Visit Us Online www.henrystreet.org News from emember to visit Henry Street online at www.henrystreet.org Henry Street Rfor the latest news, program information, interactive calendars, 265 Henry Street, New York, NY 10002 212.766.9200 Fall 2002 event ticketing, and more. Complete our online registration form, and we will bring you personalized updates on the programs that most interest you. As always, Henry Street is grateful for the generous contributions from individuals and corporations that allow us to effectively operate our services. Hello & Farewell We invite you to explore the many Executive options for helping Henry Street by clicking on the “Get Involved” link Director on our homepage. Ⅵ Daniel Kronenfeld Retires Officers Frederic S. Papert Directors Anthony Winslow Jones Dr. Andrew N. Schiff Honorary Directors photos: Ken Wittenberg Mrs. Audrey Rosenman Mrs. Frances Primus Ms. Ann Abrons Roy M. Korins Mrs. Harry Slatkin Mrs. Edward R. Dudley Chairman Ms. Stephanie L. Wise Gilbert E. Ahye Jane R. Lockshin Lawrence I. Sosnow Mrs. Leona Gold Mrs. Lorraine Albritton Robert F. Mancuso Michael A. Steinberg Mrs. Gabriel Hauge Julio Colon Christopher C. Angell Ms. Emily H. Altschul Mrs. Kate Medina Ms. Nan Swid Mr. George B. Munroe Secretary President Mrs. E. H. Bayne Bernard W. Nussbaum Scott Swid Samuel Schneeweiss n September 2002 Executive Director Daniel Kronenfeld will retire after thir- Richard S. Abrons Walter Maynard, Jr. Nicholas P. Brountas, Jr. Ms. Anne K. O’Neil Jeffrey Tucker Phebe Thorne Profile on Treasurer Mrs. Tory R. Burch David Paget Michael Wolkowitz Vice Chairman Verona Middleton-Jeter Mrs. Dorothy Calloway Douglas L. Paul ty years of service to the Henry Street Settlement. He will be succeeded by John Morning Executive Director Vice Presidents: Douglas Durst Max Pine Honorary Chairman Verona Middleton-Jeter, Mrs. Edgar D. Aronson Mr. Godfrey R. Gill Mrs. Robert S. Potter Verona Middleton-Jeter, Director of the Urban Family Center and Chief Mrs. Dale J. Burch Herbert L. Abrons Mr. Alan D. Glatt William P. Rayner I Richard H. Neiman Honorary President Robert S. Harrison Mrs. Ogden Reid New Executive Director Administrator for Henry Street’s Shelter Services. John C. Nelson Laura Hunt Mrs. Pilar Crespi Robert Daniel Kronenfeld began working for Henry Street Settlement in 1972 as tarting at the Settlement as a young Director of the Urban Family Center Transitional Shelter for Homeless Families, social worker 30 years ago, Verona located on the Lower East Side. Working together at Urban Family Center, SMiddleton-Jeter rose through the Kronenfeld and Middleton-Jeter developed groundbreaking methods for transi- ranks to Associate Director and Director Non-Profit Org. of the Urban Family Center. She was U.S. Postage instrumental in the development of one “How many people would take a job as a live-in PAID New York, NY of the first publicly funded shelters for director of a homeless shelter? Anything he expected Permit No. 65 battered women in the 1970s. Utilizing a “Self-Help” methodology, Middleton- the staff to do, he would also do.” Jeter developed a program in which for- merly homeless individuals are trained as case aides to counsel current residents of tional housing programs for homeless families that have since been recognized Henry Street Settlement the shelter system. She also started the and replicated throughout the world. 265 Henry Street Urban Family Center Employment Verona Middleton-Jeter came to Henry Street upon graduating from Smith New York, NY 10002 Program in 1986, which incorporates a College School of Social Work in 1972. “I came to Henry Street right out of school. highly successful mail service enterprise, When I got there I found I had a boss who was the most generous, giving person that Address Service Requested providing homeless individuals with I’d ever met…” says Jeter. “How many people would take a job as a live-in director mailroom work experience. of a homeless shelter? Anything he expected the staff to do, he would also do.” Henry Street continued on page 5 continued on page 7 News from Henry Street is published by Henry Street Settlement Development Office. Writers: Jane Donahue and Jessica Tagliaferro In the Aftermath of 9-11 WorkContinues n the spring we reported at length on record of its existing employment ser- Reaching Out to Seniors Street’s Project Liberty program, notes “Perhaps what is most Henry Street divisions to work together Henry Street’s response to the attacks vices, Henry Street Settlement became one Since our last report, the Senior Services that the initiative—which provides group in seamless collaboration, addressing the Iof September 11th. One year after of the city’s clearinghouses for emergency division has continued to reach out to and individual counseling, public educa- striking is the ongoing range of elements that affect a client. the tragedy, we continue our efforts to employment in March 2002. Working as seniors whose trauma may be hard to tion forums, and employment referrals Mirabel, 34, was working