Description: Charles House has provided a wide array of youth programs over our entire 95-year history. We offer an asset-based youth development approach in all of our youth services that seek to empower and equip youth with life skills, knowledge and training through various clubs, activities, and programs.
We offer an after-school program at Enrico Fermi School #17 on Orchard Street. Registered with the NYS Office of Children & Family Services with a capacity of 70 children, we serve third through sixth graders. The program combines a variety of activities that help elementary children succeed inside and outside the classroom. Children receive help with homework and literacy development. We provide many enrichment activities including STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), photography, music, dance, sports, nutrition/ cooking, arts and crafts. We partner with Foodlink for the Kids Café meal program and Baden Street Settlement House for supplemental education services.
The Teen Club serves youth from seventh grade until they are age 21. The club serves 50 teens a year, meeting twice a week during the school year. The Teen Outreach Program curriculum is used to promote positive decision making skills. This program is evidence-based and teens in our program have dramatically lower teen pregnancy rates than other youth living in the zip codes we serve. The Teen Club includes college visits, guest speakers, community service projects, audio and video production, dance, music, and arts.
The “Teens Active in Civic Engagement” is our summer youth employment program for 14-15 year olds. This six week program offers teens an opportunity to gain hands-on work experience with a paycheck. The projects are designed to improve the community while teaching the participants important career and job skills.
The THRIVE program is a collaboration with City recreation centers, other neighborhood-based organizations, and the University of Rochester. The Teen Outreach Program and job training lessons are offered to youth attending rec centers. Researchers are studying the effectiveness of the various activities in reducing teen pregnancy. Charles House also collaborates with Hillside for the Reinvesting in Youth program. Youth referred by the Probation Department are connected to case management and services within their neighborhood to prevent the youth from escalating involvement with the judicial system.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2026-I-RRO-055626 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2026-03-25 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-RRO-006886 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-12-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-RRO-120189 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-09-18 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-RRO-101928 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-05-29 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-RRO-042996 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-01-13 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-RRO-008125 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-01-13 | Violation | 414.13(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: School-age child care programs must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be reviewed must be required to provide the following: | |||
| 2025-01-13 | Violation | 414.13(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The minimum age of a staff person is 16 years of age. | |||
| 2024-10-11 | Application - Renewal | Application - Renewal | 2024-I-RRO-044654 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-10-11 | Violation | 414.14(c)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. | |||
| 2024-10-11 | Violation | 414.14(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office- approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. | |||
| 2024-09-19 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-RRO-088703 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2024-09-19 | Violation | 414.5(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to unsafe areas. Such areas include, but are not limited to, swimming pools, drainage ditches, wells, ponds, or other bodies of open water, holes, wood and coal burning stoves, fireplaces, pellet stoves, permanently installed gas space heaters, or any other unsafe area. | |||
| 2024-07-15 | Fire Safety - Other | Fire Safety - Other | 2024-I-RRO-074634 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2024-06-13 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-RRO-051794 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
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