RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
Table of Contents
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS (AFTER SCHOOL) 3
FINANCIAL SERVICES (CREDIT REPAIR, TAXES) 10
HEALTH SERVICES (INCLUDING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH) 13
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION (HRA) Welfare Office 21
DHS' PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY HOUSING (PATH) INTAKE CENTER 23
SPANISH-SPEAKING RESOURCES FOR HISPANICS 23
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS (AFTER SCHOOL)
Early education programs
Infant daycare (6 weeks to 1 year)
Toddler daycare (1 to 2 years)
Preschool (2 to 3years)
Preschool program (3 to 4 years)
Prekindergarten program (4 to5 years)
Kindergarten (5 to 6 years)
Interactive Kindergarten (5 to 6years)
Resources:
Childcare cost
How to pay tuition
Tuition support
Updating your enrollment agreement
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Kinder care cook
School readiness hub
Parent confidence report
Subsidized childcare and support for military families
Year-end statement information
Center closure
Making sense of coronavirus
At-home learning hub
Locations: https://www.kindercare.com/our-centers/results
www.youtube.com/user/kindercare
www.linkedin.com/company/kindercare-education
https://www.goddardschool.com/
Classrooms
Infant
First steps
Toddler
Get set
Preschool
Pre-k
Private kindergarten
School age
Features
Playgrounds
STEAM
Customized physical space
Healthy and safety
Family connect
Locations: https://www.goddardschool.com/school-locator?tab=searchAlongRoute#searchNearYou
Tel: 1-800-GODDARD
Email: askgoddardschool@goddardsystems.com
www.facebook.com/goddardschool
www.instagram.com/goddard_school/
https://twitter.com/goddardschool
www.youtube.com/user/goddardschool
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-621-HOPE (4673)
HRA Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Support - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/domestic-violence-support.page
NYC HOPE Resource Guide to help you or loved one experiencing domestic or gender-based violence - https://www1.nyc.gov/nychope/site/page/home
Non-profit organization that provides housing and services to victims of domestic violence and their children and is committed to increase permanent housing options for domestic violence survivors by building affordable housing and improve their access to existing housing resources.
https://newdestinyhousing.org/
646-472-0262
New Destiny Housing Resource Center - https://newdestinyhousing.org/housing-help/
Family Justice Centers - Provides free services and confidential services by phone and in person for victims and survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ocdv/programs/family-justice-centers.page (includes locations and phone numbers)
Victim assistance organization operating a network of programs across New York City communities. They assist survivors of all forms of violence.
Programs
24/7 Hotline
Safechat
Domestic violence Shelters
Family justice centers
Lock Replacement
Support groups
Safety planning
Medical care
Legal assistance
Court children’s center
Crime Victims Hotline: 1-866-689-HELP
SafeChat offer information, advocacy and support: https://www.safehorizon.org/safechat/
Other resources: https://www.safehorizon.org/am-i-being-abused/
24-hour Hotlines:
Safe Horizon's 3 Hotlines:
DV - 1-800-621-HOPE
Rape and Sexual Assault - 212-227-3000
Crime Victims - 1-866-689-HELP
NYC Anti-Violence Project (AVP) (specialize in working with LGBTQ+ survivors) - 212-714-1141
Violence Intervention Project (specialize in working with Latinx survivors) - 1-800-664-5880
Womankind (specialize in working with Asian survivors) - 1-888-888-7702
Resources & Services for Orders of Protection
WomensLaw Legal Information on Restraining Orders
EDUCATION
Provides NYC families experiencing homelessness with family shelter and resources. These family residences offer education, employment, and social services designed to meet the immediate and ongoing needs of parents and children.
General info: contact@hfhnyc.org
Offers programs to lower east side communities and all New Yorkers. Programs include education, employment, Senior Services, sports and recreation, health and wellness, and transitional & supportive housing.
https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/
Dedicated exclusively to protecting every child’s right to an education, focusing on students from low-income backgrounds who are struggling in school or experiencing school discrimination of any kind. AFC also works to change education policy so that the public school system serves ALL children of New York City effectively.
