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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.
Safe Horizon is the U.S.'s largest operator of domestic violence shelters, [25] with nine shelters located throughout the five boroughs of New York City. A domestic violence shelter was named in honor of Safe Horizon Board Member Steven C. Parrish in 2008.
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]
Home for the Friendless, 32 East 30th Street Home Chapel, 29 East 29th Street and 82 East 30th Street Woody Crest Home, 936 Woodycrest Avenue, The Bronx. The American Female Guardian Society (full name, American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless) was an American prototype civic improvement association and a pioneer child-saving institution. [1]
The Bowery Mission's location at 90 Lafayette Street, formerly New York City Rescue Mission. In 2020, The Bowery Mission provided more than 429,500 meals, 104,000 nights of shelter, 67,500 emergency showers, and 27,600 articles of clothing. [25]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) unveiled legislation Thursday aimed at protecting women and children from registered sex offenders in emergency shelters during natural disasters. Mace’s legislation, the ...
Rising Ground is a large [1] human services organization in New York City, with approximately 1,600 employees [2] supporting more than 25,000 children, adults, and family members annually. Founded in 1831 as the Leake and Watts Orphan House, [ 3 ] Rising Ground focused on providing child welfare services for much of its existence.
Graham Windham is the second-largest provider of home-based child health services in New York State. [24] Graham Windham also runs mental health clinics for children in Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn which provide mental health services for nearly 450 children, adolescents, and parents each year.