as a graphic support the Lower East Side community. an Emergency Employment Clearing- diagnose due to cultural or language bar- for residents, seniors, and day workers ability of the various designer in the financial district when she The strength and reputation of its pro- house (EEC), the agency extended its riers or physical ailments that may mask it. affected by the disaster—has provided a Henry Street divisions witnessed the second plane hit the World grams, as well as its physical proximity to employment and counseling services to The division has hired a full-time outreach crucial support network for residents and Trade Center on September 11. Several the site of the disaster, has made Henry the catchment area below 14th Street in coordinator who will conduct “trauma their neighbors. As part of their healing to work together in weeks later, she was laid off from her Street a natural candidate for extending its Manhattan. response counseling” as part of a formal process, Gateway Plaza group members graphic design job and, unable to pay her services to cover related trauma disorders By mid-summer, Henry Street’s intake mental health program designed to meet decided to involve themselves in the seamless collaboration, rent, was evicted from her apartment. for children, adults, and seniors. Several counselors had assisted more than 300 the needs of Vladeck Houses’ “Naturally community redevelopment process, addressing the range Mirabel turned to the American Red Cross and FEMA for immediate assis- Tai Chi class for seniors residing in tance. The agencies helped her apply for NORC Housing fosters group involvement following 9-11 of elements that affect unemployment and found her temporary a client.” shelter at the YMCA. Occurring Retirement Community” Separated from family in her native (NORC) and Good Companions clients. Puerto Rico, Mirabel was feeling isolat- Senior Services Chief Administrator 1973 families suffered unemployment and the ed and lost, and her emotional crisis was Janet Fischer describes the outreach threat of eviction. Still more were fright- interfering with her ability to seek new process as a “quick but effective process” ened and confused by the racial tensions employment. In February, the Red Cross that will reach a wide population of cul- WTC-Looking Up, and images of war depicted on television. referred her to the CCC’s Individual turally diverse seniors. “We intend to After observing signs of post-traumatic Crisis Counseling program through Flo Fox, stress and depression in its students Project Liberty. While receiving individ- engage people, assess their condition and Henry Street Abrons Arts Center is pleased to present coping skills, and then provide them with A Place in the Sky: Remembering the World Trade Center immediately after the tragedy and in the ual counseling with a CCC social worker, and Those Who Perished on 9/11, from September 9 months that followed, Henry Street’s Mirabel was granted emergency counseling that will restore them to the through October 9, 2002. The exhibition will feature level of functioning they had prior to photographs taken by Flo Fox documenting the construction Division of Youth Services hired a full- Medicaid coverage through Henry 9-11.” Fischer stresses the importance of of the World Trade Center Towers in 1973. time social worker with a behavioral Street’s Home Care Division and began education and group involvement as an health specialty. In addition to providing to meet with an intake counselor at integral part of the outreach and healing which proved to be an empowering expe- individual counseling services to pro- Henry Street’s Emergency Employment process, methods that have been put into rience for many of them. Project Liberty gram participants, the social worker has Clearinghouse (EEC), who helped her practice across Henry Street’s divisions. has asked the Gateway group to become helped to establish a long-range plan for secure a grant for additional computer more of a presence in the larger commu- integrating clinical services across the graphics training. The training program Networks of Support nity, and other residential communities myriad of youth programs. In the late helped Mirabel widen her employment Ken Wittenberg Throughout 2002 the Community are now using the program as a model for summer, the division hired additional options, and by the end of July, she had Consultation Center (CCC) has continued their own support networks. social workers to provide individual and secured a job and was hopeful about the of Henry Street’s divisions have supple- displaced workers from a wide spectrum to receive referrals to provide behavioral group counseling for students returning future. It is stories like Mirabel’s that mented their behavioral health services of occupations—from under-skilled day health services to World Trade Center Healing Our Youth from the summer to Henry Street’s after- inspire Henry Street staff and adminis- with additional services for existing and workers in Chinatown, many of them victims.