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914United

914UNITED Inc. – a Yonkers-based organization – emerged in 2020 to educate, mentor, and support underserved communities within the Lower Hudson Valley. We champion the philosophy that it t
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This agency is listed in: Peer Support and Mentoring
This agency is located in: Yonkers

A-Home (Northern Westchester)


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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: County-wide | Pleasantville

ACCES-VR: Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation

Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) offers access to a full range of employment and independent living services that may be needed by persons with disab
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This agency is listed in: For Those with Disabilities | Education | Basics A-Z | Sources of Information for Reentry | Jobs and Education A-Z
This agency is located in: White Plains

AIDS-HIV Counseling and Testing Program (NYS Department of Health Admin Office)

Offering free, anonymous HIV counseling and testing. Offering “rapid testing” – results in 30 minutes. Multiple clinic sites throughout the lower Hudson Valley.
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This agency is listed in: Health A-Z
This agency is located in: New Rochelle

Al-Anon (Westchester, Putnam)

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a fami
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse
This agency is located in: County-wide | White Plains

Alcoholics Anonymous

The meeting list is offered here. Self-help program offers support of recovering alcoholics to others with alcohol dependency.
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse
This agency is located in: Manhattan | Out of area

Bee-Line Bus and Transit Services

Bee-Line buses, para-transit and taxi services are available. Buses: The fare for one bus ride is $2.50. (Senior and disabled rider fare is $1.25.)The fare for the BxM4C/Rte 28, Westchester-Manhattan
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This agency is listed in: Transportation
This agency is located in: Mamaroneck | Yonkers | Pelham Manor | Mount Kisco | Yorktown Heights | Pelham | Mount Vernon | Peekskill | Pleasantville | New Rochelle | Rye | Cold Spring | Bronx | Port Chester | Cortlandt | Croton | Putnam | Purchase | Harrison | Dobbs Ferry | Rye Brook | Lewisboro | Elmsford | Scarsdale | New Castle | Hartsdale | Sleepy Hollow | Bronxville | Hawthorne | Tarrytown | Hastings | Irvington | White Plains | Larchmont

BOCES Putnam Northern Westchester Adult & Continuing Education

This program serves the workforce preparation needs of more than 5,000 adults each year through continuing education (including TASC), technical and career education, literacy training and training fo
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs | Education
This agency is located in: Yorktown Heights

BOCES Southern Westchester Center for Adult and Community Services

The Center for Adult and Community Services provides educational programs, workforce preparation and access to community services for adults and high-risk youth. The Center offers classes in licensed
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs | Education
This agency is located in: Dobbs Ferry | Rye | Elmsford | Eastchester | Hartsdale | Ardsley | Mount Vernon | Bronxville | New Rochelle | Putnam | Port Chester | Rye Brook | Tarrytown | Valhalla | White Plains | Yonkers

Cabrini Immigrant Services (Dobbs Ferry)

Cabrini Immigrant Services offers immigrants a haven of support, empowerment and service in the heart of Dobbs Ferry. They provide their clients with the means to facilitate the challenges of life in
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This agency is listed in: Hispanic Service Organizations

CAREERS Support Solutions

Job preparation (resumes, interviews), job training, case management, community outreach and education.
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This agency is listed in: Jobs | For Those with Disabilities | Community service organizations | Jobs and Education A-Z
This agency is located in: Putnam | Carmel | Valhalla

Catholic Charities

From the web site: “Catholic Charities helps solve the problems of New Yorkers in need – non-Catholics and Catholics alike. The neglected child, the homeless family, and the hungry senior
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This agency is located in: Manhattan

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) offers comprehensive employment services exclusively for people with recent criminal convictions. Highly structured and tightly supervised programs help p
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This agency is listed in: Jobs
This agency is located in: Manhattan | Albany

Childcare Council of Westchester (Services for Parents)

From the website: “We know that when it comes to child care, you have many different options, and a lot of variables to consider. It can be a bit overwhelming! The Child Care Council of Westches
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This agency is listed in: Helping Your Children
This agency is located in: County-wide

Cocaine Anonymous

Offers a 24 hour helpline. Website lists meetings held in the New York area. From their website: Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with e
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse
This agency is located in: Out of area | County-wide

