Seventh Avenue Center For Family Services

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711 Lenox Ave
New York, NY 10039
212-862-0600
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Description:

The Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church founded and sponsored SACFS as a Head Start Program in 1969 in response to a need for a free comprehensive pre-school program for economically disadvantaged children and their families in the Central Harlem community. In June of 1978, the program opened a second site to service children and families in the Bronx. The Bronx Site was one of the first Head Start programs in this culturally diverse community and had a substantial waiting list of children. Since its existence, SACFS has worked collaboratively with parents and other community members to define common goals, interests and concerns to improve the lives of children and families living in these communities. Since its inception, SACFS has provided quality services to over 3,000 low-income children and their families. Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church Head Start became incorporated in 2003 and adopted the name Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services.