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Build Your Career at Harlem Children’s Zone

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William Julius Wilson Institute

Place-based, people-focused solutions to open pathways to social and economic mobility in neighborhoods across America.

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College Success Office

Our scholars may leave the Zone to go to college, but the Zone never leaves them. Our Center for Higher Education and Career Support (CHECS), prepares them for college, supports them through college, and helps them launch successful careers that pave the path to social and economic mobility.

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center for higher education and career support | Michelle Obama stands in front of a podium on a stage and speaks to hundreds of high school seniors on National College Signing Day

Geoffrey Canada Community Center

GCCC — a centerpiece of HCZ and Central Harlem, and named in honor of HCZ’s founder — has been a welcoming space for learning, gathering, support, and celebration since 2004.

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Scholars playing basktetball at Harlem Children's Zone Geoffrey Canada Community Center Gymnasium.

The Baby College®

The Baby College is transforming the culture of parenting across Harlem and setting an example for early education and family support in urban communities around the world.

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Intergenerational poverty | A smiling woman holds up baby at a social event.

Three-Year-Old Journey

Three-Year-Old Journey provides lottery winners of HCZ’s Promise Academy® Charter Schools with the opportunity to learn, grow, and nurture friendships in the lead up to their admission to Promise Academy.

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Three-Year-Old journey scholar wearing a red sweatshirt plays with a red ball.

West Side Community Center

Since 2013, WSCC has been a place to gather, learn, have fun, celebrate, and find support for residents of Central Harlem and St. Nicholas housing.

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Harlem Gems®

Harlem Gems preschools empower our youngest scholars to succeed in K-12 and beyond by building a strong academic foundation and starting them on the path to college and career.

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HCZ | Four preschool graduates sing in their cap and gowns at their graduation ceremony.

Emotional Wellness

The Emotional Wellness program is a hub for community education, training, emotional wellness resources, and overall mental health promotion.

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A woman speaks to a teenager at a desk with a placard that reads “HCZ Emotional Wellness Team.”

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