UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT IN THE NEWS

Talent Search College Advisor Bintou Sankareh on what motivates her to do this work

  Why do I work in this field? As a first-generation college student, I struggled in navigating the college process. My parents do not know the American education system, and the experience gave me an ...

University Settlement receives New York City Council awards to bolster mental health offerings

University Settlement received nearly $850,000 through the New York City Council’s discretionary awards process for the 2022 Fiscal Year, including significant expanded support for integrated mental health offerings within its Early Childhood Education and Older ...

Laura McGinley joins University Settlement as Chief External Relations Officer

University Settlement has hired Laura McGinley as its new Chief External Relations Officer, the NYC social justice agency announced today. Reporting to CEO Melissa Aase, McGinley will lead the Settlement’s Development teams focused on Institutional ...

Our global movement issues a declaration on social justice

Alongside more than 11,000 peer organizations, University Settlement is a member of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS). Last month, University Settlement staffers attended the 2021 IFS Conference: Social Justice – The Unfinished ...

Protecting kids and supporting families more effectively with holistic engagement

By Melissa Aase, Chief Executive Officer, University Settlement It’s said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions – and that insight comes to mind when I think about foster care systems, which ...
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