This week, we are joined by K who entered shelter as a teen while his mother was in the process of transitioning back into the community after incarceration.

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RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://portal.311.nyc.gov/  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- apply for shelter  

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠     

Education

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advocates for Children

https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/  

Contact info for STH Regional Managers: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/special-situations/students-in-temporary-housing

Contact info shelter-based STH Family Assistants and school-based STH Community Coordinators:  https://bit.ly/STHStaff  

Help requesting a shelter transfer to be closer to your child’s school: email Jennifer Pringle at jpringle@advocatesforchildren.org

Education specialist helpline, Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm

866-427-6033 or send a message: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/get_help/helpline/send_us_a_message  

Students in Temporary Housing Tip Sheet: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/sites/default/files/library/students_in_temporary_housing.pdf?pt=1   

Spanish Version: https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/sites/default/files/library/students_in_temporary_housing_spanish.pdf?pt=1   

CAMBA, Inc.

https://camba.org/ 

info@CAMBA.org 

Education and Youth Development 

https://camba.org/program/educationyouthdevelopment/ 

Education Center 

College & Career Prep 

Community Centers 

After-School and Summer Programs 

Community Schools 

Young Adult Support

Mental Health

Better Help Teen Mental Health Resources

https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/teenagers/

Talk It Out Mental Health Counseling PLLC

Talkitoutcounselingservices@gmail.com

Tracey Liang M.S, LMHC, NCC, C-DBT

Interborough development and consultation center

Psychotherapist

Address: Coney Island Clinic

IDCC Medical Building

2846 Stillwell Ave

Brooklyn, Ny 11224

Tel: (718)975-4888

FAX: (718)975-2286

Email: tliang@interboro.org

Website: www.interborough.org

Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Pantries

Louise Pantry - Lower Eastside

Tuesdays at 9:00 am

Address: 206 East 4th Street (blue door)

Telephone: (646)713-2681

Louises Pantry - the Bronx

Wednesdays at 7:30 am

Address: 406 east 184th St, Bronx, NY

Telephone: (646) 713-2739

Contact info:

 519 East 11th Street, NY, NY 10009

 info@nazarethhousingnyc.org

  (212) 777-1010

  (347) 396-3165

Housing Vouchers

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

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