations that support peer and family networks, coaching, and cohort strategies.
Education
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Education. Referrals to Education include organizations that support Early Childhood Development (head start, early head start, child care partnerships, preK, and home visiting) and Postsecondary and Employment Pathways (community college, training and certification, workforce partnerships).
Health and Wellbeing
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Health and Wellbeing. Referrals include organizations that support mental, physical, behavioral health, health coverage, and access to care, support for adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
Economic Assets
Click the link above for organizations who support a referral to Economic Assets. Referrals to Economic Assets include organizations that support asset building, housing and public supports, financial capacity, and transportation.
Volunteer With Us!
We encourage the participation of volunteers who support our mission and are willing to contribute. Click here to fill out our volunteer form.
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Soundview Family Resource Center
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A Place To Come Together And Learn
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Being a new parent is a time of wonder and excitement. You are filled with joy at each new development of your child — her first smile, his first steps, the first time she says, “Mama!” But it is also a time of questions and challenges. “How do I deal with this new behavior?” “My child didn’t eat much at all today. Should I be worried?” Nearly 40% of families in the Bronx live at or below the poverty level, which is an added hurdle.
We help families meet these challenges at the bilingual Family Resource Center in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, where all services are free. We bring parents and caregivers together to build a community of support and to provide a safety net for families. Targeted to families with children under the age of 5, the Center equips parents and caregivers with knowledge, stability, support and access to resources so they can help children develop to their full potential.
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Building Bonds with Children and Parents Alike
The Center hosts a wide range of free family and community activities — playgroups, movie afternoons, festivals, and field trips — so parents and caregivers have the opportunity to come together with others in a warm, comfortable environment. Parents and children bond while meeting neighbors, building a sense of community in a neighborhood with limited outlets and where families, particularly those with limited English-language skills, might otherwise feel isolated.
Parents and caregivers, along with their children, join us weekly for free arts, crafts, readings and other activities. Our staff model how parents can interact with children to promote positive social, emotional and intellectual development.
In addition to activities for families, parents and caregivers can share and learn from each other through workshops and other activities, such as a moms nights out, a parenting support group and more.
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Making Sure Families Have the Resources They Need to Thrive
We offer a wide range of multilingual, essential resources in one community hub, at no charge.
- Parenting and life skills workshops
- Assistance with public benefits, health services, and advocacy for tenant’s rights
- Career and job-readiness including help accessing GED and ESL classes, adult education services, job skills, and assistance writing resumes and seeking jobs
- Access to a free computer lab
- Assistance with tax preparation
- Referrals to community organizations for other services
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The Parenting Journey
For parents and caregivers who need more intensive help, including those involved in Family Court, we offer a 12-week, evidence-based curriculum called The Parenting Journey. In addition to helping parents develop a greater understanding of child development, the program helps uncover patterns of behavior and shifts the focus away from the child to the welfare of the family as a whole. This curriculum encourages positive parenting and gives parents the tools they need to build united, strong families.
To learn more about our Family Resource Center, participate in programs, or for services, contact us.
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Unaccompanied Migrant Child Program
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Passage of Hope: the journey to hope and opportunity
Each year, thousands of unaccompanied children cross our borders, fleeing violence, abuse, and neglect. After traveling as much as 1,500 miles to reach safety in the U.S., we provide them with the emotional and medical support needed by unaccompanied children, who have no one to advocate for them.
The next step in their journey takes them to a short-term shelter, such as our Passage of Hope Unaccompanied Migrant Child program. After their grueling journey, we help these children be children again. In a nurturing environment, we provide what they have been missing — enough food, clothing, and the opportunity to play and learn.
We provide clinical, therapeutic, educational and case management services while working to link them with family members or other sponsors in the United States. Our goal is to provide these courageous children, who have experienced incredible trauma, with the support, nurturing and care that they need to move forward with their lives and to thrive.
Rising Ground’s portfolio of services also includes providing home studies to determine the appropriateness of sponsors and post-release services to ensure that youth are transitioning well into their new lives in this country.
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Preparing for the Next Step
As part of our program, we help reunite the children with the family members or other sponsor they are searching for. We make sure that their new homes will be safe and nurturing by conducting home studies of those who have been waiting for them to arrive. While waiting for a permanent place to live, the children learn about American culture, they learn English, and they attend school. At Passage of Hope, children move from danger to safety, from fear to hope.
From Hope to Home
In 2024, Rising Ground launched the From Hope to Home program, which consists of expanded home studies to further assess the safety of homes and potential sponsors of children, as well as post release services, which assist the sponsor/family with the supportive services they need to ensure the child's physical and mental well-being once they are living in the community.
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Be a Foster Parent
Children from birth to age 14 stay with foster families in the community while we work to reunite them with family or sponsors here in the United States. To learn more about become a foster parent with the Passage of Hope program, download our flyer here or contact us at 914-375-8940 or [email protected]
Contact us to learn more about being a foster parent with our Passage of Hope Unaccompanied Migrant Child program.
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Community Services
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Our Community Services span New York City, providing access to a variety of programs and resources that address the needs and concerns of community members. In these communities, we support survivors of intimate partner violence, execute strategies that help families thrive, and support youth who have experienced gender-based violence and other forms of trauma and oppression.