Contact info for STH Regional Managers: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/special-situations/students-in-temporary-housing
Contact info shelter-based STH Family Assistants and school-based STH Community Coordinators: https://bit.ly/STHStaff
Help requesting a shelter transfer to be closer to your child’s school: email Jennifer Pringle at jpringle@advocatesforchildren.org
Education specialist helpline, Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm
866-427-6033 or send a message: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/get_help/helpline/send_us_a_message
Students in Temporary Housing Tip Sheet: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/sites/default/files/library/students_in_temporary_housing.pdf?pt=1
Spanish Version: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/sites/default/files/library/students_in_temporary_housing_spanish.pdf?pt=1
1720 Church Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-287-2600
Education and Youth Development
https://camba.org/program/educationyouthdevelopment/
After-School and Summer Programs
EMPLOYMENT
Askjan.org
Source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues.
Information for Individuals about job accommodations or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - https://askjan.org/info-by-role.cfm#for-individuals
Robert Half Job Search
https://www.roberthalf.com/looking-for-a-job
FINANCIAL SERVICES (CREDIT REPAIR, TAXES)
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection
https://access.nyc.gov/programs/nyc-financial-empowerment-centers/
Book an Appointment for Financial Counseling - https://a866-dcwpwb.nyc.gov/talkmoney/book-appointment
A note to remember, according to the CDC female survivors in the US will carry $104,000 worth of debt in their lifetime (medical bills, legal bills, loss of work, coercion of public benefits & income, etc).
How can survivors build credit? Remove the debt!
CREDIT
Fix financial abuse. This has to happen before you can even begin to build credit:
(NOTE: this can take years and years to fix credit especially since coerced debt legal actions are practically non-existent. This is the part I feel is forgotten in "credit building". You can't build if you can't make your payment. You can't build if the wrong doer took out a whole bunch of debt in the clients name)
- Pull credit report not just the credit score (apps like Credit Karma are not backed by a credit bureau so are not always accurate & can be misleading).
- Determine which debts are not theirs
- File a dispute with credit bureaus
- File a dispute through the FTC
- Call the original debtor or third-party collector & ask them to send a breakdown of the debt
- There are consumer law attorneys that work specifically with DV survivors (CAMBA, Her Justice, Legal Aid)
- Pull child/ren's credit reports. I do not know how, but somehow harm doers are often able to take out credit using their children's SS#, no matter the age. So, this should be checked as well. I think Experian or Equifax makes you request through the mail, but Transunion you can do online.
- Report to a bank if money is removed from the joint account or password is changed, or removed the survivor without their knowledge. The banks are not always helpful. But they can request a new bank account that is hidden from the abuser since they will know their SS#. Go to a different bank to open an account. Make sure work income or public assistance income or SSI income is no longer going to that account.
- Change all passwords, shut off G&E if it's in their name & put an alert on the account so the abuser doesn't reopen in their name. On & on.
Build credit
- If the credit isn't in the 300-400 range and if there is not a ton of debt, my favorite place to go is The Independence Project through NNDEV. They have a micro loan program for survivors. Once a survivor fills out an application, they send $100. The survivor then pays $10/month for 10 months - each month reporting to the credit bureaus. If you miss a paymet they do everything they can to find the survivor. There is no interest & they do not want to report a missing payment. So a lot goes into ensuring the client is okay. Anyone who is a survivor can use this & they can do it every 10 months if they want to.
- ENDBV also had a micro loan program for a while maybe a year ago.
- I believe questions will come up about these new checking cards or savings cards that help to build credit. I haven't looked into this enough, so it may or may not be helpful. But the one predatory piece is the client needs to pay or remove past debts, otherwise credit building won't work.
- One other thing that needs to be said: People use credit card for survival. So, a lot of debt can be racked up this way and there is no debt removal for survival debt.
*Point: sadly, it is not always possible. Unless of course rich soles out there want to pay off the debt or Biden commits to complete debt removal beyond student loans.
These are some orgs that also support survivors in community:
- NYLAG
- Sanctuary for families
- There are many more - it's just people finding out about them
Protecting against further abuse:
- Put a freeze on your SS# through a credit bureau (this needs to be removed if a landlord is checking credit, or if anyone else needs to)
- Add an alert - this doesn't always work
- Try to get a police report or a violation of an order of protection. Not everyone wants to do this, understandably. Almost always the officers won't do it anyway (even though orders of protection explicitly state: "id theft" & "grand larceny" on the order.
