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It’s true that Project YES is hard to get through to, that is something I find a drop troubling since it is headed by Rabbi Yackov Horowitz who is considered by some to be extremley active in OTD.
However there are numerous other orginazations that are dedicated towards OTD though they are much lower profile even though they do amazing things.
In Flatbush There is Rabbi Wallerstiens yeshivos which includes an Middle Elementary school specifiacally designed for kids who are “falling” through the cracks.
I don’t know much about the school know as I do not live in Brooklyn anymore, however when I was in Yeshiva I had a friend who’s father was a Rebbi their and part of his job wass that each time he gave a test he had to make up an individual test tailored towards each kid.
I believe the elementary was called Bircas Shmuel and the Beis Medrash was Ohr Yitzchok.
At the time I was in Yeshiva in Brooklyn it was a known thing that all the Wallerstiens work was done under the direction of Rav Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l.
There is also Our Place.
There is also the one man “storm” of action named Rabbi Mitch Mitnick who has dedicated his life towards OTD kids.
Then in Lakewood there is Rabbi Yitzchok Abadi and his Yeshiva dedicated towards helping these children.
There is also Progect Extreme with Rabbi AY Weinberg.
However I will state that from what I have seen personally the most help comes from individual Rabbeim who put their heart and souls into doing everything they can for their talmidim.
I personally stand in awe of what I have seen many Rabbeim do to help their students.
However I am aware of the fact that many Rabbeim are increasingly curtailing their activities in these fields since the danger they are subjecting themselves to is sadly growing day by day.
All they need is one child with emotianal problems or one distraught parent to accuse them of something and theyre entire lives and families lives can be destroyed.
B”H Klal Yisroel still has Men and Women who are willing to risk it , however the risk grows and sadly many are deciding the risks are to great.
And yes, I most definetly am deeply afraid of what will happen in the future.