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Greyston Foundation

Greyston bakes brownies to hire people.  They have an open door hiring policy that is a gateway to training and work: “Anyone that comes to the front door of our bakery is given the chance to w
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs | Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: Yonkers

The Guidance Center

Mental Health Services, Housing Assistance, Vocational Assistance Program, Early Childhood Programs Servicios de Salud Mental, Asistencia de Vivienda, Programa de asistencia profesional, programas de
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This agency is listed in: Education | Mental Health | Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon | New Rochelle

Hepatitis C Information for Health Professionals

Frequently asked questions about viral Hepatitis C, including basic information, how it is spread, pregnancy and breast feeding, and treatment.
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This agency is listed in: Health A-Z
This agency is located in: Out of area

HIV-AIDS County Services and Testing

Offer rapid and standard HIV tests (with confidentiality possible) as well as HIV counseling.
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This agency is listed in: Health A-Z
This agency is located in: Mount Kisco | New Rochelle | White Plains | Yonkers

Home Energy Assistance Program

HEAP Regular Benefit The HEAP Regular Benefit Component assists low-income New Yorkers with the cost of heating their homes. The Regular Benefit Component is currently closed. HEAP Emergency Benefit T
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This agency is listed in: Basics A-Z | Community service organizations
This agency is located in: White Plains

HOPE Community Services

Services include a soup kitchen, food pantry, counseling for the homeless in cooperation with the Oasis Shelter, and transitional housing for LGBT youth. A full list of these New Rochelle based servic
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This agency is listed in: General Community Support Organizations | Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: New Rochelle

Hope’s Door – Administrative Offices

Hope’s Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse. 24-HOUR HOTLINE 888.438.8700 The Hope’s Door hotline is the
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This agency is listed in: Shelters and Services for Survivors of Abuse and Domestic Violence

Hour Children

Hour Children provides practical, comprehensive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families. Community-based programs include: transitional and permanent supportive hou
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs | For Women | Sources of Information for Reentry

Hudson River Healthcare

Locations, phone numbers and web links are below. Peekskill Health Center 1037 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 For an appointment call: (914) 734-8800 Yonkers – Park Care 2 Park Ave, Yonkers,
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This agency is listed in: Health Centers
This agency is located in: Yonkers | Peekskill

Human Development Services of Westchester

Provides several housing programs focused on people recovering from major mental illness: Congregate Care. Supervised residences in two locations offer housing for men and women (18 years of age and a
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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: Port Chester | County-wide

Interfaith Council for Action, Inc (IFCA)

IFCA Housing Network is a not for profit 501 (c) (3) agency in Ossining, New York. We are a Neighborhood Preservation Company and a Community Housing Development Organization. We rent affordable
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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: Tarrytown | Ossining

Jan Peek House

This co-ed drop-in shelter for adults only, is run by Caring for the Homeless of Peekskill (CHOP). Open all year. Accessible by Bee-Line bus route # 14,15,16,17
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This agency is listed in: Housing | Drop-in/Warming Centers
This agency is located in: Peekskill

JobSTAR

JobSTAR is a collaboration between Westchester Community College and the Westchester County Department of Social Services, since 1990, and has been providing educational training, case management, job
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This agency is listed in: Find Job Training Programs | Jobs
This agency is located in: Valhalla

The Keon Center

Vocational assessment/counseling/development, family support services, benefits assistance, and residence habilitation.
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This agency is listed in: Mental Health
This agency is located in: Peekskill

LawHelpNY.org

Law Help is a good starting point for legal information specifically of interest to people living on low incomes in all states.  The site provides LiveChat.  A Spanish version of the website is at:
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This agency is listed in: General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues)

Lawyer Referral Service

Referral service listens to your problem and refers you to a lawyer. First half-hour interview may solve your problem. If more legal work is needed, you can arrange for it at a cost agreed upon.
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This agency is listed in: General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues)
This agency is located in: White Plains

Legal Action Center

Legal Action Center provides free legal services to ex-offenders, recovering alcoholics and substance users. It will help you obtain your rap sheet (arrest and conviction record) and provide informa
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This agency is listed in: RAP Sheets (Record of Arrest and Prosecution) | Certificates of Relief and Good Conduct | General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues) | Sources of Information for Reentry
This agency is located in: Manhattan