- Changing social security numbers. This is incredibly difficult & time consuming. Every single thing needs to be changed (Medicaid, child's school documents, everything). This also cannot be done until the divorce and custody trials are over
- Add a password to everything (including taxes) in case the abuser tries using their SS#, so they won't have access to the second authorization
- Refer to one of the top attorneys for further support. There are also free tax attorneys that help from financial abuse (if they are not receiving their income tax, child tax credits, stimulus checks or fraudulent filing)
FOOD
Access HRA Apply or Login - a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/login
CAMBA Emergency Food and Shelter Program -
20 Snyder Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 287-0010
FURNITURE
Ashley Furniture’s Hope To Dream program
https://www.ahopetodream.com/participating-homestores
Furniture Bank Network
https://furniturebanks.org/furniture-banks/
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
https://www.habitat.org/restores/shop
The Salvation Army Thrift Store
https://satruck.org/ThriftStore
StoopingNYC Instagram (@stoopingnyc) account
“Stooping”: shopping for free secondhand furniture from New York City curbs. Stoopers take photos of free items left on the street (items they left or just happen to walk past) and send the photos with the cross streets to Stooping NYC on Instagram which is then reposted.
HEALTH SERVICES (INCLUDING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH)
Talk It Out Mental Health Counseling PLLC
Talkitoutcounselingservices@gmail.com
Tracey Liang M.S, LMHC, NCC, C-DBT
Interborough development and consultation center
Psychotherapist
Address: Coney Island Clinic
IDCC Medical Building
2846 Stillwell Ave
Brooklyn, Ny 11224
Tel: (718)975-4888
FAX: (718)975-2286
Email: tliang@interboro.org
Website: www.interborough.org
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
NEW YORK PSYCHOTHERAPY and COUNSELING CENTER (NYCCP)
MENTAL HEALTH
Children
Adults
Couples
LOCATIONS
Bronx
Bronx child and family mental health center
579 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: (718) 485-2100
Fax: (718) 485-2101
HOURS OF OPERATIONS
Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat-Sun 8am-6pm
Bushwick
Bushwick Child and Family Mental Health Canter
102 Pilling Street, Brooklyn ny 11207
Tel: (718) 602-1000
Fax: (718) 602-1111
HOURS
MON-FRI 9am-8pm SAT-SUN 8am-6pm
East New York Child and Family Mental Health Center
2857 linden boulevard Brooklyn ny 11208
HOURS OF OPERATIONS
MON-FRI 9am-8pm SAT-SUN 8am-6pm
EMAILS: www.facebook.com/NYPCC
www.linkedin.com/cpmany/nycpcc-new-york-psychotherapy-counsiling-center/
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
About Homebase
Provides homeless prevention services to New Yorkers experiencing housing instability and aftercare services for families and individuals exiting the shelter to permanent housing.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/homebase.page
https://access.nyc.gov/programs/homebase/
Homebase Locator - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/homebase-locations.page
About applying for shelter at the DHS Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center: www1.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page
Families with children younger than 21 years of age.
Pregnant women.
Families with a pregnant woman.
