Policies and Procedures
Re-Entry Community Resources
Center for Community Alternatives
39 West 19th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Phone Number - (212) 691-1911 (Business Hours: Mondays: 9 A.M. - 8 P.M.; Tuesdays - Fridays: 9 A.M. - 5PM).
http://www.communityalternatives.org
Provides referrals, educational and support services for HIV, harm reduction programs for women who are HIV positive and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs for women.
Provides client-specific planning and defender-based advocacy, as well as housing assistance for entitlements.
Provides employment service for women.
Department of Youth Services: New York City Youth Line
156 William Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone Number - (800) 246-4646 (
Business Hours; Monday-Friday 9 a.m.- 9 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.-8 p.m.)
Fifty two (52)languages are spoken by staff members.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/home/home.shtml
Provides access to 1000 resources for young people including runaways and HIV/AIDS sufferers. Services provided include; criminal justice, crisis intervention, drug and alcohol problems etc.
Staff can arrange for a young person with a troubled background to be taken out of a threatening domestic stituation before it escalates.
Staff can also provide assistance to adults dealing with young people from troubled backgrounds.
Edwin Gould Services for Children
40 Rector Street, 12th floor
New York, NY 10006
Phone Number - (212) 437-3500
Fax Number - (212) 437-3597
Spanish, Creole, and Arabic are spoken by staff members
Operates One Plus One Program, a mentoring program for children of incarcerated mothers.
Children ranging in age from 4-15 years are matched up with an appropriate staff member.
Exponents, Inc.
151 West 26th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone Number - (212) 243-3434
Spanish is spoken by staff members.
Assistance provided For those individuals who are affected by addiction, HIV/AIDS, and other illnesses.
"Arrive" is a two (2) month recovery program offering life skills training and support services.
Assists individuals in obtaining the following benefits; housing, health care and drug treatment.
Family Justice, Inc.
272 East 3rd Street
New York, NY 10009
Phone Number - (212) 982-2335
The Family Bodega-Unity Plaza Housing
340 Williams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Phone Number - (718) 242-2650
For those families with loved ones who are incarcerated, coming home from prison, under supervision, or a young person who is at risk of becoming part of the Criminal Justice system.
Accepts only families (broadly defined) who live on the Lower East Side (First Avenue to the East River up to 14th Street), Unity Plaza and the Van Dyke Houses in Brooklyn.
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc.
281 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
Phone Number - (212) 777-4800
For information and/or referral to a wide range of social service agencies and counseling centers.
Friends Of Island Academy
330 West 38th Street, Room 301
New York, NY 10018
Phone Number - (212) 760-0755
Serves individuals ranging in age from 11-21 years who were formally incarcerated.
Offers the following services; counseling, leadership training, alternative education, pre-employment workshops, job placement.
Father Initiative Program - works with fathers ranging in age from 16 years and up.
10 St. Paul's Place
Wing B, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Phone Number - (718) 940-5200
Provides assistance in immigration, legal matters, housing, parenting skills, domestic violence, and child health.
Provides survival skills for youth and the elderly.
Provides aid services.
Hunts Point Domestic Violence Program
630 Jackson Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone Number - (718) 993-3006
Offers Domestic Violence Program for men over 18 years of age.
Consists of thirty three (33) weekly sessions.
Offers Anger Management Program for men and women.
Sliding fee scale is available.
Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 942-6906 or (800) 942-6908 for Spanish speaking individuals.(Available 24 hours).
To report child abuse: (800) 342-3720 (24 hours per day/7 days per week).
Elder Abuse Line: (212) 442- 3103- Assists Senior Citizens who are victims of crimes and elder abuse.
Chinese, Spanish, and Russian are spoken by staff members.
Incarcerated Mothers Program
1968 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Phone Number - (212) 410-4200
Provides Group, Individual, and Vocational counseling to the children of incarcerated mothers and guardians.
Tutorial services are provided.
Provides Post-Incarceration counseling for mothers and their children,
as well as Visitation Program services for a limited number of correctional facilities for children whose guardians are unable to take them for visits.
Justice Process Commission
121 North Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, NY 14614
Phone Number - (585) 325-7727
Fax Number - (585) 325-2165
Offers a Mentor Program for individuals with criminal records in Monroe County, NY.
Works with many county inmates prior to release.
JPC also addresses concerns about re-entering society.
Offers job-readiness training including resume writing, interview techniques, a job club and assistance in networking to find employment.
Manhattan's Veteran Center
32 Broadway, Suite 200
New York, NY 10004
Phone Number - (212) 620-3306
Spanish is spoken by staff members.
Provides counseling services for individuals who suffer from combat-related trauma.
Provides counseling services for men and women who have been sexually traumatized in the military.
Ex-offenders are welcome to take advantage of the services that this program provides.
Episcopal Social Services of New York
305 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone Number - (212) 675-1000
Provides assistance to those individuals returning from custody in the New York State Corrections System:
Offers mentoring, job training, job readiness skills, educational assistance and health referrals.
Offers substance abuse treatment and group/individual therapy for those individuals dealing with re-entry stress, drug/alcohol abuse.
Offers anger management sessions.
Weekly support meetings at five (5) locations.
New York Foundling
590 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10011
Phone Number - (212) 886-4002
Provides 24/7 drop-in crisis services for distressed parents.
Provides a crisis nursery where children under 11 years of age can stay for up to 3 days in order to provide a "cooling-off" period for parents.
Also offers telephone counseling and referrals.
NYC Department of the Aging
2 Lafayette Street,
New York, NY 10007
Phone Number - 311 or (212) NEW YORK (If calling from outside the five boroughs)
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dfta/index.page
Provides information and assistance to individuals who are raising grandchildren and other young relatives and who are in need of services to help raise them.
The Door-A Center of Alternatives
555 Broome Street,
New York, NY 10013
Phone Number - (212) 941-9090
Business Hours; Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. -8 a.m.; Fridays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Provides family planning as well as legal, educational, vocational counseling services.
The Hope Program
1 Smith Street, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone - (718) 852-9307
Provides job-readiness training for low income, homeless, and formerly homeless adults.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
Particpants must be drug and alcohol free.
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