Organizations

Rainbow Heights Club

Rainbow Heights Club is a drop in mental health support program for LGBTQ adults (18+) living with serious mental illness. We are open to members Monday through Friday, from 1 - 5 PM, for support groups, one on one peer support with certified peer specialists, and a free daily hot meal, cooked in house.

Phoenix Community Garden

The Phoenix Community Garden provides fresh food, green space, and community to folks in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Animal Medical Center

The Animal Medical Center is the world’s largest non-profit animal hospital with 100+ veterinarians providing medical care across more than 20 specialties and services.

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Care for the Homeless

Care for the Homeless coordinates health care at 30 service sites where homeless people congregate and without regard to their ability to pay. Our service sites include shelters for single adults, family shelters, soup kitchens, drop-in centers, SROs, and a street outreach program to the mentally ill in four of New York City’s five boroughs. 24 hour emergency on-call, Asthma treatment, Basic Needs, Behavioral/Mental Health Care Services, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Cancer Screening, Case Management/Social Services, Contraceptives (issued w/counseling), Dental/oral Care, Diabetes Testing/Care, Electronic Medical Records, Flu Vaccinations, Health/Nutritional Education, HIV/AIDS screening/education, Housing placement, Immunizations, Interpretation services, Labs, Medication Prescribing, Medication Dispensing, Mental Health Counseling, OB/GYN, Outreach, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Exams, Primary Health Care, Referrals for Specialty Care, Shelter outreach, STD Testing, Street Outreach, Substance Abuse Treatment, TB screening/education, Tobacco cessation, Transportation Services, Urgent Care, Well Child Check-ups

Immigration Equality

Immigration Equality is a non-profit organization that provides free information and legal services to people who have been persecuted on account of their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status or have other LGBTQ-related immigration issues.

UHAB (Urban Homesteading Assistance Board)

UHAB creates and sustains community-controlled affordable housing. We support over 1,200 affordable HDFC co-ops, a type of cooperative low-income homeownership. We also build power with rent-stabilized tenants in Eastern Brooklyn.

VOCAL-NY

Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness in order to create healthy and just communities. We accomplish this through community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, direct services, participatory research and direct action.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides information on its website and through its publications as a public service. They have organized a variety of useful resources and websites below.

Sustainable Economies Law Center

Sustainable Economies Law Center cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools - education, research, advice, and advocacy - so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community.

Neighbors Together

Neighbors Together is committed to ending hunger and poverty in Ocean Hill, Brownsville and Bedford-Stuyvesant, three of the lowest-income areas in New York City. We provide food and social services five days a week, serving over 10,000 New Yorkers annually. But we’re focused on eliminating the need for emergency relief programs altogether.

New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports

The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) oversees one of the nation’s largest Substance Use Disorder systems of care with approximately 1,700 prevention, treatment and recovery programs serving over 680,000 individuals per year. OASAS is the single designated state agency responsible for the coordination of state-federal relations in the area of addiction services.