What is the goal of Delancey Street?

What is the goal of Delancey Street?

The goal is to learn to lead a productive crime-free, drug-free life of purpose and integrity. Everyone learns a marketable skill (the goal is 3 skills), and earns at least a high school equivalency degree.

How did Delancey Street Foundation get its name?

It was named after Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of New York City, a settling place for immigrants at the turn of the 20th century.

What is the Delancey program?

Delancey Street is a residential education center for former substance abusers and ex-convicts. Its philosophy is that the people with the problems can teach themselves to become the solution. The program requires a minimum two-year commitment, and many individuals stay for longer..

Who founded Delancey Street?

Herman Nickerson, Jr., Sukey Lillienthal, Mimi Silbert, Joanne Mancuso, Irwin Ritz. In 1980 we bought a home in Brewster, New York, and repeated the start up process with 15 residents from San Francisco and New Mexico.

What is the success rate of Delancey Street?

Karl Menninger (the founder of the Menninger’s Clinic and often considered the grandfather of the American mental health movement at its height) conducted a long-term study on Delancey Street graduates that demonstrated a phenomenal success rate of 98%.