(Hempstead, NY) EAC Network received a generous $6,000 grant to support EAC Network’s Nassau County’s Supervised Visitation Program. The agency is extremely grateful to Astoria Federal Savings for being an outstanding community partner and for helping to ensure the safety of children on Long Island whose families are in crisis.
Pictured (l-r); Patricia Donnelly, Vice President, Banking Division and Manager of Astoria Federal’s Garden City branch; Jaclynne Jacobs, Director of Grants and Foundations, EAC Network; Rebecca Bell, Executive Vice President and COO, EAC Network; Dorothy Worrell, Nassau Supervised Visitation Program Director, EAC Network; Beth Seidman, Senior Director of Development and Community Relations, EAC Network
EAC Network’s Supervised Visitation Program provides safe, supervised visits between children and their non-custodial parents when the court feels that unsupervised access may be dangerous and harmful to the child. Parents also receive help in improving parenting skills, learning appropriate play behavior and help in developing positive relationships with their children. “Our programs are making a difference by educating and supporting families in crisis. The greatest satisfaction and the best compliment is when a parent calls from court to say thank you,” said Dorothy Worrell, Program Director for Nassau Supervised Visitation. “A father was reunited with his three children last week. He called me excitedly from court to say thank you EAC Network for your services.” This father was granted “unsupervised visits” by the court with his children.
EAC Network’s trained staff monitors all visits and provides reports to the court on the progress of parents and children. Last year 406 clients participated in EAC Network’s Nassau County Supervised Visitation Program. Support received from Astoria Federal Savings will secure a 2013 naming opportunity for the Nassau Supervised Visitation Play Room.
About EAC Network
EAC Network provides a broad array of educational, vocational, counseling and criminal justice services. The organization’s 70 programs protect children, create opportunities for seniors, promote healthy families and communities, empower people through employment and education, and provide alternatives for people with substance abuse and mental health needs. For more information about EAC Network, please call (516) 539-0150 or visit www.eacinc.org.
About Astoria Financial Corporation
Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF), with assets of $16.1 billion, is the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Established in 1888, Astoria Federal, with deposits in New York totaling $10.2 billion, is the largest thrift depository in New York and embraces its philosophy of “Putting people first” by providing the customers and local communities it serves with quality financial products and services through 85 convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels, including its enhanced website, www.astoriafederal.com.
Astoria Federal commands the fourth largest deposit market share in the attractive Long Island market, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties with a population exceeding that of 38 individual states. Astoria Federal originates residential mortgage loans through its banking and loan production offices in New York, a broker network in four states, primarily along the East Coast, and through correspondent relationships covering nine states and the District of Columbia. Astoria Federal also originates multi-family and commercial real estate loans, primarily on rent controlled and rent stabilized apartment buildings, located in New York City and the metropolitan area.
