Harlem Children Society is dedicated to promoting and evolving an innovative, extremely high-end, one-on-one, hands-on scientific research programs in bio/medicine, engineering, technology, & allied fields. This highly sought-after program pairs leading scientists, engineers and doctors in reputed institutions and universities with children and youth from families living in under-resourced and under-served community. They either qualify for free lunch, and/or are well below the U.S. poverty lines. Consistently over the past decade, about 97% of the students have been from Minority Backgrounds (~46% are African American, ~25% Hispanic, ~18% Asian, ~8% Native American). In addition, consistently, about 62% of the students have been Young Women. Over 25% of the students have been the first in their families to graduate from a university degree or college diploma.

            HCS tracks and performs a longitudinal study of all its participants.  One hundred percent of the students who have gone through HCS programs have either graduated from University/ College, or are still at various stages of study in the campuses nationwide. Over 80% of the students have maintained a relationship with the sciences.

            We therefore firmly believe that HCS has not only been a leveler in the playing field for needy students, but also of their families and communities that HCS serves.

            The proposed institute will further strengthen our resolve in building on our experiences that we have been developing for the past Eleven years. This will enable us to move another notch - a unique venture anywhere - preparing students right from their tender ages in pre-high school to young adults - for Twenty-first Century Careers. This not only will give them the adequate skills necessary to remain competitive in our increasingly Globalized 'flat world', but also pull whole communities out from the poverty cycle (as our students are below the Poverty line). Our time tested, proven methods and result oriented programs have laid the ground for increasing our deliverables to our community and society with tangible, measurable and sustainable results.