RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
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This info is intended to help people experiencing homelessness seek assistance and advocate for themselves. Note:certain resources listed below are outside the Greenwich Village/downtown Manhattan area because there are no similar services available in this area.
For additional services and resources, please see: NCS Downtown Street Sheet (including meals and food), the Coalition for the Homeless searchable resource database and its Street Sheet and Resource Guide. Note: This information does not constitute legal or financial advice.
SHELTER
Adults who have been to a shelter in the last 12 months should go to that shelter.
Call 311 for information on accessing shelter.
Shelter intake:
Men: 30th St. Men’s Shelter, Bellevue Assessment Center 400 E. 30th St at 1st Ave.
Women: 1122 Franklin Ave, Bronx; 116 Williams Ave, Brooklyn.Request a Safe Haven/Stabilization facility placement from a DHS outreach team member or other authorized homeless services providers' outreach teams.
The Bowery Mission
Bowery Campus [directions]227 Bowery, bet. Rivington & Prince Sts.
Tribeca Campus [directions]90 Lafayette St, bet. Walker & White Sts.
Women's intake: 3:00pm daily
Men's intake: 4:00pm daily
212-226-6214.
Other resources available here.
Coalition for the Homeless
Crisis Intervention emergency hotline:
888-358-2384
Know Your Rights (shelter, public
assistance, disability, new arrivals, voting
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DROP-IN CENTERS
Olivieri Drop-in Center, Urban Pathways
257 W.30th St (8th Ave)212-736-7385, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Hot meals, showers, clothing, case management, health assessments, and crisis intervention. No beds but offers overnight stays for those seeking respite from sleeping outside.Paul’s Place, CUCS
114 W.14th St, bet 6th and 7th Aves
332-895-6860
LEGAL & SOCIAL SERVICES
Community Service Society Benefits & Housing Information. Information and resources on public benefit and housing programs
212-614-5552Mon, Wed, Thurs 9am-3pm. Free legal help; leave a message with name, contact information and problem and a case manager will contact you.
212-613-5000The Legal Aid Society Homeless Rights
800-649-9125. Mon - Fri 10am-3pm
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MENTAL HEALTH
The Jewish Board - Manhattan Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, coordinated comprehensive behavioral health care
844-ONE-CALL (844-663-2255); 718-881-7600 hello@jewishboard.orgCrisis Services/Mental Health: Residential Crisis Support and Respite Centers, alternative to hospitalization for people experiencing emotional crises:
ACMH, Residential Crisis Support, Garden House
165 E. 2nd St, 212-253-6377 (ext. 406 or 408). Community Access, 315 Second Ave. 646-257-5665 x 8401
NYC 988 free, confidential mental health support. Speak to a counselor via phone, text, or chat and get access to mental health and substance use services, in more than 200 languages, 24/7/365. Call or text 988.
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HEALTHCARE
Janian Medical Care psychiatric and primary care on the streets, in soup kitchens, shelters
212-801-3300; janianinfo@janianmed.orgChelsea Mobile Unit, Community Healthcare Network, Inc.; 303 9th Ave
212-545-2495Project Renewal Medical Van
227 Bowery bet Rivington & Prince Sts.
Tue 9am–2pm; Thurs 2–5pm
212-620-0340Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center William F. Ryan Community Health Center, Inc.
645 10th Ave
212-265-4500NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H)
844-692-4692 or online, regardless of ability to pay. New Yorkers who can’t afford insurance or don’t qualify because of immigration status can sign up for NYC Care, which guarantees low-cost or no-cost services through H+H.
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HEALTH INSURANCE /
MEDICAID
HRA Medicaid Helpline, 1-888-692-6116 or visit a Medicaid Office to apply. Apply online with ACCESS HRA (also SNAP, Fair Fares)
Community Service Society Community Health Advocates helps consumers find and navigate health coverage or access low-cost or free care, solve billing issues, understand health care reform and their health care rights, 888-614-5400; Community Health Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Project assists New Yorkers in accessing treatment and insurance coverage for substance use and mental health treatment, 888-614-5400. Independent Consumer Advocacy Network helps people with Medicaid (or who need to enroll) needing long term care or behavioral health services, (844) 614-8800
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FOOD /
COMMUNITY KITCHENS
Community Food Connection or call 311 to find community kitchens and food pantries
St. Joe’s/First Presbyterian Church
Saturdays 1:30 pm
12 West 12th St
Hebrew Union College Soup Kitchen
Mondays 5-6pm
1 W. Fourth St
Grand Central Food Program, daily meal delivery at 8:20 pm: Sunshine Hotel/Bowery Mission between Stanton & Rivington, 8:45 pm: Madison Square Park 5th Ave & 27th St
Church of the Village, Red Door Place
Tuesday Food Pantry (by appointment only) Saturday Meal
201 West 13th St
(347) 687-5321
Meals Sundays 1-3pm
55 West 15th St., between 5th & 6th Aves.
Broadway & Wall St 212-602-0800, 7 days to-go meals: Breakfast Monday–Friday 9–10am, Lunch Daily 12–1pm, Dinner Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 4:30–5:30pm
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COOLING CENTERS
Open when National Weather Service issues a heat advisory with a forecasted heat index of:
95 degrees or higher for two or more days or
100 degrees for any period of time.Jefferson Market Library
425 6th Ave
Sunday 1-5, M/T/W/Th 10-8, F/S 10-5
Other locations, call 311 or NYC Cool Options
PHONE / WIFI / CHARGING
Federal Communications Commission
Mon - Sat 8 AM - 10 PM; Sun 8 AM - 7 PM
Find A Link; free public Wi-Fi, calls, charging and access to services, maps, directions
LinkNYC near Washington Sq. Park: Sixth Ave and Waverly on west side of street
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SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
Housing Works, harm reduction programs 718.277.0386, make an appointment online
Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center
mental health, substance use, and primary care needs
45 Rivington St.
Third Street Men’s Shelter, Project Renewal, 212-620-0340
AA Intergroup, 212-647-1680. Call 7 days a week, 9am–2am for information on AA meetings and available detox beds.
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Chance for Change Outpatient Substance Use Treatment at Madison Ave Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave at 73rd St, 917-677-0723, outpatient substance use disorder treatment
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