“The children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.” 

“The Crispus Attucks Early Learning Center has been developing leaders for the York community for the past 75 years. Some examples are: Dr. Julia Hines-Harris, Mattie Chapman, football great Woody Bennett, and many, many others. Early intervention, along with quality programs and a genuine love for children are some of the many ingredients in developing a child’s mind. We partner with our Early Learning Center parents to provide a caring and nurturing environment for our young people. Your financial support helps us continue to develop leaders for tomorrow!”

Robert L. Simpson, Chief Executive Officer

The Crispus Attucks Early Learning Center accepts applications for child care for ages 3 months to 12 years throughout the year.  Currently we have openings for 3, 4, and 5 year olds as well as school age children who attend Jackson Elementary, McKinley Elementary, or Hannah Penn Middle School for the before and after school program.  We accept children receiving subsidized payment as well as private pay clients.  The Early Learning Center is located at 50 East Boundary Avenue, York.  Call Center Director Carol Heagy at (717) 718-9620 ext. 2 for more information.

The Crispus Attucks Early Learning Center:

• is licensed by Pennsylvania Department of Welfare – providing quality childcare since 1937
• is NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Accredited
• has a 4-STAR Rating in the Keystone STARS Program – exceeds state health and safety licensing requirements; funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
• is located in a new building with a rooftop playground, dedicated art and music rooms, multi-purpose room, and two infant, two toddler, four preschool, and three after school classrooms; the building opened in January 2010
• classrooms scored higher than the state average when rated by an Early Childhood Consultant using a National Environmental Rating System
• is actively involved in the school readiness initiative with Focus on Our Future and the York City School District to prepare children for kindergarten and a lifetime of learning
• teachers continually exceed state requirements for number of training hours per year
• accepts these payments: Subsidy from Child Care Consultants, TANF, and/or Private pay
• completes developmental assessments three times per year using the Ounce Scale for Infants and Toddlers and Work Sampling for preschool students
• offers a Pre-K Counts classroom from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for 19 students
• has a Certified Art Teacher on staff
• currently serves more than 200 children, ages 3 months – 12 years

If you are interested in enrolling your child in our Early Learning Center, please contact Carol Heagy 717-718-9620 ext. 2.

The Crispus Attucks Association is a United Way of York County Partner Agency. The Early Learning Center Program receives funding from the United Way of York County.

If you are ready to take the next step and commit to a Crispus Attucks owned unit, print out a copy of the rental application below. Once you have filled out the application, bring it with the following items to our 613 South George Street office to complete your rental application:

• The completed application to the best of your ability. If you have any questions, our bilingual staff will gladly assist you in completing the application;
• Social Security cards for all persons who will be residing in the unit;
• proof of income;
• and photo identification for all adults who will be residing in the unit.

Please contact the Crispus Attucks Housing Department at 717-848-3610 ext 242 or ext 253 with any questions.

Rental Application

Aplicacion para alquilar

Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School – Jacquie Martino, CEO

Applications for admission to grades 10, 11, and 12 of the Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School are now available. Please see Mrs. Cissie Lowry in the administrative office at 605 South Duke Street for an application.

The 2010-2011 scheduled Board meetings of the Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School will be held every 4th Monday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at 6:00 pm in the conference room at Crispus Attucks as follows:

• August 22, 2011
• September 26, 2011
• October 24, 2011
• November 28, 2011
• December 19, 2011 (3rd Monday due to Christmas Holiday)
• January 23, 2012
• February 27, 2012
• March 26, 2012
• April 23, 2012
• May 21, 2012 (3rd Monday due to Memorial Day Holiday)
• June 25, 2012
• July 23, 2012
• August 27, 2012

Click here for the YouthBuild Charter School 2011-2012 Calendar.

Click here for our Annual Public Notice of Special Education Services and Programs, Services for Gifted Students, and Services for Protected Handicapped Students.

Click here for additional information about Title 1 and Annual Yearly Progress of the Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School.

The Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School has successfully aligned our curriculum with the Pennsylvania Student State Standards and benchmarks. We were recognized by YouthBuild USA, our national parent organization, for our outstanding program. Each educator has a copy of the PA Student State Standards and benchmarks located in their classroom. The students who enter our program have committed themselves to positive change. They recite our mission statement every morning, with its focus on accepting responsibility and respectable leadership. The school’s aim is to help each student earn a high school education, develop employability skills, provide skills training and ultimately put them in a position to secure gainful employment. This is done by having a state certified curriculum, and a teaching staff that meets the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Education. There is a Mental Toughness component that focuses primarily upon self-discipline and positive self-image.

