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In 1948 the Spence-Chapin Adoption Service became incorporated and began working with the City of New York to place “boarder babies”, or abandoned children languishing in City hospitals and shelters. Adoption for minority children began gaining traction in the 1940s. Spence-Chapin's commitment to finding loving adoptive families for black ...
Sanctuary for Families is a New York City-based non-profit organization dedicated to aiding victims of domestic violence and their children. Founded in 1984, its services include crisis intervention, emergency and transitional shelter, legal assistance and representation, adult and child counseling, and long-term follow-up care.
Created in 1993, the department was the first of its kind nationally; with a mission exclusively focused on the issue of homelessness. [7] The Department of Homeless Services was created in response to the growing number of homeless New Yorkers and the 1981 New York Supreme Court Consent Decree that mandates the State provide shelter to all homeless people. [8]
New York City is planning to open two new humanitarian relief centers in the coming days to help house the more than 52,000 asylum seekers now in its care, Mayor Adams announced on Tuesday. The ...
Homes for the Homeless (HFH) is a 501(c)3 private, non-profit organization which provides housing and employment training for homeless people in New York City.It has a family-based, child-centered and education-focused approach to its programming that aims to break the cycle of poverty, foster positive identities and promote future success.
Families who need a place to escape the cold have a new option in York. LifePath Christian Ministries recently opened a new cold weather Code Blue Family Shelter at 363 W. Market St. in downtown York.
In 2007, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), in cooperation with Breaking Ground began construction on a $59 million, 99,000-square-foot (9,200 m 2) supportive housing complex at 133 Pitt Street on the Lower East Side that will be Manhattan's first such LEED Silver development. Designed by Kiss + Cathcart ...
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