New York City-based Robin Hood has announced awards totaling nearly $3 million to the winners of its FUEL for 50 initiative.

The three-year, $10 million initiative aims to assist young children living in poverty through programs focused on their caregivers. The three winners advanced from an initial cohort of 50 local organizations and will receive nearly $1 million each to scale impactful, community-led programs for children from birth to age 3.

Recipients include Chances for Children, which provides parent-child therapy and group programs in English and Spanish to families with children from birth to age 5 and expectant mothers; FamilyCook Productions, which provides immersive, hands-on culinary and nutritional education for young children and families in schools and through community organizations; and Forestdale, which offers a comprehensive suite of “cradle-to-launch” services to heal intergenerational traumas and build strong relationships and parenting skills for system-involved families.

“Congratulations to the winners of FUEL for 50,” said Robin Hood CEO Richard R. Buery, Jr. “Our winners have spent the past three years developing innovative, evidence-based programs that will uplift New York City families for years to come. At Robin Hood, we recognize that the most impactful poverty-fighting investments we can make take place during children’s first years of life. By supporting our youngest New Yorkers, as well as their parents and caregivers, we help make New York City the best place in the world to grow up and expand opportunities for the most vulnerable New Yorkers.”

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