The Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center is an award-winning job training program benefitting individuals with combined histories of mental illness, homelessness, substance abuse, and incarceration. Located in Harlem, the Center helps people develop the skills and knowledge they need to establish meaningful careers, transform their lives, and make a lasting difference in the community.
We rely on the generosity of caring friends to make the Center's programs free and open to mental health consumers throughout New York City.
Help us transform people's lives. Join the Center's Mentors Circle.
It only costs $2,500 to support one trainee's enrollment in the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center. Each $2,500 you contribute will provide a scholarship that enables a trainee to:- Learn life and job skills through intensive classroom training.
- Secure an internship placement after graduation.
- Access full-time job placement assistance after completion of internship.
- Participate in counseling and other services offered by the Center.
- Connect to lifetime support through the HTH Alumni Program.
As a Mentors Circle member, you will receive:
- Thank you letter(s) from your sponsored participant(s).
- Acknowledgement on our website, in publications, and at events.
- Invitations to receptions to meet other mentors circle members and spend time with program participants.
- Open invitation to attend classroom sessions to see the program in action.
- Opportunities to tour worksites to meet with graduates on the job to learn about what happens after graduation.
- VIP invitation to annual graduation ceremony in October.
Click here to join the HTH Mentors Circle.
For more information, please contact John Williams, Director of Development and Communications, at 212-780-1400, ext. 7772, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