Legal Aid Society of Westchester

Provides free legal representation to individuals who cannot afford a private attorney for criminal felony cases. Social work assistance if  attorney approves.
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This agency is listed in: General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues)
This agency is located in: White Plains

Legal References

The History and Social Science Department of the New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Library (455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street, Fifth Floor, Manhattan 10016) has a collection of legal referen
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This agency is listed in: Health Insurance | General legal resources and services
This agency is located in: Manhattan

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LVHA)

Committed to providing support, advocacy and legal representation to low income individuals in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Services for housing, elder law, disabilities, public benefits
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This agency is listed in: General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues)
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon | White Plains | Yonkers | Peekskill

Lexington Center for Recovery

Families First: Preserving family stability for chronic substance abusing families. Generations: Treating chemically dependent women and their families, including their children. Shelter Plus Care:
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse
This agency is located in: Mount Kisco | Valhalla | Yonkers

Life Line Program

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings
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This agency is listed in: Basics A-Z | Cellular Service (Phones and Computers)
This agency is located in: County-wide

Lifting Up Westchester

Provides food, shelters (for men and for women), housing services (including for the mentally ill and disabled), youth services, and services for the elderly. Shelters include: Open Arms Men’s S
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This agency is listed in: Food | Community service organizations
This agency is located in: White Plains

Literacy Solutions NY

Literacy Solutions NY Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing student-centered English literacy services and acting as a resource for the advancement of literacy.
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This agency is listed in: Education | Jobs and Education A-Z
This agency is located in: Yonkers

Local Domestic Violence Hotlines

There is also a 24-hour hot line for victims of domestic violence who want to speak to a domestic violence counselor for information and referral: English 1-800-942-6906; Spanish 1-800-942-6908.
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This agency is located in: County-wide

Local Human Rights Offices

The Division of Human Rights ensures equal opportunity in employment, housing, public accommodation, education and credit. The Division enforces the Human Rights Law, seeking to: promote human rights
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This agency is listed in: General legal resources and services | Know Your Rights (Legal Issues) | Health A-Z
This agency is located in: White Plains | Yonkers

Mental Health Alternative to Incarceration Program

Taken from the website: The Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (DPCA) funds and oversees a variety of pretrial services and correctional alternative programs throughout New York State
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This agency is listed in: Mental Health
This agency is located in: White Plains

Mental Health Association of Westchester

Mental health problems/diagnosis, treatment, support, rehabilitation, mentoring, housing for adults with mental illness, and employment services. They offer support groups, individual therapy, and g
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This agency is listed in: Mental Health
This agency is located in: Mount Kisco | Tarrytown | Valhalla | White Plains | Yonkers

Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)

Subway, bus and commuter train services connect the five boroughs of New York City to Westchester County. Fares for the Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines vary by distance and time (peak or off-peak)
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This agency is listed in: Transportation
This agency is located in: County-wide

Modifying Child Support Payments

If you are or have been incarcerated, you may request to have your child support payments modified. However, there is no guarantee that your request will be granted. A. The Law for Modifying Payments
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Mount Vernon Health Center


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This agency is listed in: Health Centers
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center

HIV/AIDS Education & Case Management Providing quality HIV and Primary Care to a minority population that’s infected and affected by HIV/AIDS MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT HOUSING Rent Subsidies NUTR
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This agency is listed in: HIV/AIDS Services

Mount Vernon United Tenants

MVUT is a member of Tenants and Neighbors, a statewide grassroots organization that harnesses tenant power to preserve at-risk affordable housing and strengthen tenants’ rights in New York.
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This agency is listed in: Permanent Housing
This agency is located in: Mount Vernon

My Benefits Checkup

My Benefits Checkup This website is a prescreening tool for people who live in New York State to find out if they might be able to receive: Help with buying food Temporary Assistance (TA) Special tax
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This agency is listed in: Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS)
This agency is located in: County-wide

