Welcome to Gramercy Housing Group
In 1992, a group of social workers and
child advocates gathered together with the shared vision of
creating a safe, nurturing home environment where at-risk
young families could flourish. This dedicated group formed
Gramercy Housing Group, which has grown to become what is
now a professionally-staffed 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization.
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Current News
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“Rotary of Inglewood sends Spring Cheer”
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Thanks to the Inglewood Rotary for providing
each of our families with hand crafted Spring baskets filled to
the brim with toys that had each child’s age and gender in mind.
Their thoughtful and generous contribution brought joy to all of
our families.
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Gramercy Housing Group Welcomes New Executive Director
March 13, 2008 – Gramercy Housing Group and PATH Partners is
very pleased to announce the hiring of Atta’ya Reed-Brown as the new
Executive Director for GHG.
Reed-Brown has spent a number of years in the field of human services
and social work, serving a diversity of clients with the mission of
improving quality of life and creating plans for success for any
individual that she could. With much experience, including her most
recent at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, she has worked with
families of all kinds, including developmentally disabled, and youth and
families referred by DCFS, DMH and probation. These skills, along with
her MBA education, have assisted her in reviewing history, finding the
gap, and then assisting persons with developing a plan and implementing
it. She is no stranger to crisis intervention as well.
In working with homeless mothers and children at Gramercy Court and the
Gramercy Family Center, there is an intersection of different issues
that the staff and families must confront in the program. Fortunately,
Reed-Brown’s training and background has afforded her a wealth of
knowledge and experience with children and families in an array of
situations, and the staff and board are very excited to have her on
board at GHG.
Excited to be a part of the great work that is already happening at GHG,
she is also looking forward to building more resources, expanding
services and continuing to place more families in transitional housing
units.
“People need a place to call home and to be together,” Reed-Brown
explains, “a place to encourage them to become productive and successful
in building healthy, new lives. Gramercy Housing Group is that kind of
place, and I am looking forward to being a part of their team.”
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GHG Receives Grant from S. Mark Taper Foundation
January 31, 2008 – A big thank you to the S. Mark Taper Foundation
for their grant of $10,000. Gramercy Housing Group greatly appreciates
such immense generosity and is excited to be partnering with a
foundation that seeks to improve the lives of all people through the
work of nonprofit organizations such as GHG.
Board President of GHG, David Buss, speaks on behalf of the organization
by saying how “very fortunate Gramercy is to be a recipient of the S.
Mark Taper Foundation grant. We will be able to meet the necessary
childcare needs of young families who are very low-income or working
poor so that they can secure employment and educational resources.”
With their charitable contribution, Gramercy has decided to place two
very low-income children from the community into their childcare center.
Now the parents of these kids will be available to work while entrusting
their children to a loving, qualified and supportive staff at GHG.
Thanks to the S. Mark Taper Foundation, the lives of these children as
well as their families will be greatly changed for the better.
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The Holidays with Leo
Baeck!
December 24, 2007 - Leo Baeck Temple returned again this year to
celebrate the Holidays with our mothers and children at the Gramercy
Family Center. The day consisted of fun crafts and yummy food for our
families as well as the pride in sharing such a memorable experience
with our friends from Leo Baeck two years in a row. Thank you to
them for their continued generosity and presence at GHG!
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Sony's Christmas Surprise!
December 18, 2007 - A BIG thanks to Sony Studios for adopting GHG for
the Holiday Season! Donated gifts, goodies and even Santa brought much
Christmas cheer to our families. We are so grateful for their generosity
as well as the time the Sony staff spent with us at the Gramercy Family
Center. All our families felt "Home for the Holidays" at GHG thanks to
Sony!
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Annual End-Of-Year Celebration at Gramercy Family Center
June 29, 2007 - We went all out to celebrate our preschoolers’
graduation! Complete with caps and gowns made specially by our teachers,
this was a very exciting day for our families.
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Thank You to Katelynn Fiske
May 22, 2007 - Katelynn Fiske, a sophomore at Hamilton High
School, came to GHG as part of a volunteer project for her English
class. Katelynn used her amazing photography skills to shoot
portraits of each mother with their child. Our families truly
treasure their beautiful photos!
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Mother’s Day Celebration
May 8, 2007 - A family from West Adams Heritage Associations
graciously donated a petting zoo for our families to enjoy on Mother’s
Day. XIV Karats jewelry store of Beverly hills gave a very generous
donation of matching pearl bracelets and necklaces for each of our moms.
What a great Mother’s Day gift! Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken and El
Pollo Loco provided delicious food for the festivities.
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