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Changing the Culture of Poverty through Education and Outreach: Providing programs focused on the needs of disadvantaged children under-served communities, our mission s to reach at-risk inner city children and youth with hope, guidance, and resources to positively affect their lives and communities (www.childrenofthecity.org). Children of the City is the only grassroots, family development organization in New York City that utilizes home visits to connect individual children and families with the programs and resources to empower them with the skills to overcome poverty. Based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Children of the City has been responding to the critical needs of families coping with trauma, academic frustration, drug abuse, delinquency and despair since 1981.