Hamilton-Madison House is a voluntary, non-profit residential home dedicated to improving the quality of community life, especially from the Two Bridge/Chinatown area on Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA. The environment is a federally designated poverty area, with a mix of ever-changing ethnic groups, and a lack of adequate services and resources. The average income of families living in the area is $ 17,000. Furthermore, more than 25% of seniors live on less than $ 15,000 per year, of which 40% go towards housing. In the past 108 years, Hamilton-Madison House has developed programs that meet the needs of a changing community. In 1965, with changes in the federal immigration policy, the dominant immigrant community became New York Chinese. Since then, the staff of the organization has grown to include 300 staff who collectively speak 15 languages, including 6 Chinese dialects. Furthermore, the DPR's old programs have been adapted to meet the expanding cultural norms of the population.
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History
Between 1880 and 1923, during the height of the exodus from the Old World, Jewish immigrants from all over Europe moved into crowded tenements on the Manhattan Lower East Side. Most are refugees fleeing pogroms, reducing poverty or human rights abuses.
Later, African-Americans and then Irish immigrants settled in the shadows of two large bridges that spanned the East River. They found work on the dock loading and unpacking sugar bags, tea, coffee and spices coming from the countries they left behind.
In 1898, two young Eastern European idealists founded the Madison House of the Downtown Ethical Society to fight some serious problems of the day. These young men are Dr.'s disciples. Felix Adler, founder of the Society for Ethical Culture. (1876)
The slums quickly became a deadly disease chamber. Tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhus, and diphtheria spread rampantly among immigrants who claimed one complete block one by one. One such block, the enclave of Italy and Sicily, is the Way of Hamilton.
In response to this epidemic, Lillian Wald of Henry Street Settlement established a small "small post" on Hamilton Street in 1902. Originally designed to serve the health needs of newly arrived Italian immigrant communities, Hamilton House immediately began serving young people through various programs.
Lower East Side New York, home to these humanitarian organizations, is undergoing metamorphosis. As waves of immigrants shifted from Europe to Asia and Hispanics, Hamilton House and Madison House underwent many changes to meet the needs of society. Important changes to both residential homes occurred in 1954 when they merged into the Hamilton-Madison House.
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Program
ESL The ESL Hamilton-Madison House program, (English as a Second Language) offers free morning classes, from beginner to advanced. The program also offers travel, presentations, and guest speakers.
The Women Talk program provides a culturally sensitive environment, where women are taught to communicate effectively in English and are helped with the transition to living and working outside the Two Bridges/Chinatown community.
Behavioral Health For 33 years, Hamilton-Madison House has been a leading provider of Behavioral Health Services to the Asian community of New York City. Currently serving more than 5,000 clients per year, Behavioral health services have a language-specific clinic that takes into account ethnicity and client's native language. On July 1, 2001 Peter Yee became Assistant to the new Executive Director of Hamilton-Madison House for Behavioral Health Services. In 2002, the Korean Clinic and Clinic of Southeast Asia expanded to meet the increasing needs of the community. Doctors are now available for Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian speaking population.
Child Care Center The Hamilton-Madison House Childcare Center is a collaboration of Head Start and Day Care Program. Child care is provided on eight sites; every year more than 280 children, 2 to 5 years old, served as well as 50 children, ages 6 to 12 in the school-age children.
Chinatown Resource Center
The Chinatown Resource Center (CRC) is the focal point of Hamilton-Madison's efforts to meet the psychological, economic and social needs of the region's residents, workers and businesses affected by 11 September. The Center works to empower communities and encourage its recovery through a holistic approach by providing health services, consultation, education, workshops, and behavioral advocacy.
Senior Services During 2006-2007, some 6,500 seniors, living in the Two Bridges/Chinatown communities and throughout New York City, attended four senior service locations at Hamilton-Madison House.
