New York City

AVODAH Placement Organizations

  

This list is intended to give you an idea of the type of position you might have while in AVODAH. This is not the full or final list of potential positions available. Position and placement descriptions vary from year to year.

 

• Comprehensive Development, Inc., is a one-of-a-kind public high school with classes from 11am to 11pm, created to serve older students, ages 17 to 21, with adult responsibilities such as working and child rearing. AVODAH provides a Program Assistant Comprehensive Development, Inc. 
• Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is an innovative effort to improve inter-group relations, encourage positive youth development, and promote non-violent conflict resolution. AVODAH provides a Mediator/Program Assistant for the Mediation Center.
•  F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System is a not-for-profit health and human service organization serving individuals and families who have mental, developmental, and physical disabilities; are economically disadvantaged, new emigres, youth or older adults, and others. AVODAH provides a Wellness Case Manager and Strategic Planning/Quality Improvement Program Assistant to F.E.G.S..
• Gay Men's Health Crisis is committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. Volunteers work hard to reduce the spread of HUV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment, and cure for HIV an urgent national and local priority. AVODAH provides a Community Organizing Coordinator to Gay Men's Health Crisis. 
• The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services enhances and maintains the mental health and social functioning of individuals in the Jewish Community and the broader community. AVODAH provides a Case Assistant for the Break Free Program at the Thomas Askin Youth Center, Kaplan Center.
• The Medicare Rights Center is the leading national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare receive equitable access to health care. AVODAH provides a Health Advocacy Fellow to the Medicare Rights Center.
• Neighbors Together is a soup kitchen and comprehensive assistance program addressing the immediate crisis of hunger for the poorest people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Brownsville section of Brooklyn. AVODAH provides a Community Advocate to Neighbors Together.
• New York Legal Assistance Group provides free civil legal assistance to New York's most at-risk, low-income populations, including seniors, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, children with special needs, people with HIV/AIDS, survivors and families affected by the World Trade Center attack, Holocaust survivors, and others in need of legal help. AVODAH provides two Paralegals to NYLAG.
• Project Renewal serves the most fragile and underserved of the city’s homeless: adult men and women who, in addition to being without a home, also suffer from disabilities – including alcohol and drug addiction, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS. AVODAH provides a Next Step Counselor to Project Renewal.
• Red Hook Community Justice Center is the nation’s first multi-jurisdictional community court. The Justice Center’s one judge provides alternatives to incarceration and hears criminal, family, and housing court cases arising in South Brooklyn neighborhoods. AVODAH provides a Case Manager to the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
•  Sanctuary for Families empowers survivors of domestic violence in claiming control of their lives, advocates for policy changes, and raises public awareness to end violence against all women. AVODAH provides an Immigration Project Advocate and an Economic Stability Project Advocate to Sanctuary For Families.
• Selfhelp Community Service offers aging, frail, and at-risk New Yorkers a comprehensive network of social services, senior housing, and home care. It is also the oldest and largest provider of support services for Holocaust survivors in North America. AVODAH provides a Legal Assistant to SelfHelp Community Service
• Tenants and Neighbors provides tenants throughout New York State with the education, organizing, and technical assistance to preserve existing affordable rental housing and address various other housing concerns. AVODAH provides a Housing Organizer to Tenants & Neighbors.
• The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice is a college-preparatory school with a focus on law and justice. Classes engage students through emphasizing learning by doing, focusing on legal studies and debate. AVODAH provides a Program Coordinator to the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice.
•  The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing, and assisting resident-controlled limited-equity housing co-operatives. Avodah provides a Tenant Organizer to the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
• The Urban Justice Center provides legal representation and advocacy to poor and homeless New Yorkers. AVODAH provides a Legal Advocate to the Mental Health Project and a Homeless Outreach and Prevention Advocate to the Urban Justice Center.