151 East 151st Street
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 503-6400
Open 24 hours
PATH Brochure (https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf)
HRA Rental Assistance - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/rental-assistance.page
Homelessness Prevention - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/homelessness-prevention.page
About Project Parachute Funds and Services for Tenants Experiencing Need (FASTEN)
https://www.projectparachute.nyc
One Shot Deal (Emergency Assistance) - https://access.nyc.gov/programs/one-shot-deal/
https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/
CFTH Resource Guide - https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/resource-guide/
CFTH Crisis Intervention Hotline: 1-888-358-2384
Get Help: https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/get-help/
CFTH Resource Guide: https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/resource-guide/
Homebase: CAMBAHomebase@camba.org or call the following Brooklyn and Staten Island locations:
* 1117 Eastern Parkway, 718-622-7323
* 1958 Fulton Street, 718-408-5756
* 2244 Church Avenue, 718-408-5766
* 120 Stuyvesant Place, 718-282-6473
* 209 Bay Street, 718-226-0496
https://nazarethhousingnyc.org/
519 East 11th Street, NY, NY 10009
Contact a Prevention Staff Member
(212)-982-7800
(212) 777-1010
Homelessness Prevention:
Housing Counseling
Eviction Prevention
Financial Coaching
LifeLab
Benefits Screening
Phone: 212-779-3350
718-922-7980
https://catholiccharitiesny.org/find-help
888-744-7900
HOUSING
DHS Rehousing Customer Service Call Center - for clarity on clearance/inspection, rental assistance package, or shopping letter status
929-470-3052
Available Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
How to Apply for Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP): nysrenthelp.otda.ny.gov/en/Pages/18/how-to-apply-for-erap
ERAP FAQ: otda.ny.gov/programs/emergency-rental-assistance/faq.asp
Apply for ERAP: nysrenthelp.otda.ny.gov/en/ERAPApplication/StartOrResume
Project Parachute: uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5f63cb56c583edef0cceb2ed/5fad4e5e8a65fab41a09cd19_Project%20Parachute%20FAQ.pdf
About Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page
HPD Affordable Housing - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/find-affordable-housing.page
Housing Connect - housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
Search Lottery (https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/search-lotteries)
About NYCHA - portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01963
Apply here - www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/eligibility/apply.page
Supportive Housing - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/supportive-housing.page
NYC HPD Read to Rent – helps New Yorkers prepare toa ply for affordable housing by providing free one-on-one financial counseling and assistance with affordable housing applications.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/ready-to-rent.page
https://a866-dcwpwb.nyc.gov/talkmoney/book-appointment
Works with New Yorkers impacted by housing discrimination to build technology that makes it easy to identify, record, and report unfair treatment. Users can choose to send their report to a fair housing agency that will take legal action on their behalf, and/or to add their story to our growing body of data on housing discrimination in New York City.
Start a report - https://weunlock.nyc/start/
Barrier Free Living
CAMBA
1720 Church Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-287-2600
info@CAMBA.org
Phone: 212-779-3350
718-922-7980
https://catholiccharitiesny.org/find-help
888-744-7900
Settlement Housing Fund
Settlement Housing Fund develops and sustains high-quality, affordable housing. Settlement Housing works diligently with community partners and advocates to supply low-income and middle-class New Yorkers with pathways to long-term affordable housing.
https://www.settlementhousingfund.org/
Find Housing - https://www.settlementhousingfund.org/find-housing/
Contact # 212-265-6530
Email:
MOREINFO@SHFINC.ORG
Riseboro Community Partnership (Mainly in Brooklyn communities)
Hotline for Rental Assistance: 718-547-2800
Email: erap@riseboro.org
Affordable Housing - https://riseboro.org/program/housing-development/
Adult Education - https://riseboro.org/program/adult-basic-education-abe/
Caregiver Support - https://riseboro.org/program/caregiver-support-2/
Case Management - https://riseboro.org/program/case-management/
Henry Street Settlement
Henry Street Settlement offers programs to lower east side communities and all New Yorkers. Programs include education, employment, Senior Services, sports and recreation, health and wellness, and transitional & supportive housing.
