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Resource Guide
Women’s Housing and Econom...
The information below is provided as part of the Coalition for the Homeless' Resource Guide. Please note that this facility is not operated by the Coalition for the Homeless.
Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation- Education and Youth Development
50 East 168th Street
Bronx, NY 10452
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Phone:
718-839-1100
Fax:
(718)-839-1172
Email:
info@whedco.org
Operator:
Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation
Acronym:
WHEDCO
Programs include: Head Start Early Childhood Discovery Center, Family Literacy program (children and parents learn language and parenting skills side by side), Project STEP (Students Toward Educational Promise)-an after school extracurricular program for middle school students (in 6th through 8th grade) that combines critical thinking, social activism and academic enrichment. Eighth graders also receive support for the high school admissions process in the form of high school fairs (also open to 7th graders) and exam preparation for the Specialized High School Admissions Test.
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