SCO Welcomes NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariňa to Announce Homeless Shelter Reading Program

December 8, 2016 – Brooklyn, NY  SCO Family of Services welcomed NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariňa to our Flushing Family Residence in Brooklyn yesterday as she announced the Afterschool Reading Club (ARC), a brand new literacy enrichment pilot for elementary school students living in shelters. Chancellor Fariňa also took time to read “Leo the Late Bloomer” to our kids during her visit.

Flushing Family Residence is one of 18 shelters citywide piloting the Afterschool Reading Club, in partnership with the NYC Department of Education and the NYC Department of Services. Elementary school teachers visit the residence three days a week, providing reading instruction, homework help, and arts programming to help students develop heir literacy skills. The students also receive free books each week so they can build their own libraries and read with their families. ARC also engages parents and families, with the goal of bringing families together to read. See NY1’s coverage.