About us
MISSION
Diaspora Community Services is a social support service agency that empowers families and individuals to maximize their abilities to succeed through culturally sensitive health promotion, family support services and advocacy.
VISION
Recognized expert in the provision of culturally sensitive health information
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Based on this we are committed to our clients and believe by respecting and understanding their needs, we can strive to meet their expectations; providing effective, quality services. At Diaspora Community Services we take pride in the noteworthy contributions of diverse communities and are committed to the concept of partnership, integrity and equality for all. We serve as a bridge for our clients; helping to advocate for their needs and supporting them on their personal journey to empowerment. We serve a highly diverse population providing essential health and supportive programs. We make it our mission to maintain the highest standards of human rights, gender equity, non discriminatory health-care access and opportunity for low-income and immigrant families in Central Brooklyn. We support and understand the principles of anti-racism and anti-poverty.
DCS HISTORY
Founded in 1981, Diaspora Community Services (DCS) is a Brooklyn-based multi-service and multi-cultural 501 (c) 3 nonprofit providing comprehensive supports to low income residents, immigrants, and the chronically ill. DCS serves some 10,000 annually through three programmatic sites in New York City. Staffed by seasoned professionals in the health and social service sectors and supported by a dedicated Board of Directors as diverse as the vibrant communities we serve, DCS provides robust programming that targets the most vulnerable of our communities.
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DCS’s programs address the very root causes of the challenges our clients face, empowering low income families and individuals to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency. Since obtaining non- profit status in 1991, DCS (formerly known as the Haitian Women’s Program) has continued to focus on the challenges and inequities that impact women and girls and the youth of our communities. From resettling Haitian refugees in the late 1980s to addressing the onset of the HIV crisis in 1990, DCS has focused on ensuring clients have access to much needed benefits, counseling, education, housing placement and referrals to our many qualified organizational partners.
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We have implemented youth programs based on youth development principles of education, empowerment and focusing on the assets of our youth instead of deficits.
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Current program services include access to quality health services, supportive housing, youth education, and the social support services critical to meeting basic needs while focusing on impacting poverty. DCS meets each client where they are in terms of individual skills, finances, health and needs; providing one-on-one transformative support to help them succeed.
LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kenrick Ross
Board President
New Jersey Manager
Main Street Alliance
Carine Jocelyn
Chief Executive Officer
Diaspora Community Services
Dr. Pierre Arty
Chief Psychiatric Officer
Housing Works
Maritsa Cholmondeley
RN Graduate Fellow, Adolescent Psychiatry
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Jerry Raphael
Chief Financial Officer
Stack Overflow
Caleb Terry
Vice President Human Resources
Housing Works
FUNDING PARTNERS
Department of youth & community development
public health solution
New York State Department of Health
New York State Department of Health & Mental hygiene
the research foundation of the city university of new york
united states department of health & human services
united states department of justice
EMPLOYMENT
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