To assist women with present or previous criminal justice involvement, addressing the various aspect of their re-integration into society.

To offer weekly home visits and group training sessions to immigrant Mixteco mothers, an especially vulnerable population of immigrants in the Riverhead area.


Horace Hagedorn Awards for the Empowerment of Women and Girls-Building Skills, Abilities, and Character

To support a “Women of the Future” club designed to provide adolescent girls in Bellport with age- appropriate and culturally sensitive activities to improve self-confidence, build relationship skills, while providing opportunities to build on their strengths, embrace their diversity, and recognize their potential.

To continue and expand “The T.E.E.N. Connection Program,” designed to enhance the skills and abilities of girls, particularly those necessary for leadership, positive self-image and increased earning power. 

To create a Teen Girls Support Group in Nassau and Suffolk counties for girls who suffer from Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.

To initiate a Women's Self-Defense Club at Walt Whitman High School through the leadership of two Girl Scouts pursuing their “Gold” service award.

To promote a girls telephone HELPline and make presentations on how to strengthen emotional wellness, recognize warning signs of mental illnesses, and address them appropriately.

To implement an Equestrian-Assisted Psychotherapy and Character Education program for high-risk women and girls, primarily teens, who have been exposed to physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse and/or neglect.

To assist women and girls on the East End of Long Island who are experiencing a financial crisis and for whom no other assistance is available.

To expand the bilingual reproductive health education classes to underserved Hispanic Women on LongIsland’s East End – particularly undocumented immigrant women from South and Central America who have little or no access to risk-prevention information and ongoing reproductive health care.

To establish an emergency assistance fund that covers transportation expenses (e.g., cab fare to and from court) and locksmith services for a person who is suffering with domestic violence to ensure greater safety for victims.

To support a community educator who will work with agencies that have contact with teenage girls, assisting them in recognizing and identifying the signs of teen dating violence, sexual assault and rape and help them teach teenage girls about avoiding and preventing situations that lead to abuse.

To provide critical health services to young mothers and their children who are at risk of not receiving adequate health care at the most vulnerable time in their lives.

To educate Hispanic mothers of school-age children about their local school systems, empower them to become involved in their children’s education, advocate on their behalf, and take greater control of their lives and the lives of their children.

Selma Greenberg Memorial Fund Grant:

To expand the Center’s Gear-up program to provide underserved, at-risk girls with the opportunity to explore science through original research projects, hands-on activities, and interaction with “guest scientist” mentors.

To collaborate on a new program with Girl Scouts of Nassau County to provide Brownie and Junior Girl Scout troops from underserved neighborhoods with free community-based “Scoutreach” programs, Scout Overnights in the Museum, and Scout Workshops at LICM.

To expand and enhance CAPS’ bully prevention program, “What’s Up? Girl Talk,” to include a component for 5th and 6th grade girls; increase implementation of the updated 7th and 8th grade program; broaden delivery of a mentoring program; and update parent presentations to include the issues of physical aggression.

To educate and empower school-age girls to function in society at their optimum level and make healthy and productive choices through their associations and behaviors.

To support two groups for at-risk young women in the communities of Westbury and Roosevelt operated by the True Colors gang prevention program, a component of the Street Outreach Project.

To hold a series of forums, mini-courses, readings, and multi-media presentations targeted to reach those in the system who most impact the lives of incarcerated women, as well as the general public; funding will also support broad dissemination of Herstory’s prison magazine Voices: Memoirs from Herstory Inside Suffolk County Correction.