Description: Settlement Housing Fund developed the St. John’s Place Family Center in 1990 as an alternative to welfare hotels. Located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the Center provides excellent temporary housing, day care, infant care, and other services to 97 families at a time, assisting them in their search for employment and affordable housing. In 1994, we added permanent housing for 33 low-income families in an adjacent building including ten families who relocated from the Center, and in 2004, we opened a new building across the street for 35 families.
St. John’s Place is a well regarded neighborhood organization that receives funding for youth and adult programming from both New York City and New York State government agencies, as well as from foundations and corporations. The agency has a strong track record of working with other community groups in Crown Heights and, for the past ten years, has co-sponsored an annual street festival with community leaders and has provided meeting space for local groups.
Through the St. John’s Place Family Center, HDFC (Housing Development Fund Corporation), we have finished the gut rehabilitation of a vacant, city-owned building located immediately adjacent to its facility. The structure will serve as a new Career and College Access Center to help Family Center residents, unemployed young adults, and other community members obtain better employment opportunities. The Center is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2014 with the help of rehabilitation funds awarded by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City of New York, and grant support from The Lavanburg Foundation, The Brooklyn Community Foundation, and National Grid.
With support from a 2010 Housing for Everyone Grant from TD Charitable Foundation, we completed two projects to further revitalize St. John’s Place. In March 2011, we successfully renovated the basement of 1615 St. John's Place into office and classroom space that now houses our DREAMS/Youthbuild program. With funds from two Article 8A loans from the City, we also completed energy-efficiency improvements and building repairs at St. John’s Place Family Center and 1610 St. John’s Place. The buildings received new heating plants including energy-efficient boilers, hot water heaters and storage tanks; roof replacements and repair of the parapets and copings; masonry repointing (replacing brick mortar) throughout the buildings’ façades; and all new windows. In addition, we replaced all child guards and concrete walkways and installed a centralized surveillance system to provide real-time, web-based surveillance of all public areas. This work, completed in Summer 2012, lowered energy costs and improved the comfort and safety of 130 very low-income families, the majority of whom have been homeless. Additional funding by the Citi Foundation in 2013 and 2014 helped us to complete energy-efficient electrical improvements at the Family Center through local utility provider Con Edison's Multi-Family Energy Efficiency Program, and to conduct a feasibility study for interior renovation for which we are currently seeking capital funding.
In the Summer of 2013, the Center welcomed volunteers from the New York Horticultural Society's Green Team, New York Cares and others to begin the restoration of a neighborhing community garden for use by the St. John's Place Day Care and Family Center, as well as others in the community.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-04 | 47.33(b) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection it was determined that child care service allows staff to perform their duties that are not healthy or are incapable of carrying out their duties. Staff medical clearances are not maintained by child care service. | |||
| 2019-01-04 | 47.33(c) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> Staff failed to obtain proof of immunization; Except for exempt staff, required staff immunizations were not submitted to child care service; records not confidential. | |||
| 2019-01-04 | 47.37(b)(1) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records. | |||
| 2018-05-16 | 47.13(f) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> Child care service teaching staff acting as assistant teachers do not meet age and educational requirements. | |||
| 2018-05-16 | 47.19(c) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards)<br/> Child care service failed to arrange/conduct criminal/SCR background clearance checks for required individuals; failed to re-clear required individuals with the SCR every two years. | |||
| 2018-05-16 | 47.23(f) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards)<br/> Child care service failed to maintain required staff to child supervision ratios at time of inspection. | |||
| 2018-05-16 | 47.61(e) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations)<br/> Child care service fails to store dry goods in insect/rodent proof containers at time of inspection. | |||
| 2018-01-25 | 47.51 (a) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations)<br/> Child care service not free of pests or maintains pest harborage conditions at time of inspection. | |||
| 2018-01-25 | 81.09 (i) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection it was determined/observed that food service worker not provided with appropriate food thermometer during food prep. | |||
| 2017-11-02 | 47.25 (c) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> At time of inspection records of enrolled children's periodic medical examination were not provided or maintained. | |||
| 2017-11-02 | 47.37 (a)(1) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations)<br/> At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to ensure staff received required training within time frames and/or failed to maintain training records. | |||
| 2017-06-05 | 47.13 (c) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations)<br/> Education Director not designated for each permitted child care held by program; Educational Director does not meet qualification requirements; failure to notify Department of Ed Director resignation/termination; failure to notify staff of Ed Director coverage, proof of notification not available | |||
| 2017-06-05 | 47.19 (i) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> Child care service failed to conduct business and employment reference checks of staff/volunteers. | |||
| 2017-06-05 | 47.33 (c) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> Staff failed to obtain proof of immunization; Except for exempt staff, required staff immunizations were not submitted to child care service; records not confidential. | |||
| 2017-06-05 | 47.37 (b)(2) | CORRECTED | |
| Brief Description: Minor violations (General Violations)<br/> All teachers have not received training in infectious disease control and reporting. | |||
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