Coming Home: A Restorative Communities Collaborative Program  

Recognizing that those in reentry have a wealth of life experience, talents and potential with which they can begin a new chapter in life, Coming Home seeks to nurture those skills in a supportive, le
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This agency is listed in: Prison Ministries | Peer Support and Mentoring
This agency is located in: Rye

Comite Latino – Peekskill

Under the umbrella of the Hudson River Health Center, this agency assists Spanish-speaking immigrants. ESL classes, Counseling/Workshops (citizenship, health, housing, immigration, workers’ rights e
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This agency is listed in: Health Centers | Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: Peekskill

Community Capital New York

Community Capital works outside the margins of conventional finance to bring individuals and communities into the economic mainstream and create financial independence through financial, educational a
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This agency is listed in: Starting a Business

Community Housing Innovations (CHI)

Lists available rental housing. Offers homebuyer education and services to prevent foreclosure.Works with DSS to offer emergency shelter. Community Housing Innovations, Inc. provides the housing and
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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: White Plains | North Castle | County-wide

Community Resource Center (CRC – formerly the Hispanic Resource Center)

Advocacy (for example, landlord-tenant mediations, rent arrears), Legal (translations, notary services), Social Assistance (food and social services eligibility, referrals, counseling, assistance with
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This agency is listed in: Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: County-wide | Mamaroneck

Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy of Effect Renewal (CLUSTER)

CLUSTER provides services and programs that assist residents in Yonkers and Westchester and Rockland County to build a better future for themselves and their communities.  Programs include: Housing.
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This agency is listed in: Housing | Parenting | Mental Health | Permanent Housing | Family A-Z
This agency is located in: Yonkers

Counseling Center

Counseling for families, divorce, careers, and life cycles. Offering educational programs and workshops.
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This agency is located in: Bronxville

Culinary Tech Center

The Culinary Tech Center offers a 6 month (600 hour) program in each of the areas below.  Each program includes a 100 hour externship. Commercial Cooking Program   This course emphasizes “learnin
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs
This agency is located in: White Plains

CVR New York: Housing Choice Voucher Program

CVR New York manages the Federally funded Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program (aka Section 8).  Go to CVR to make your application.  You can check your status on wait lists by calling 914-873-1045.
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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing

Delancy Street Foundation

Conisdered one of the country’s leading residential self-help organization for substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless, and others.
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This agency is listed in: Temporary Housing - Shelters | Housing | First Steps A-Z
This agency is located in: Brewster

Department of Community Mental Health Transitional Management Services

The Department of Community Mental Health plans, oversees and coordinates services for individuals – and their families – with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abus
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This agency is listed in: Mental Health | Health A-Z
This agency is located in: White Plains

Department of Social Services – Mount Vernon

From the website: “The Department of Social Services provides an array of services to Westchester residents in need of help, including the areas of child support, food, housing, medical services
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This agency is listed in: Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS)
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon

Department of Social Services – Peekskill

The Department of Social Services provides an array of services to Westchester residents in need of help, including the areas of child support, food, housing, medical services and home energy costs. I
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This agency is listed in: Basics A-Z | Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS)
This agency is located in: Peekskill

Department of Social Services – Yonkers

From the county website: “The Department of Social Services provides an array of services to Westchester residents in need of help, including the areas of child support, food, housing, medical servi
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This agency is listed in: Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS)
This agency is located in: Yonkers

Department of Social Services-White Plains Center

The Department of Social Services provides an array of services to Westchester residents in need of help, including the areas of child support, food, housing, medical services and home energy costs. I
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This agency is listed in: Essential Westchester Connections | Basics A-Z | Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS)
This agency is located in: White Plains

Domestic Violence Residential and Non-Residential Programs

There are domestic violence shelters for women in Westchester County established to provide a safe haven for women who are victims of domestic violence. There is a 24-hour hot line for victims of dome
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This agency is listed in: Not used

Dress for Success


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This agency is listed in: Jobs | For Women | Jobs and Education A-Z
This agency is located in: Manhattan

DWI Victim Impact Panel

The DWI Victim Impact Panel Program is an awareness program for offenders convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. The panels consist of a non-confrontational presentation c
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse | Probation
This agency is located in: White Plains

