The National Council of Negro Women

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in l935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, child of slave parents, and has a sixty seven-year (67) history of collaboration, networking, and organizing. NCNW works to advance opportunities and the quality of life for women and their families as well as fill gaps that exist in communities.

The National Council of Negro Women of Greater New York supports integrated comprehensive and well-coordinated services that address the “total person.” The combined efforts offer the target population a unique opportunity to be serviced according to their assessed needs in a multi-disciplinary approach. Services offered include case management as well as a variety of social, cultural, educational and enrichment activities for all program participants.

The National Council of Negro Women of Greater New York, Inc. operates the following programs:

The Teenage Service Act for pregnant and parenting teens
The Educational Support/Peer Leadership for after-school students
The Effective Parenting Education/Family Support training for youth & adults
The Pre-employment/Job Readiness for unemployed youth
The Health and Family Life for youth “at risk”

Mission and Vision of The National Council Of Negro Women:

To advance opportunities and improve the quality of life for women and their families. The NCNW fulfills this mission through the delivery of community based services designed to assist individuals become competent and self-sufficient through access to needed skills, education and employment opportunities. Its philosophy of public education, community service and advocacy is translated through activities that are designed to:
• Disseminate information on issues affecting the well being of women and their families
• Promote community empowerment and self reliance
• Advocate healthy lifestyles and behaviors through health promotion and holistic prevention methods.

History of The National Council of Negro Women:

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is one of the oldest Civil Rights Organizations in the United States of America founded in 1935 by the celebrated historical figure, Mary McLeod Bethune. NCNW therefore brings to the table a national and international network of affiliate agencies, resources, and contacts for our clients unmatched by all but a few organizations of similar stature and reputation. As a pre Civil Rights Movement organization, NCNW is steeped in the tradition of arduous and enduring struggle for educational advancement, positive social change, unflappable economic progress, in empowering women who are largely disenfranchised from the mainstream. In tandem with the fervent tradition of upholding the political, social, and economic progress of African American families everywhere, NCNW of Greater New York, has prolific expertise in the area of pregnant and parenting teens and a eighteen (18) year track for record of providing services to single parents throughout Queens.

The National Council of Negro Women of Greater New York, whose headquarters is located in the South Jamaica Multi-Service Center (the heart of South Jamaica), is an independent non-profit community based organization registered in the State of New York complete with its own separate Board of Directors, staff and 501 c (3) exempt status.

The Southeast Queens/Jamaica program service area is officially designated as among the seven most impoverished in the City of New York. It has for more than thirty (30) years, been the target of a myriad of public and private initiatives aimed to alleviate a clear and classic example of deprivation, destitution, and deterioration. For fifteen (15) of these years the NCNW has provided critical services in the areas of Comprehensive Case Management for pregnant teenagers, Family Crisis Intervention, Basic and Advanced Computer Literacy Skills Training, and Parent Education/Empowerment Initiatives.

Of paramount importance is the fact that NCNW is strategically located in what is considered by many to be the best and most convenient community service facility which houses the majority of essential program linkages under one roof with an extensive working relationship over the years. In terms of program efficiency, we are unmatched with our ability to offer clients more than twenty thousand square feet of “one-stop-shopping” program service platform -- complete with an array of office space for case management; conference room for group sessions; women and infant nutrition agency, family medical facility, head start center complete with a playground for children, computer laboratory and classroom for GED and parenting education. Since l984, NCNW have maintained a proven track record and long term involvement providing the administration, management, and coordination efforts that affect fundamental opportunities for youth and families. In addition, partnerships in the community have provided comprehensive long-term responses to prevailing issues and concerns.