My Sister’s Place – Administrative Offices

My Sister’s Place offers a 24 hour hotline 800 298 SAFE, as well as the services listed below: Shelter, providing a safe refuge in crisis for women and children who are fleeing an abusive partn
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This agency is listed in: Shelters and Services for Survivors of Abuse and Domestic Violence
This agency is located in: White Plains

Narcotics Anonymous

Groups for recovering addicts that meet regularly in Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, White Plains, Tarrytown, Port Chester, Peekskill, Yorktown Heights, New Rochelle, Briarcliff Manor, Katonah, Ossining, and oth
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This agency is listed in: Substance Abuse
This agency is located in: Katonah | Mount Vernon | New Rochelle | Port Chester | Tarrytown | White Plains | Yonkers | Yorktown Heights | Peekskill | Ossining | Briarcliff Manor | Manhattan

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illne
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This agency is listed in: Mental Health

National HIRE Network

Established by the Legal Action Center in 2001, the National Helping Individuals with criminal records Re-enter through Employment (H.I.R.E.) Network is both a national clearinghouse for informati
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This agency is listed in: For Employers | Sources of Information for Reentry
This agency is located in: Out of area

National Personnel Records Center (Veteran’s Administration)

If you are a veteran, you should have a copy of your DD214, “Report of Separation”. This can be used as a form of identification and may assist you in receiving benefits from the Veteran’s Adm
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This agency is listed in: Getting Your Records in Order | DD Form 214 Report of Separation
This agency is located in: Out of area

The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated

NRCCFI began as the Family and Corrections Network (FCN), founded by Jim Mustin in 1983 as the first national organization in the United States focused on families of the incarcerated. In 2006, the Fe
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This agency is listed in: Parenting
This agency is located in: Out of area

Neighbors Link (Northern Westchester)

From the web site: “Neighbors Link is a multifaceted community center offering adult education in language and employment skills; a Family Center for Family and Parenting Programs to strengthen
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This agency is listed in: Hispanic Service Organizations
This agency is located in: Mount Kisco

New York City Department of Consumer Affairs

Allows you to download free of charge a large number of pamphlets of interest to consumers. Publications available at: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/consumers/get-tips.page
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This agency is listed in: Community service organizations
This agency is located in: Manhattan

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 100 years. Founded in 1895, NYPL is the nation’s largest
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This agency is listed in: Basics A-Z
This agency is located in: Bronx | Manhattan | Queens

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

You can call a confidential domestic violence hotline for crisis help, safety planning and emotional support,  access to advocates in 170 languages through interpreter services, or help finding resou
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This agency is listed in: Shelters and Services for Survivors of Abuse and Domestic Violence
This agency is located in: Purchase | Out of area | County-wide

New York State of Health – Health Plan Marketplace

NY State of Health is an organized marketplace designed to help people shop for and enroll in health insurance coverage. Individuals, families and small businesses can use the Marketplace to help the
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This agency is listed in: Health Insurance | Health A-Z
This agency is located in: Albany

New York State Office of Child Abuse and Neglect

The purpose of the Child Protective Services Act of 1973 is to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. The law established a Child Protective Service in each county in New Y
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This agency is listed in: Shelters and Services for Survivors of Abuse and Domestic Violence
This agency is located in: Out of area | County-wide

NY State Department of Corrections and Community Suprvision

This website includes information on how to find a facility, rules regarding visitation, a guide for friends and families of inmates, a review of programs available for counseling, rehabilitation, and
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This agency is listed in: Parole | First Steps A-Z
This agency is located in: Albany

NY State Office of Child Support Enforcement

This NY State website provides guidance on topics such as collections, enforcement, determining the level of support, and establishing paternity. You can look for information under Custodial and/or No
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This agency is listed in: Child Support Questions
This agency is located in: Out of area

NY State Parole Handbook

This is the link to the full NY State Parole handbook published by the NY State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It is a comprehensive set questions and answers about all aspects o
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This agency is listed in: Parole
This agency is located in: Albany

NYC Office of Vital Records

Contact the NYC Office of Vital Records to obtain a birth certificate from someone born in New York City.  You can also order a birth certificate online at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/birt
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This agency is listed in: Birth certificate copies (also death certificates, marriage and divorce records)
This agency is located in: Manhattan

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