Supported Housing Hamilton-Madison House Supported Residential Destination is to provide permanent housing for people who are seriously and continuously mentally ill to live independently. Supported housing provides 43 beds for Asian-American psychiatric patients - 15 fully-equipped apartments on one site and 9 fully furnished apartments in scattered locations. Acceptance criteria are 18 years and older with documented history of mental disability and psychiatric care. Service for tenants is bi-lingual and biocultural, social, cultural, and recreational case management.
Community Program Two Tower Bridges Hamilton-Madison House is contracted to provide social services to tenants 82 Rutgers Slip, a model housing program. The purpose of this program is to improve the quality of life for the 200 families living in the building. The tenants come from the cross section of NYC life. A wide variety of cultures are represented in the building. People come from various social and economic conditions and the population of 60 apartments is a family that has become homeless. Home provides After School and Summer Camp for children aged 5-12 years. A number of evening activities are available for adults and teenagers. People are encouraged to develop links to various institutions in the community.
Youth Development Program
Children aged 5-12 After School Program operates from 2:30 - 6:00 pm. for 38 weeks between September and June, aligning the school calendar. The program provides school pickups, supervised and compulsory homework preparation, individual and group tutoring, arts and crafts, computer literacy, yoga, life skills, and nutritious food. Summer Day Camp is a seven-week program that provides activities for children to learn teamwork and sportsmanship and develop improved communication and empathy skills. The Saturday program consists of Sport, Chinese class, violin classes, and one-on-one homework assistance available. Computer labs are also open to class and independent use.
Ages 13-21 Youth Program - 50 Madison Street is an open night out for teenagers and gives them a safe environment to socialize with their friends, receive homework help, talk to social workers, play basketball pick-ups, engage in peer education HIV/AIDS, and surf the internet. In addition, Makin 'Da Music, an innovative DJ training program is offered to adolescents aged 15-17. Participants learn the basics of rotating discs, music history, audiences work, and developing entrepreneurial skills.
Timeline
1898 In Spring, the Madison House of the Downtown Ethical Society was founded at 300 Madison Street.
1900 Under the leadership of the Board Member, Bella Moses, mother of Robert Moses, Madison House begins construction of a permanent summer camp.
1902 Hamilton House was established on Hamilton Street. On June 17, the Hamilton House was founded.
1910 Madison House acquired a building at 216 Madison Street.
1915 In November, Hamilton House moved from Hamilton Street to 72 Market Street.
1920 In September, the summer camp was replaced by Camp Rossbach for boys and girls at Tomkins' Corners near Peekskill. The camp later became Camp Madison and came to be known as Camp Madison-Felicia.
1925 In the mid-twenties, Madison House was founded.
1926 Dr. Algernon Black became Headworker at Madison House until 1930.
1929 The building on 226 Madison Street is done
1930 Over the next ten years, Madison House provides facilities for WPA workers who cater to the cultural, health, and social needs of the neighborhood.
1941 World War II begins. Mrs. Josiah Willard, President Hamilton House, from 1952-1954 and Helen Greenebaum, Headworker, shared the task of running the House during the war years.
1947 The environmental population is primarily African-American and Latino. Friction between the pre-war community and newcomers increases. A teenage gang raises an acute problem. Geoffrey Wiener is Headworker. Helen Hall, Headworker of Henry Street Settlement and Hamilton House Board member, urged Mr. Wiener on. The budget is $ 12,000, with a deficit brought by Henry Street Settlement House.
1950 In the 1950s, the first Hamilton-Madison House Goods Shop opened on Madison Street. Used goods store moved downtown to Third Avenue and moved on Third Avenue before searching on Second Avenue.
1951 The Golden Age Group of Chinatown was founded as a group of Chinese senior citizens at Hamilton House.
1952 In February, Hamilton House offered family counseling and nursing work as a pilot project through an arrangement with the New York Community Service Society Community Services Division
1953 When the second half of Smith House is finished, the community room and 55 day preschool day care are allocated. Hamilton House is named sponsors. In a service ceremony in March 1953, Ny. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the keynote speaker.
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1954 Mrs. Shirley Chisholm was named Director of the Child Care Center of Hamilton-Madison House.
