Our Schools

Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital’s closest partner in the FAMILIA Project is the New York City Administration for Children's Services, Division of Early Care and Education Head Start programs in Harlem, along with its directors, staff, teachers, and parents.

FAMILIA Project’s Current Schools

The Familia Project brings its innovative family-centric approach to preventing heart disease to a number of New York City preschools and Head Start programs. Currently participating are:

• East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc.
  Bilingual Head Start, Site 1
  440 East 116th Street
  New York, NY 10029
  Tel: 212-427-9010
  Director: Rita Prats-Rodriguez
• East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc.
  Bilingual Head Start, Site 2
  30 East 111th Street
  New York, NY 10029
  Tel: 212-860-7201
• Addie Mae Collins Community Service, Inc.
  • AMC Site 1
    110 EAST 129th Street #1
    New York, NY 10035
    Tel: 212-831-9220
  • AMC Site 2
    345 East 101st Street
    New York, NY 10029
    Tel: 212-831-7373
  • AMC Site 3
    2322 Third Avenue and 110 East 129th Street
    New York, NY 10035
    Director: Diane Spann
    Tel: 212-831-3144
• Lutheran Social Services of NY
  475 Riverside Drive
  Suite 1244
  New York, NY 10115
  Executive Director: Khamele McLeod-Cato
  www.early-life.org

LSSNY Participating Centers

Lutheran Services of New York operates a network of early childhood education centers, designed to nurture children’s social, emotional, and educational needs while partnering with parents.

• Early LIFE Center, Site 1
  110 West 146th Street
  New York, NY 10039
  Tel: 646-478-7949
  Fax: 646-478-8361
  mwaldman@lssny.org
• Early LIFE Center, Site 2
  1951 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10037
  Tel: 212-933-1815
  Fax: 212-933-4129
  mdacosta@lssny.org
• Early LIFE Center, Site 3
  510-516 West 145th Street
  New York, NY 10031
  Tel: 646-449-0814
  Fax: 646-448-4889
  Toutlaw-johnson@lssny.org
• Association to Benefit Children
  1841 Park Ave
  New York, NY 10029
  Director: Maryellen Rooney
  Tel: 646-459-6028
  www.a-b-c.org/earlychildhood/graham-school
• Union Settlement Association, Inc
  Director: Michelle Paige
  Tel: 212-828-6083
  mpaige@unionsettlement.org
  www.unionsettlement.org/programs/early-childhood-education

Union Settlement Association Inc. Participating Centers

• Leggett Memorial Early Childhood Center
  237 E. 104th Street
  New York, NY 10029
  Director: Melinda Barr
  Tel: 212-828-6051
  mbarr@unionsettlement.org
• Franklin Plaza Early Childhood Center
  2081 Second Avenue
  New York, NY 10029
  Director: Helen Low
  Tel: 212-828-6415
  hlow@unionsettlement.org
• Union Carver Early Childhood Center
  1565 Madison Avenue
  Tel: 212-828-6078
  robiapi@unionsettlement.org
• Union Washington Early Childhood Center
  1893 Second Avenue
  New York, NY 10029
  Director: Linda Tse
  Tel: 212-628-6088
  oilintse@unionsettlement.org
• West Harlem  EarlyLearn NYC Preschool Program
  121 west 128th Street
  New York, NY 10027
  Tel: 212-665-7586 ext 11
  Director: Andrea Hayes
  http://www.westharlemelnyc.com/