The Support Families Need Brought to Them
Mental health, behavioral health, and substance use issues can prevent children and youth from succeeding at school, from forming healthy relationships, and from achieving the mental, emotional, and even physical development needed to prepare for adulthood. These challenges can pose threats to family stability for the whole family, as well. We work with children and youth, as well as their families, to identify barriers to healthy progress and work together to develop a plan for services, brought to youth and their families at home or in the community.
Rising Ground’s Families Rise Every Day program provides a wide range of family and child support services. These mental health and substance use services, available with NYS Children’s Medicaid, give children and youth (to age 21) and their families the power to improve their health, well-being, and quality of life. These services strengthen families and help them make informed decisions about their care. Provided at home or in the community, these services can help:
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- Identify mental health and/or substance use needs early.
- Provide support in the home and community.
- Prevent the need for emergency room visits, hospital stays, or out-of-home placements.
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Therapy Services
- Get an assessment for mental health and/or substance use therapeutic needs.
- Identify strengths and abilities through individual and group therapies, at home or in the community.
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Family Peer Services
- Get support if you are raising youth with mental health and/or substance use challenges.
- Find information and resources available that meet your child/youth and family’s needs.
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Crisis Intervention
- Get professional help at home or in the community when a child or youth is distressed and can’t be managed by family, friends and other supports.
- Get support and help with using crisis plans to de-escalate the crisis and prevent or reduce future crises.family’s needs.
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Rehabilitation Services
- Learn to incorporate therapy goals into everyday life and receive extra support managing medication.
- Build relationships and communicate better with family, friends, and others.
- Learn self-care, and use coping skills to manage emotions.
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Youth Peer Support & Training
- Work with peers with similar experience to develop skills to manage health challenges and be independent.
- Make connections to natural supports and resources.
- Get help to prepare for the transition to the adult health system.
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Who can get these services?
Children and youth (to age 21) who are covered by Medicaid and have mental health and/or substance use needs can benefit from our community-based services at no additional cost. These services are covered by regular Medicaid or a Medicaid Managed Care plan, if you are already enrolled.
To learn more about receiving our Community Based Services, contact us.
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Children’s Health Home Care Management
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The Support Families Need
Every parent can use a little help, but having a child with serious medical or emotional / behavioral challenges requires even more assistance. Even the most resourced families can feel overwhelmed as they attempt to navigate multiple systems of care to ensure that they are finding the services that will most help their child.
Care Management Services are the helping hand for families that need it most. We help parents and caregivers manage the many challenges they face each day – from finding the right specialist for their child, to ensuring transportation for appointments, to coordinating medication management with schools, to name a few. Most importantly, we assist families with negotiating the many moving parts of multiple systems to make sure the systems work together in a comprehensive manner with shared goals tailored to each child’s needs. Through this holistic approach that includes the whole family and brings multiple service providers to the table, children with various health and mental health needs can thrive and grow.
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A Comprehensive Approach to Health
Being healthy is about more than physical health. Children need a host of supports – a healthy diet, a safe home, an appropriate educational setting – to truly be healthy. Our Care Management services, make certain all those needs are met. We help qualifying Medicaid-eligible families make sure their children receive the whole range of care and services they need. Thanks to this support, children demonstrate improved health outcomes and a reduction in hospitalizations – and families experience less stress.
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Each child is assigned a Care Coordinator, who makes sure families have the services they need:
- Appointments with healthcare providers (such as doctors, nurses, nutritionists, counseling, and mental health and substance abuse services)
- Access to appropriate medications
- Insurance to pay for a child’s care
- Transportation to your appointments
- Connections community providers for social services
- Help with housing services
- Support from their child’s school
- And much more
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Care Coordinators continually communicate and share information with families/caregivers from providers in ways that are meaningful to them, sometimes acting as translators. Our services also ensure care during transitions from inpatient to other settings and promote ongoing medical and behavioral care to prevent crisis. Ultimately, we focus on securing the long term success for every child and his/her family.
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Who Qualifies for Care Management Services?
Care Management services are available to Medicaid-eligible children in New York State with one or more qualifying conditions. All children within a family who meet these criteria are eligible, and children can qualify even if they are enrolled in other services, such as mental health, prevention, or foster care.
To qualify, a child must be eligible for Medicaid and have one single qualifying condition or two or more chronic medical conditions.
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Single qualifying conditions include:
- HIV
- Serious Emotional Disturbance or Complex Trauma
(Serious Emotional Disturbance is often indicated by a child’s inability to learn or develop or maintain relationships with others, while Complex Trauma is common among youth who have been victim of or witness to abuse, neglect, violence in the home or the community, or who have been displaced from their homes or had parent figures removed from their lives)
Chronic medical conditions include:
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
- Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
- Depression
- Most Mental Health, Personality, and Psychiatric Disorders and Diseases
- Eating Disorders
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorder
- Recurring Health Issues
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To see a complete list of qualifying conditions, visit the New York State Medicaid Health Home page here.
Rising Ground provides Care Management services as a member of the Collaborative for Children and Families Health Home, a consortium of 31 agencies throughout the New York City area.
To learn more about qualifying for and participating in our Children’s Health Home Care Management, contact us.
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Being a new parent is a time of wonder and excitement. You are filled with joy at each new development of your child — her first smile, his first steps, the first time she says, “Mama!” But it is also a time of questions and challenges. “How do I deal with this new behavior?” “My child didn’t eat much at all today. Should I be worried?” Nearly 40% of families in the Bronx live at or below the poverty level, which is an added hurdle.
