The latest from Robin Hood Foundation ... Pursuit ... Henry Street Settlement
Rendering of the Essex Crossing development. NYC Office of the Mayor
The New York City Department of Social Services has awarded a $934,496 contract to University Consultation and Treatment Center for Mental Hygiene. The money will fund “scatter site housing and support services” through June 2019, according to the City Record. Bowery Residents’ Committee has received an $8.6 million contract from the Department of Homeless Services to operate a safe haven for homeless adults at 566 West 182nd Street in Manhattan through June 2023.
A deadline is looming to take part in a Human Services Council survey on disaster preparedness in the nonprofit sector.
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A nonprofit backed by Robin Hood Foundation and Google is looking to expand. The nonprofit Coalition for Queens has trained low-income people in coding and other tech skills since it began in 2011, but a desire to expand beyond Queens has inspired the nonprofit to change its name to Pursuit. A new tech mentorship program is also being added to supplement the 10-month training program, funded in part by $1.85 million in new grants from the Siegel Family Endowment and Salesforce.org, according to a Sept. 25 press release.
Henry Street Settlement is moving its workforce development center. The Frances Goldin Senior Apartments, an affordable housing complex in Essex Crossing, will play host to the new center, according to a Sept. 26 press release. Job-related programming offered by the 125-year-old Lower East Side nonprofit includes ESL classes, basic adult education, interview preparation, and other assistance to immigrant, homeless, and low-income people. “We look forward to opening our new offices in what is becoming the new commercial epicenter of the neighborhood so that we are in the heart of this major economic development effort,” David Garza, Henry Street Settlement executive director, said in the press release.
The New York City Department of Homeless Services has a new financial literacy program. Called Financial Independence Now, the initiative will train in its first year 175 case managers and 50 executives in how to teach economic counseling, financial literacy, and effective budgeting, according to a Sept. 26 press release. Nearly 500 employees across 100 transitional housing facilities will participate in the initiative over three years. “This innovative partnership with experts at the CUNY School of Professional Studies and The Financial Clinic will create educational opportunities for dedicated staff and strengthen our ability to assist clients citywide with developing the financial literacy skills and sustainable budgets they need to stabilize their lives,” Department of Social Services Commissioner Steven Banks said in the press release.