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

EITC, the Earned Income Tax Credit, sometimes called EIC is a tax credit to help you keep more of what you earned. To qualify, you must meet certain requirements and file a tax return, even if you do
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This agency is listed in: Community service organizations
This agency is located in: Out of area

Educational Opportunity Center of Westchester (EOC)

Part of a statewide system of educational enterprises, the SUNY EOC of Westchester provides a comprehensive array of tuition free workforce preparation programs for eligible adults in a supportive env
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs
This agency is located in: Yonkers

El Centro Hispano de White Plains

Offers ESL, GED prep, and computer and technology classes. The mission of El Centro Hispano is to strengthen Hispanic families by providing them with information about housing, employment, translation
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This agency is listed in: Jobs | Education | Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: White Plains

Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program

The Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program is a New York State program for seniors administered by the Department of Health. It helps more than 250,000 income-eligible seniors aged 6
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This agency is listed in: Health Insurance | Health A-Z
This agency is located in: Albany

Empire Justice Center

NYS’s Empire Justice Center’s mission is to protect and strengthen the legal rights of people in New York State who are poor, disabled or disenfranchised through: systems change advocacy,
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This agency is listed in: Know Your Rights | General legal resources and services
This agency is located in: White Plains

Exodus Transitional Community, Inc.

Exodus is a grassroots organization “built on the notion that individuals released from prison cannot successfully re-enter mainstream society without resources to support their transition.̶
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This agency is listed in: Housing | First Steps A-Z | Mental Health | Substance Abuse | Health A-Z | Sources of Information for Reentry
This agency is located in: Poughkeepsie | Manhattan

Faith-Based Court Access Program

Access to private area to conduct and make a request for services Congregation point person will be available to coordinate and provide access to equipment Access to telephone, computer, printer and s
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This agency is listed in: Know Your Rights | General legal resources and services
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon | New Rochelle | Yonkers

Family Justice Bureau

Forty-five sworn officers of the Westchester County Probation Department serve in the Family Justice Bureau. The functions they perform support the three New York State Family Court sites (White Pla
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This agency is listed in: Parenting
This agency is located in: New Rochelle | White Plains | Yonkers

Family Restoration Project | Upon This Rock Ministries

Provides individual and group counseling as well as mentorship.  Job readiness and job placement assistance.
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This agency is listed in: Peer Support and Mentoring
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon

Family Services of Westchester (FSW)

FSW offers a broad spectrum of services addressing the social, emotional and environmental factors that can have a negative impact on family life and can diminish an individual’s ability to function
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This agency is listed in: Parenting | General Community Support Organizations | Mental Health | Substance Abuse | Health A-Z
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon | Port Chester | Sleepy Hollow | White Plains | Yonkers | Hastings | Pelham

FAVOR – Veterans Discount Card Program

FAVOR – “Find and Assist Veterans of Record” – is a program where local businesses will offer discounts on their goods or services to men and women who have proudly served in t
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This agency is listed in: For Veterans
This agency is located in: County-wide

Federal Bonding Program

Ex-offenders, including anyone with a record of arrest, conviction or imprisonment, and anyone who has ever been on probation or parole, are considered at-risk job applicants. The U.S. Department of L
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This agency is listed in: Jobs | For Employers | Jobs and Education A-Z

FinAid: the Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid

Website for loans, scholarships, savings, military aid, and other types of aid for college tuition.
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This agency is listed in: Education | Jobs and Education A-Z
This agency is located in: Out of area

FirstFind.org

Firstfind.org is an easy-to-use website with information and resources to help Westchester residents work toward these goals. Firstfind.org can also point you to agencies in Westchester County and i
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This agency is listed in: Jobs | Helping Your Children | Education

Fortune Society

The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration.
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This agency is listed in: First Steps A-Z | Sources of Information for Reentry
This agency is located in: Long Island City

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Hospital-Homeless Veteran Care

They help Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, or transition from jail. Contact one of our care coordinators to get
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This agency is listed in: Housing | For Veterans
This agency is located in: Montrose

Furniture Sharehouse

Furniture Sharehouse provides free furniture to economically disadvantaged individuals and families living in Westchester County, giving them the basic household furnishings that enable them to rebuil
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This agency is listed in: Housing
This agency is located in: Larchmont

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