From the western edge of Queens, the Manhattan skyline looks close enough to touch. But Manhattan’s prosperity has not reached across the river, where neighborhoods have faced poverty for generations.
Zone 126, a nonprofit that works with families here to end poverty, wanted to provide expert, experienced counseling for the area’s schoolchildren. So they enlisted The Child Center, which placed its licensed clinical social workers in schools in Astoria and Long Island City.
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