1955 The Environmental Council of Two Bridges was established and evolved as a broad-based community action organization.
1967 Hamilton-Madison House sets up an Experimental Youth Service Center. The Tenants' Association, an independent body of tenants Smith House, works from Hamilton-Madison House.
1969 Hamilton-Madison House founded Big Brother and Sister Corps and Services for Chinese Immigrants.
1970 Susan Chan was hired as a social worker for the Chinese Immigrant Program at Hamilton-Madison House.
1973 Hamilton-Madison House celebrates its 75th anniversary with a party at Pier South Sea Seaport, May 17
1974 The Chinatown Children's Consultation Center (CCCC), the first mental health facility in New York City, opened on May 29 at 103 Canal Street.
1974 In May, the Hamilton-Madison House and the Lower East Side Settlement found the Lower East Family Union, an institution designed to work with troubled families to prevent the placement of their children's care.
1976 In January, Frank T. Modica became Executive Director of Hamilton-Madison House.
1978 The Chinatown Family Consultation Center moved to 46 Henry Street.
1978 The Benefits of the First China Supper were held in December.
1979 Short-term program is prepared to help Indo-Chinese boat people. The Chinatown Family Consultation Center treats Chinese patients in 12 dialects
1980 The Indo-Chinese Refugee Program was funded in February 1980 by the Department of State Social Services through a joint proposal submitted by Hamilton-Madison House and the Chinatown Planning Council.
1981 Miss Helen Hall, a prominent leader in the settlement and social services movement and Honorary Chairman of Hamilton-Madison House, died.
1981 Start Head Expanded from 95 to 145 children. Additional classrooms are rented for the program at PS 126.
1982 Hamilton-Madison House was requested by the State Mental Health Office to help design and sponsor a unique new program: the Asian American Mental Health Demonstration Project. In autumn, a bilingual specialty of bilingual services, starting with the Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Southeast Asian communities of the city. The program is sensitive to the special needs of Asians in New York City.
1983 Hamilton-Madison House opened its first office in another area, the Korean Clinic in Flushing.
1983 In January, the Chinatown Lovers Project started its first in the country. Activities focus on community education, extension counseling, information, referrals and networks.
1983 Two grants from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies assisted Hamilton-Madison House to unite churches and synagogues in the area to get beds for the homeless.
1985 Asian American Mental Health Services is fully funded by the Mental Health Department of NYC as a permanent program.
1986 Hamilton-Madison House celebrates the anniversary of the settlement movement with the benefits of black tie on Thursday, June 5th. Four prominent residential workers and Hamilton-Madison House alumni are respected: Dr. Algernon Black, Helen L Buttenweiser, Shirley Chisholm Hardwick, and Lillian Robbins.
1987 Korean Clinic moved Elmhurst, Queens.
1988 The first tenant moves to Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Helen Harris Apartments. Senior Service is growing. Daily warm lunch programs for seniors are introduced. Through intergenerational programs, teenagers are employed to escort the elderly who stay at home to visit doctors, banks, and shopping. The new bond of understanding and trust is forged between generations.
1990 The Chinese Bicultural/Bilingual Social Work Project begins in collaboration with the Hunter School of Social Work
1991 HMH continues The Golden Age Group of Chinatown named it H.M.H, City Hall Senior Center. It expanded over the following years to serve more than 3,000 Chinese people from Manhattan and other areas of New York City.
1992 The Ryan White Teen Outreach project was established. It meets the needs of vulnerable and affected HIV/AIDS teens and their families at Smith House and the Catherine Street Family Detention Center.
1993 Hamilton-Madison House celebrates its 95th birthday. Dedication Children's Mural Project for HMH gymnasium takes place.
1994 Hamilton-Madison House opened a housing-backed facility in Queens, the only one of its kind that specializes in permanent housing for Asian American mental health patients.
1995 Susan Chan, Associate Executive Director, represents the Central Settlement and International Environment Center to participate in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. He also attended the Conference of Non-Government Organizations in Beijing in August.