Our constant endeavor to keep that mission alive and growing is established in the following areas and strengths:

• Maintain a safe, encouraging, supportive learning environment.
• Provide individualized pupil-centered education.
• Teach students how become effective, successful learners.
• Motivate and educate students to realize and achieve their highest intellectual potential.
• Instill the relevance of education for personal and professional success.
• Help former high school dropouts earn a high school diploma by meeting YouthBuild competencies and PDE standards.
• Encourage students to pursue post high school education in college, technical, business, or trade schools.

We look forward to another great year serving the youth of our community.

Youth volunteering for neighborhood cleanup at Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

We must empower our young people to reach their fullest potential, so that they are prepared when the “baton” is passed to them. Our goal is not to ‘fix’ youth, but to develop them. The Crispus Attucks Rising STARS (Striving To Achieve Remarkable Success) Youth and Family Program provides many after-school and summer educational, recreational, and social responsibility opportunities for youth 5 to 18 years old. All youth participate in:

1. Weekly Life Skills classes that provide gender and age appropriate empowerment and skills
2. Volunteer a minimum of 25 hours per year of community service to participate
3. Maintain honor roll or participate in homework help or tutoring
4. Optional after-school and summer activities that include:

• Annual Cultural Thanksgiving Celebration
• Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
• Study Parties
• Black and Hispanic Trivia Nights
• Sheriff’s After School Fitness & Tutoring
• Youth Showcase – Poetry and Short Stories
• Workshops on Self-esteem, Study Skills, and more
• Career Planning
• Bullying
• Conflict Resolution
• Parent and Child Cafes
• Careers Exploration
• Community Service Projects
• Talent shows
• Family Nights
• Computer Lab
• Arts And Crafts
• Cooking Class
• Girl Scouts
• Mother-Daughter Tea
• Teacher Appreciation Night
• Collaborations with local organizations
• Spanish Class- June to August
• Creative Dramatics/ Poetry Appreciation
• Female and Male Responsibility and Life Skill Classes
• GAPP- Girls Achieving Pure Potential
• Teen Talk- once a month
• South Side Steppers Drill Team
• CAMMP- Crispus Attucks Male Mentoring Program
• Book Club
• Homework Help
• Kid’s Cafe

The Crispus Attucks Association is a United Way of York County Partner Agency. The Rising STARS After School and Summer Camp Programs receive funding from the United Way of York County.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING
VISION STATEMENT

The Vision of the Crispus Attucks Center for Employment and Training is to become a self-sustaining, workforce development and training center with the capacity to expand our services to a growing and diverse population. Through these efforts, the overall standard of living for residents of Southeast York City and surrounding counties will improve along with a sense of responsibility for one’s self, family and community.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Mission of the Crispus Attucks Center for Employment and Training is to empower York area residents (especially York City) and surrounding counties to be empowered through training, education, comprehensive case management, and job placement. The CACEY is dedicated to providing quality customer service to all we serve. Special attention is directed to economically and socially challenged individuals, the unskilled or under-skilled, and youth and young adults.

Programs of the Center for Employment and Training are covered in detail below.
General Employment Services

This program was developed to serve young adults ages 19 to 24 who are seeking employment. We strive to empower participants in the York County area (York City in particular), to attain self-sufficiency through training, education, counseling, and job placement.

Youth Employment Services

The York Youth Employment Services provides to in-school or out of school youth in York County the opportunity to complete their high school education, develop employability skills and skills specific training that will ultimately put them in a position to secure gainful employment. This program targets youth between the ages of 17-22 years old.

Additional services offered through Y.E.S.:

V.I.E.W. - Is a School to Work Initiative funded by the South Central Workforce Investment Board (W.I.B.) for in and out of school youth ages 14-21. Our focus is on ages 17-21. It is an 8 week program which includes classroom time and training clusters (Healthcare and Construction). Healthcare is being instructed by HACC, WellSpan and Memorial Hospital. Other partners in this venture are: Yorktowne Business Institute and Wm. F. Goodling Advances Skills Center who provide an introduction to manufacturing. The focus on teambuilding component is to take participants concentration off of me/I and re-focus on learning how to work together with others, working as a team and developing leadership capabilities.