Homelessness Prevention Services - https://riseboro.org/program/homebase-homelessness-prevention/
Legal Services - https://riseboro.org/program/legal-services-leap/
Rental Assistance Program - https://riseboro.org/program/rental-assistance-program-erap/
Other Services - https://riseboro.org/services
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION (HRA) Welfare Office
Find HRA Locations:
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/locations/locations.page
Benefits and Supports
Cash and expenses
Food
Homelessness
Immigrant
People with disabilities
Veterans and military
Children and family
Health insurance
Housing
LBGTQ
Senior
Jobs
Jobs and training
Cleaning
Street cleaning
Health
Health care
Healthy living
Health insurance
Public health
Extra
Metro cards (first time)
Instagram: @nyc.gov
Nazareth Housing
Homelessness prevention
Louise pantry
Financial literacy
Vita free tax prep
Supportive housing
Emergency family shelter
Urgent needs assistance
Success stories
Pantries
Louise pantry-lower eastside
Tuesdays at 9am
Address: 206 East 4th Street (blue door)
Telephone: (646)713-2681
Louises Pantry- the Bronx
Wednesday@7:30am
Address: 406 east 184th St, Bronx, NY
Telephone: (646)713-2739
Contact info:
519 East 11th Street, NY, NY 10009
(212) 777-1010
(347) 396-3165
DHS' PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY HOUSING (PATH) INTAKE CENTER
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page
Brochure: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf
Must have when going to PATH:
Child(ren)
Some luggage/bags (clothes)
Social security card (for all in household)
Birth certifications (for all in household)
Need to have some type of gov help (SNAP)
ID card, welfare card, green card, driver’s license, or any employment card
If working most recent paystubs
Language: Have interpreters’ assistance to speak your language
Keep out the shelter
They ask questions
Make sure you don’t have a place to go/ income recourse (family or friends)
Help with family medication
Anti-eviction legal service
Out-of-city relocation assistance
FEPS
One shot deal through HRA
Give ten (10) days for eligibility
Contact info
151 E 151st street The Bronx NY, 10451
Phone: (718) 503-6400
Open 24 hours
Processes applications time (9am-5pm)
RESOURCES FOR SPANISH-SPEAKERS
HISPANIC FEDERATION
Programs
Civic engagement
Economic empowerment
Education
Environment
Health
Immigration
LGBTQ
Organization development
Puerto Rico
Special initiatives
Resources for nonprofits during covid emergency
What they do
Disaster relief
College success programs
Nonprofit advocacy
Public education
National nonpartisan civic
Offices
Headquarters
Hispanic Federation
55 Exchange Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Regional Offices:
Albany, NY Office
Hispanic Federation
90 State Street, Suite 700
Albany, NY 12207
COMMITTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Programs and services
Early care and education
Family childcare Network
Youth development
Policy and advocacy
Offices To Go To
Main Office
75 broad St. suite 620
New York, NY 10004
Bronx Office
2054 Morris Ave 2nd floor
Bronx, New York,10453
Nuestro Ninos
384 S4th St.
Brooklyn New York 11211
Other information
140 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011
Email address: https://www.chcfinc.org/contact-us/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHCF_Inc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chcfinc
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-committee-for-hispanic-children-and-families-inc-
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3DbNDyAcG8vKNquHfKhHw
Instagram: https://instagram.com/chcf_inc/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chcfinc/
COALITION for HISPANIC FAMILY COALITION
Learning bridges
Arts and literacy programs
Beacon center
Cornerstones community center
First steps
Family foster care
Mental health services
Community residence
Preventive services
Treatment family foster care
Wendy’s wonder kids
315 Wyckoff Ave
4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11237315 Wyckoff Ave
Tel: (718) 497-6090
Fax: (718) 497-9495
Email: info@hispanicfamilyservicesny.org
www.hispanicfamilyservicesny.org
LEGAL SERVICES
Right to Counsel law - www1.nyc.gov/site/mayorspeu/resources/right-to-counsel.page
NYC Eviction information - www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/eviction-prevention.page
Legal Assistance - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/legal-assistance.page
Get help for legal services here
212-577-3300
HELP USA
Phone: 212-779-3350
718-922-7980
Catholic Charities
https://catholiccharitiesny.org/find-help
888-744-7900
SELF-CARE
Emotional support helpline and an online wellness group - https://nyprojecthope.org/?utm_medium=G1Search&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=OMHProjectHOPERSPGrant
VOUCHERS
CityFHEPS Application Documents: www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps-documents.page
CityFHEPS FAQ: www1.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/cityfheps-documents/dss-7r-e.pdf
About Section 8 - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/about-section-8.page
CityFHEPS Renewal FAQ - www1.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/cityfheps-documents/CityFHEPS-Renewal-English-Renewal-FAQ.pdf
FHEPS - www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page
FHEPS Fact Sheet - www1.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/FHEPS/HRA-146r-english.pdf
Section 8 - access.nyc.gov/programs/section-8/
Tenant protection laws, including preferential rent - www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/other-housing-issues.page
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