1995 John S. Karger and Eugenia Willard were honored for their long commitment to Hamilton-Madison House Mr Karger, a member of the Board of Directors, began as a volunteer in the After School Program in the 1930s. In 1988 he joined the Board of Directors of Hamilton-Madison House and served as President for two periods. Eugenia Willard began serving as a volunteer at Hamilton House during World War II. Mrs. Willard, a member of the Board of Directors since 1942 continued her work as a volunteer in the House and also served as president of Hamilton House from 1952 to 1954. Both continue to serve actively as Supervisors at the Hamilton House House Advisory Council,
1996 Hunbocker Senior HHB Village Center opens its program at the Knickerbocker Village Apartment complex to serve around 300 elderly. The Senior Companion Program for home-based elderly, direct services and other activities attracts many older, isolated adults to actively participate in life again.
1997 The Two Bridges Tower at 253 South Street, a residential building of 138 units for mixed-income families and 60 units for previously opened homeless people. Two Bridges Neighborhood Council and Settlement Housing Fund built Tower and Hamilton-Madison House and occupied two floors.
1997 In May 1997, a milestone was achieved when multilingual, multicultural, multicultural mental health programs were centered on 253 South Street. The Korean unit continues to operate outside the Queens location.
1997 Head Start of Hamilton-Madison House and Day Care Center centrally. Almost all the programs at the newly hosted Hamilton-Madison Childcare Center offer services from 8:00 am. until 6:00 pm daily.
1997 Geoffrey R. Wiener is honored for fifty years of continuous service to Hamilton-Madison House. Mr. Wiener began as Chief Officer (Executive Director) at Hamilton House in 1947 and continued to serve until 1954 when Hamilton House and Madison House joined. He later became Executive Director of a newly formed settlement and served until 1963 while also serving on the Board of Directors. He has served since 1963 in various capacities in the Board of Directors of HMH.
1997 Recognizing that computer literacy is as important as survival at work and school when learning English, a Computer Center is established.
1998 Hundred Years. Highlights for our Centennial include the 19th Annual Banquet Party on March 27th at Jing Fong on Elizabeth Street; HMH photo exhibition at the Museum Tenement on 2 April; a Centennial Street Fair on September 26; and Black Tie Gala held on November 9 at the Downtown Marriott. Program highlights include the closure of the Ryan White Teen Outreach Program and the initiation of the Teen Reach Program, the initiation of the Women's Speech Program, which combines English classes and computers for Chinese-speaking ladies.
1998 Hamilton-Madison House started the "Second Century Service" for the Two Bridge/Chinatown community.
1998 The Prevocation Training Program begins. Computer classes and woodworking workshops help prepare residents in the area for the job market. A job developer/volunteer coordinator is employed to assist with the preparation of resumes and interview techniques.
1999 The Calder Foundation funded a new Children's Computer Literacy Center for Kindergarten-age children.
2001 In response to the tragic events of the September 11 attacks, Hamilton-Madison House staff employed 10 new social workers, providing disaster and disaster counseling to children and adults. Free services are available in 10 languages ​​including 5 Chinese dialects
2002 Hall Center City Center moved to a new location on 100 Gold Street just in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary in December
2002 Hamilton-Madison House started the "Heritage Gala", honoring the Italian heritage. $ 140,000 raised for eternal funds.
2003 New program highlights: Chinatown Resource Center opened at 202 Canal Street, in March; The Social Adult Day program opened in June; Sunrise Psychosocial Club opened in September; and the Korean Clinic moved to a new location in Jackson Heights, Queens. The Sunrise Social Club and the Korean Clinic are dedicated to Dr. Foo Chu.
2004 Hamilton-Madison House celebrates 50 Years of Combined Hamilton House and Madison House.
2007 Hamilton-Madison House is one of more than 530 New York City's arts and social services to receive part of a $ 30 million grant from Carnegie Corporation, made possible through donations by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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