K.E.Y.S. (Keep Empowering Youth to Succeed)K.E.Y.S. works with at-risk youth throughout York County (specifically Adjudicated Youth). The program uses a goal-oriented intervention strategy that links soft-skills and life management training with job readiness, placement and retention services, supported by intense personal mentoring aimed at assisting adjudicated and at-risk youth (14-18) in obtaining effective employability skills; which is designed to direct youth on the journey to self- sufficiency. Forty-five 45 of the participants will have the opportunity to go through the Manufacturing Association of York for training. The Manufacturing Association will expose 45 of the selected youth, to two nationally accredited programs; advanced manufacturing curriculum; Manufacturing Skills Standards Certification (MSSC) and OSHA 10 hr certification. This K.E.Y.S. program is offered as an after school program (Monday –Friday from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm. Stipends and incentives assist us in keeping participants motivated and eventually completing the program.

ELECT (Education Leading to Employment & Career Training)This program is dedicated to working with pregnant and parenting teens up to age 22 residing in York City/County to empower them to complete their high school education, gaining economic independence and improving the quality of life for themselves and their children by becoming the best parents they can be.
ELECT currently provides services to the following schools: William Penn, Hannah Penn, Edgar Fahs Smith, West York, Southwestern, Spring Grove, Manito and CA Youthbuild Charter School. Some of the services provided are: health & nutrition education, individual and group support, job preparation and career exploration, secondary pregnancy prevention, intensive case management, domestic violence information, GED preparation, monitoring of school attendance, parenting education and life skills, field trips, workshops and various activities to broaden their knowledge in infant/child safety and assisting with childcare needs.

E.F.I (ELECT Fatherhood Initiative)Teen fathers or fathers to be up to 22 years of age can be a part of this component which empowers them to complete their high school education, gain economic independence, and become responsible, respectable role models in the lives of their children. The services available are: child development and parenting education, infant and child safety training, job preparation and career exploration, individual & group support, healthcare & nutrition education, Fatherhood Responsibility workshops, parenting and life skills education, GED preparation (when necessary), and various activities i.e. field trips, conferences and related seminars. Participants must reside in York City/County and be willing to or in the process of establishing paternity. There is an additional component entitled “DOCTOR DAD” which increases the father’s parenting skills in the area of infant and toddler health and helps fathers realize that they play a unique role in caring for their children.

Community ConnectionsThe Crispus Attucks Center for Employment & Training in partnership with Harley Davidson and other members of its Business Advisory Board has launched a new employment and training initiative entitled, The Crispus Attucks Community Connections Program. This initiative is designed to connect inner-city, underserved and underrepresented populations with higher skilled employment opportunities in York and surrounding counties. This workforce development training is seeking highly motivated, unemployed or underemployed, semi to highly skilled individuals who desire to improve their employability in such areas as: manufacturing, healthcare, retail, banking, hospitality, construction and general trades. The training will be offered in a classroom setting, one night per week over an eight-week period for two hours per night. Pre-testing and assessment will be done and participants may not miss any of the sessions.

The Crispus Attucks Center for Employment & Training Business Advisory Board is made up of representatives from York County business and organizations that provide us with guidance and technical assistance. They include:

• Career Link of York County
• Cintas Corporation
• Dentsply Professional
• FedEx Ground
• Fulton Bank
• Glatfelter Company
• Harley Davidson Inc.
• Kinsley Construction
• Lowe’s
• Memorial Hospital
• The York Water Company
• WellSpan Health

Partners In Education Consortium Members
The Crispus Attucks Partners in Education Consortium (P.I.E) provides focused and goal oriented education and training opportunities to area residents.

• Wm. F. Goodling Advanced Skills Center
• Community Progress Council
• Consolidated School of Business
• H.A.C.C. – York Initiative
• Kinsley Education Center
• Manufacturer’s Association of South Central PA
• Martin Library
• Penn State-York
• Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
• York Adams Academy
• York College of PA
• York County Literacy Council
• York County School of Technology
• York Technical Institute
• Yorktowne Business Institute
• Y.W.C.A.

