The Partnership's Programs Work To Break the Cycle of
Homelessness
The Partnership for the Homeless is committed to breaking the
cycle of homelessness by providing a wide array of services that effectively
and humanely address the complex needs of homeless people.
Homeless people have many faces: they are people who live on
streets, in the city's public spaces and shelters; families with children; frail
and aged adults; people living with HIV/AIDS; veterans; victims of domestic
violence; older unemployed workers; youth aging out of foster care; and unskilled
workers who cannot afford housing.
Here is how we help the many New Yorkers who struggle with homelessness:
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Our Family
Resource Center provides critical aftercare to over 300 families each
year who are leaving the city's shelter system for permanent housing.
This includes counseling and case management by social workers, independent
living skills training, and legal representation and advocacy on issues
such as benefits, employment barriers, special education, family reunification,
and domestic violence. Through the Center, parents can also receive employment
assistance from The Partnership's Workforce
Development program. The Education Rights
Project, launched in September 2002, provides intensive support and
educational advocacy for newly homeless families with school-age children
and builds capacity within public schools and family shelters to meet
the needs of homeless students.
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Frail and elderly homeless
adults
Peter's
Place provides a continuum of care that helps older homeless adults
reach their highest level of independent living. It is the city's only 24-hour
multi-service center for seniors, serving 125 people each day. Peter’s
Place provides immediate assistance with food, clothing, showers, and access
to emergency shelter, as well as on-site medical and psychiatric care, counseling,
and help with entitlements and legal issues. Each year Peter’s Place
helps scores of homeless seniors remove obstacles to permanent housing and
secure new homes in the community and in supportive housing. Those moving
to permanent housing participate in the Transitions program, which provides
comprehensive aftercare to ensure that older adults have the ongoing support
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Veterans
The Partnership is creating the Transitional Living Community
at St. Luke's Church in the South Bronx, which will provide social services
and interim housing for 15 older veterans at a time. This center will provide
a wide array of social services to enable homeless veterans to make a successful
transition to permanent housing.
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Homeless people affected by HIV/AIDS
Our HIV/AIDS Services
& Prevention Program enables homeless HIV+ adults and their families
to secure permanent, affordable housing and vital health care services.
Case managers work intensively with clients to resolve crises, secure
treatment and housing, and provide ongoing support, education, and follow-up
care. Over 300 individuals participate each year. In addition, our Women's
Health Empowerment Program provides HIV prevention education to young
mothers who live in the family shelters. Each year over 500 participants
attend a six-week cycle of peer-led workshops.
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Homeless adults
Since 1982, our network of volunteer-run shelters in churches
and synagogues throughout the city provides lodging, meals, and fellowship to
hundreds of homeless New Yorkers, making it one of the city’s longest
and most successful public-private partnerships. For people who live on the
street or in other public places, our Mobile Outreach Teams connect them to
emergency and long-term services.
Homeless families moving into permanent housing
Homeless families moving from shelters to permanent housing
receive free items from Furnish A Future,
our furniture bank that provides 2,000 households each year with furniture,
kitchen equipment, towels, blankets, and other essential items. This is the
largest free furniture bank in the country and the only one operating in New
York City.
All Partnership clients
All clients receive free legal representation and advocacy
through our Legal Advocacy Program. Attorneys provide
assistance to clients on a wide range of issues, including benefits and entitlements,
housing, discrimination, special education, domestic violence, and family reunification.
All visitors to our emergency shelters and Peter's Place
All clients in our shelter programs benefit from our focus
on proper nutrition. Peter's Place, under the
supervision of The Partnership nutritionist, serves three meals a day, some
90,000 meals per year, and our faith-based shelters serve close to 400,000 meals
per year.