914-345-2800 mail@westhab.org westhab.org/ Westhab's housing and social services combine to create a comprehensive community development approach in Westchester, developing affordable and supportive housing, operating homeless shelters, and providing youth programs and employment services.
914-592-5600 westcop.org/programs/ssvf Programs include 30 Day Care / Head Start centers, 12 Community Action Programs (CAPs), Family living program, Homeless prevention and Assistance programs, Emergency food pantries, Surplus food distribution, Energy conservation and Weatherization programs and numerous employment and training programs. WestCOP services include a variety of special projects, such as the Support Services for Veterans and their Families, an Emergency Homeless Men’s Shelter, Seniors in Community Services, Victims Assistance Services, Rape Crisis Services, a Rape Hotline, and Community Services [Read More]
Dial 2-1-1 211hudsonvalley.org United Way’s 211 Helpline offers health and human services information, referral, assessment, and crisis support to help callers find the assistance they need to address the everyday challenges of living, as well as those that develop during times of disaster and other community emergencies. 211 is a confidential and comprehensive service that has enabled government and not-for-profit agencies to realize concrete cost savings as well as increased customer service to residents throughout our service area. One [Read More]
914-636-4010 info@hope-cs.org hopecommunityservices.org/ 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 services is listed here. _____ Citizenship services (assisting in filling for citizenship, citizenship classes), Social services (referrals, assistance with food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security), Advocacy (translation services, assistance with issues relating to local hospitals, schools, collection agencies and social services agencies), Food pantry and [Read More]
646-233-4957 newyork.dressforsuccess.org/ Dress for Success is a global not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Dress for Success Referral Form
hotline.womenslaw.org (form-based email hotline) womenslaw.org/ Despite its name, WomensLaw.org provides information that is relevant to people of all genders, not just women. Use the Email Hotline to ask questions related to basic legal information, referrals, and emotional support.
914-287-0739 law.pace.edu/wjc The Pace Women’s Justice is dedicated to eradicating domestic violence and furthering the legal rights of women, children, and the elderly through skillful and innovative use of the law. The Center’s goal is to give those who support battered women, the elderly, women with low income, victims of sexual assault and children, the education and legal tools they need to stop violence against women, seek economic justice, empower the underrepresented and save lives. The Center involves Pace [Read More]
914-995-5972 (English) 914-995-6581 (Spanish) 914-995-2099 (After hours) women.westchestergov.com/ The Westchester County Office for Women is a partner in the Westchester County Family Justice Center (FJC) Collaborative to provide services for individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The FJC offers a network of hope. It is a safe place where victims can go to talk with a counselor, get legal help such as obtaining an Order of Protection and child support, learn about [Read More]
914-345-3113 sfavara@westcop.org westcop.org/programs/vas/ Victims Assistance Services (VAS) provides free, comprehensive and compassionate services to crime victims and their families, friends and loved ones. VAS also works to end violence through community action, public policy and culture change, and through prevention education programs in schools and in other community venues. Services include a 24-hour emergency hotline, crisis intervention, counseling and specialized trauma therapies, safety planning, support and therapy groups, accompaniment to hospital emergency rooms, SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) forensic exams, accompaniment [Read More]
718-433-4724 hourchildren.org Hour Children provides practical, comprehensive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families. Community-based programs include: transitional and permanent supportive housing; a comprehensive employment training and placement program; case management and therapeutic services; pre- and post-release adult mentoring; mentoring for children with incarcerated parents; child care that includes a fully-licensed daycare center and an after-school program that free women so that they can go to work or school, two thrift shops; and a community food pantry. In-prison programming (varies by [Read More]