The Crispus Attucks Association is a United Way of York County Partner Agency.  The Center for Employment & Training Youth Employment and Young Adult Employment Programs receive funding from the United Way of York County.

This map shows the locations of the Community Development department's major projects along Boundary Avenue. Click on the map to zoom.

Boundary Avenue Development 

Boundary Avenue serves as a symbolic southern gateway into York City.  Over the past decade and a half, the Crispus Attucks Community Development Department has worked to develop this area of the city to make it more attractive to professionals and residents.  In building new commercial properties and renovating old ones, Crispus Attucks has addressed the needs of city residents while providing office space for workers from throughout York County.  Thanks to this development, nearly 400 people are employed in Crispus Attucks owned properties. 

Click on the links below to learn more about a specific project. 

Loretta Claiborne Building (LCB) 

Himes Building 

Greenway Tech Centre 

Crispus Attucks Early Learning Center

Transitional Program staff lead a life skills session with resident participants

The Crispus Attucks Transitional Center program is a 12 week minimum rehabilitation  program for non-violent offenders leaving state correctional facilities.  Residents have 30 days to set-up a restitution payment plan, complete drug and alcohol evaluations, and secure employment. This program offers stability and responsibility for reentry into society.

York Southeast Neighborhood Before 1999

Our bilingual staff works diligently with tenants to provide them with safe, affordable, low/moderate-income housing. They also work with other community agencies that will assist our clients to help them improve their lives.

The Crispus Attucks Association’s commitment to provide low-income housing to the York community has reached a critical juncture. We have begun to evaluate current neighborhood needs, homeownership opportunities, partnerships with other not-for-profit organizations and the forging of new business partnerships. This evaluation will carry forward as we look to restructure the ownership structure, rehabilitate properties and fill the service gaps that exist in York.

Rental Housing

York's Southeast Neighborhood 2003

The Maintenance Department maintains an inventory of supplies, a workshop area to repair large items, and space for additional training of YouthBuild students who may work nearby. This arrangement helps to save costs by allowing for better monitoring of equipment and supplies, consolidating services, and promoting efficiency of staff time.

The maintenance of our low-income housing units is a primary concern for the department. They continually strive to provide the best service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To view a list of available units in York, please visit our Rental Housing page.  Please call our housing department at 717-848-3610 ext 242 or ext 253 with any questions.

Ownership

Home ownership is one of the cornerstones of a stable neighborhood and a vital economy. Crispus Attucks Community Development Department is committed to supporting sustainable home ownership efforts within the southeast neighborhood.

VISTA Volunteer Matt Bechtel presents findings from 2009 Neighborhood Survey, an effort of the Community Development program sponsored by the Wachovia Regional Foundation.

The Crispus Attucks Community Development program is committed to the revitalization of southeast York City as a place to live, work and play. Through collaborative site design, property acquisition, fundraising, and site restoration, the program has developed a southern gateway to the city center at Boundary Avenue. The latest projects have also included sustainability features like geothermal heating and cooling in the new Early Learning Center and LEED Green building certification of the Greenway Tech Centre. 

Long term neighborhood stability does not rest solely on home ownership. Neighborhoods are more than simply a collection of houses – they are places where people live.  At their best, neighborhoods meet most of the daily needs of their residents. 

Southeast Cares Neighborhood Steering Committee 

Members of Southeast Cares, the Neighborhood Steering Committee for Southeast York, work to improve the neighborhood. They meet on the second Thursday of each month.  Please contact Danyielle Newman at South George Street Community Resource Center, phone number 843-0238, if you have interest in joining the committee.

The Crispus Attucks Active Living Senior Center offers a welcoming space for area residents age 60 and over to gather and provides an array of educational and enrichment activities. Along with the opportunity to socialize, the center offers periodic health exams, classes, and trips. Meals for those unable to leave their homes can be provided through a contract with the York County Area Agency on Aging.

Activities provided include:

• daily lunch
• fitness & health programs
• field trips (day-outings and weekend)
• bingo and other games
• shopping opportunities
• painting classes
• knitting & crocheting classes
• and much more!

The center is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm and is closed on holidays. For more information, please call Robin Beatty-Smith at 717-848-3610 ext. 267.

The Crispus Attucks Association is a United Way of York County Partner Agency.  The Active Living Center Program receives funding from the United Way of York County.