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News NEW FACILITY STEPS is happy to announce our relocation to 1325 Fifth Avenue and East 112th Street where the facility layout is more flexible and the larger space better able to accommodate the 80 plus students we work with daily. REDUCED FUNDING for HUD Under President Bush's budget for FY 2005, HUD funds to support programs for the homeless and low-income families were drastically reduced. One result was that funding was cut for the 51 current programs in New York City that serve homeless clients with supportive services and employment training. Without restored funding or allocations made in budgets of other agencies, such as the Department of Labor or Veteran's Affairs, over 10,000 homeless and low income people now being served will be denied crucial assistance in helping them obtain or maintain permanent housing. Service cuts reduce literacy, GED, vocational training, job readiness and placement, counseling and health services for youth and adults who are considered the hardest population to serve. DONATIONS A great number of books for children and adults have been donated by Marjorie Johnson and by the Literacy Assistance Center. These donations go a long way to enrich student reading skills and family literacy activities at STEPS. We also want to thank Tommy McDonell for her donation of a television, and Stephen Swanson for his donation of a HP printer. STAFF DEVELOPMENT In October, staff attended a full day workshop involving incarcerated programs in NYC sponsored by the NY State Education Department. Exploration of the special needs and learning styles of the incarcerated population and their implications for teaching methodologies will be followed up this spring with an on-site visit from Cal Crow, a specialist in education for the incarcerated. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Anyone interested in volunteerig to help STEPS can go to www. volunteermatch .org to see a listing of our current needs. Our current priorities are academic tutors, and human service professionals to meet with students in the job-readiness program.

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