Good Shepherd Services, based in New York City, provides a comprehensive set of services to youth and families in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan.  The organization helps vulnerable youth and their families "make a safe passage to self-sufficiency."  The organization reaches 20,000 participants annually through a range of programs that includes educational support, alternative schooling opportunities, foster care and adoption services, after-school programming, and family support.  

To learn more about Good Shepherd’s programs, read Helping Youth and Families.

EMCF Investment and Business Plan Highlights

Since 2005, the Foundation has invested $7.25 million in Good Shepherd to help develop and implement its business plan.  During this period, Good Shepherd successfully assumed 40 government contracts administered by Pius XII Youth and Family Services (which closed down), increasing its capacity by nearly 25 percent.  

Good Shepherd is on track to expand its capacity to serve an additional 900 youth annually by 2009, and to open two additional alternative high schools and implement a comprehensive performance management and evaluation system across the entire organization.  It has also launched a $10 million endowment campaign.

For more information, visit Good Shepherd Services’ website at www.goodshepherds.org.