Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach

03/16/2026

📣📣BBJ Artist Selection - Request for Expression of Interest📢📢📢

The New York City Department of Design and Construction (“DDC”) seeks artists interested in being commissioned to provide artwork for the New York City Borough-Based Jails Program (“BBJ”). The City will be selecting artists soon for upcoming artwork commissions at the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan BBJ facilities. These commissions will be an opportunity for selected artists to make a lasting improvement to the facilities and have a positive impact on people in custody, their family and friends, facility staff, neighbors, and others in the greater community. The BBJ projects represent a transformational investment by the City of New York in implementing its commitment to justice reform.

For more information, refer to the full RFEI document here: https://bit.ly/4cI4tUb

PROPOSAL FORM HERE:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1hO0vyOa00yljeFBqvKUigg25ksv4-FDmobWBpAgCDtUNkQ0WVVKTVo3WjNROTlCSURJVjRUWlBYUC4u

LEARN MORE ABOUT BOROUGH BASED JAILS HERE:
https://www.nyc.gov/site/borojails/

Please direct all general questions or inquiries about this RFEI to [email protected].

To request an accommodation or inquire about accessibility, please contact DDC’s EEO division at [email protected] or call (718) 391-1776)

02/20/2026

Paid Internship Opportunity

We are sharing a paid internship opening with all youth and young adults in Harlem. Take a look at the details and apply if it aligns with your goals. Do not wait on growth. Step into it.

If you are looking to gain real experience, build your resume, and earn while you learn, this opportunity is for you.

https://www.streetlab.org/youth-engagement-programs/youth-leadership-council-spring-2026-central-harlem/

02/13/2026

Harlem Youth in Action!

Another Choice Youth & Family Outreach (ACYFO) is proud to help youth and young adults gain real-world experience while giving back to their community. This winter, our young people are developing leadership and job skills right here in our community pantry, serving neighbors, learning teamwork, and building confidence for the future.

Paid Opportunities for Youth Are Here!

The Work, Learn & Grow program and the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) offered through the Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) — give young people the chance to work, learn, and grow while making a difference.

NYC YOUTH 🗓️ Apply by February 27, 2026
💻 Apply online: https://application.nycsyep.com/

Lets keep empowering Harlem’s next generation through service, learning, and community care. To support our comunity initiates https: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3NMLZD66F3KF6

01/22/2026

Sexual health and reproductive services will resume on January 15, 2026, and TB evaluation, treatment, and care will resume on January 20, 2026. We appreciate your continued partnership and support throughout the closure, and we look forward to serving the Corona community in this improved space.

01/15/2026

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Stop Hunger Programs NEW Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge Now Open – Sign Up by February 6, 2026 Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grants Application for Youth Service Month & Global Youth Service Day 2026 Projects Now Open through January 25, 2026 Sponsored by: Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge He...

01/02/2026

Happy New Year!

In 2025 we were able to bring together friends, partners, and community through our Gala, Celebrating Our Present, Embracing Our Future. The evening was a powerful reflection of what can happen when vision and collaboration meet.

We thank everyone who made it possible—from the architect and design team to the Center for Justice at Columbia University, Columbia University itself, Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in East Harlem, and every supporter who helped make the night a success. Your belief in this work keeps us moving forward.

12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday! 🌍💙
Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach (ACYFO) is lifting up East Harlem youth, families, seniors, and neighbors returning home from incarceration through arts, advocacy, and wraparound support.

Will you stand with us by giving $20.25 today? Your gift of $20.25 helps us:

Use the arts to disrupt violence and promote public safety in East Harlem

Provide food pantry support and essential resources to families in need.

Build toward the ACYFO Center for Solutions, a home for healing, creativity, and community power

Give now and share this post to help us reach more hearts. Every $20.25 gift moves us closer to a safer, stronger, more hopeful East Harlem.

Donate Here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Be5uLux6g/

Join Us This to Make a Difference in East Harlem and the surroundings!

Give to ACYFO here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9r2wux

At Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach (ACYFO), we believe in the power of community to transform lives. This , we’re calling on compassionate individuals like you to help us continue our mission of empowering East Harlem’s youth and families, particularly those returning from incarceration.
Through strategic arts engagement, we’re fostering creativity, disrupting cycles of violence, and promoting public safety. Our programs offer professional development, artistic literacy, and holistic services that connect community members to vital local resources.

But that’s not all—we’re also fighting food insecurity through our food pantry program, ensuring that no family in our community goes hungry.

Your support today will directly impact lives by:

• Funding arts and professional development programs that inspire growth and resilience.

• Supporting individuals transitioning from incarceration with access to crucial services.

• Expanding our food pantry to feed even more families in need.

Together, we can create a safer, more vibrant East Harlem for everyone. Will you stand with us?

Visit https://tinyurl.com/2p9r2wux to contribute today. Every dollar counts in building a brighter future.

Thank you for choosing hope, empowerment, and community this .

With gratitude,
The ACYFO Team

11/13/2025

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11/07/2025

Join us for the Art + Justice National Collective Fall Convening — a national conversation uniting artists, organizers, and educators working to end systems of confinement and build creative pathways to justice.

Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 6–8 PM EST
Registration link here https://arts-justice-safety-coalition.net/art-justice-national-collective or in the BIO

10/20/2025

ARTFUL INTEGRATION
Exploring the Art and Science Restorative Practices

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1WKsbbyhyE/

Team & The Options Center are presenting today in Chattanooga! will be introducing practices and a framework designed specifically for teaching artists, group facilitators, and practitioners working in justice-impacted and system-impacted spaces.

10/13/2025