About Us

El Nido is an exciting new faith-based program of Christ Church NYC designed to support parents with 0 – 3 year old children in the Washington Heights/Inwood area of Manhattan. El Nido has a three part approach:

1. Provide strong, personal support for families living at or below the federal poverty line. For clients enrolled in the program, El Nido provides weekly or monthly one-on-one visits with our social worker for the parent(s) and child in regard to developmental milestones, both physical and mental, health, safety, discipline, etc. There is a strong focus on literacy and parent/child interaction;
2. Foster new community connections and networks;
3. Provide financial assistance. For example, our families receive 40 books a year to build their home library. We also provide winter coats, pajamas, blankets, diapers, formula, and clothing to our families.

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