Our mission is to provide “a chance in life” to marginalized and at-risk young people around the world, empowering them through our unique approach of Positive Youth Development. We are committed to creating lasting changes in the lives of children and their communities to break the cycle of poverty.

The Alzheimer's Association New York City Chapter provides support services, care options, and education for families and caregivers in New York City. All of our services are free and in over 200 languages.

Homelessness Prevention

This program runs from 3 PM to 6 PM, Monday to Thursday, and offers a wide range of engaging activities including:

• Yoga and meditation 
• Homework help 
• Arts and crafts
• Snacks and light refreshments
• Outdoor Activities

Our program is designed to inspire creativity and foster learning in a supportive environment. Each session is carefully crafted to provide both fun and educational experiences that every child can enjoy.

Spaces are limited, so make sure to register by clicking this link -> https://forms.gle/e1BEipmCSM9n7K4b7

Want to know more about how children develop? So do we! We invite you to participate in our research at College of Staten Island, where we try to answer questions like: How do children solve problems? When do babies recognize emotions? Why do children play? And, what can parents do to support their child's growth and development? Currently, most of our studies are being conducted remotely, so a typical study might involve filling out some online questionnaires or participating in a virtual study through Zoom or another video method. As a thank you, families will receive an electronic gift card or other small gift. To learn more, visit us at www.csibabylab.com and click 'For Parents" (or email us at cogdevlab@csi.cuny.edu or call us at 718-982-4111).

CHCR operates three not-for-profit family health centers on Staten Island, including two facilities in Port Richmond and one in Stapleton-St. George. We provide primary health care and dental care for all ages, along with a range of specialties, including behavioral health care, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatry, nutritional counseling, wellness, and prenatal and post-partum care. We also provide insurance enrollment assistance. At CHCR, we provide quality care without regard to a patient's ability to pay. We accept private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid and have sliding-scale fees for uninsured patients based on family size and income.

See if you qualify for the essential plan.

You may be eligible for a health plan with $0 monthly premiums and no referrals required to see specialists.

We assist and empower father's with effective parenting skills and Resources such as assistance with Child Support or Child Support Modification. We offer Job Training, Job Placement, Osha Classes and all of our Programs are Free.

INCLUDEnyc fosters positive futures and enhances the quality of life for young people with any disability from birth to age 26 and their families in New York City. We promote access to educational, employment, and independent living opportunities for young people, and advocate with families for meaningful inclusion in the broader community.

Literacy in Community works to bring families with children aged 0-5 together to joyfully read, learn, and grow. We help children become proficient readers, ready to excel in school and in life. We strive to empower families and engage the community to equip children with essential literacy skills necessary for academic success. LINC hosts free community events and parent workshops, provides free books, and supports families as they teach their children language and reading skills. We believe that WHEN A COMMUNITY READS, CHILDREN SUCCEED.

Literacy Partners strengthens families through a two generation approach to education. With our free classes, community workshops, and educational media, low-income and immigrant parents and caregivers develop literacy and language skills they need to succeed in today?s world. Our research-based programs incorporate child development and parenting support to help parents and caregivers boost children?s early reading, social emotional growth, and school readiness. Designed to arm every parent and caregiver with the necessary tools they need to create success for themselves and a better future for the children in their care, Literacy Partners? programs break the cycle of poverty, improve job prospects, and close the achievement gap for children before they even begin school.

Literacy Partners is an adult literacy program for parents and caregivers. We believe that every parent and caregiver has the skills and knowledge they need to develop success for themselves and a better future for their children. We developed a parent engagement toolkit that provides early childhood and elementary programs with everything they need to facilitate a series of interactive workshops for Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers called “La Fuerza de Familias Latinas” (The Power of Latinx Families).

Make the Road New York builds the power of immigrant and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice. Our model integrates four core strategies for concrete change: Legal and Survival Services to tackle discrimination, abuse and poverty; Transformative Education to develop community members? abilities to lead our organization, our movement, and society; Community Organizing to transform the systems and power structures impacting our communities; and Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us.

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MercyFirst is a not for profit human and social services agency that has been servicing children and families in need since we were founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1894. Today, our agency continues to address the emotional and physical needs of children and families through innovative treatments and life-changing interventions.

We are a Foster care agency always looking for prospective households who are interested in learning more about how to provide a safe, nurturing and supportive home for a child. If you have a love for children and a desire to make a difference in a child's life, please give us a call or email us to learn more. 

NAC’s mission is to provide innovative high quality services in support of birth, foster, and adoptive families caring primarily for medically complex children.

New York City Teens Connection: The NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene is committed to helping create a world where all New Yorkers can safely express their sexuality and gender identity with dignity, possessing the knowledge, skills and resources to support healthy and fulfilling lives. New York City Teens Connection (NYCTC) is an adolescent sexual health program of the Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health (BMIRH) in the Division of Family and Child Health within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). NYCTC is an expansion of Bronx Teens Connection, scaling up this successful community-based model to reach more youth throughout NYC. By engaging youth, parents, community-based organizations, schools, clinics, and citywide agencies in a comprehensive effort to improve adolescent sexual health, NYCTC will help youth in NYC learn about their sexual and reproductive health, access the information and resources they need to make healthy decisions, and feel empowered to act on these decisions. Poor health outcomes rarely occur in isolation, and certain communities tend to face multiple health inequities. These unfair, unnecessary, and avoidable disparities are rooted in historical and contemporary injustices and discrimination ? including racism ? and require the investment of attention, resources, and deliberate corrective efforts to repair. NYCTC is part of a larger health department effort to advance just and fair outcomes for all New Yorkers, particularly those most marginalized, and prioritizes neighborhoods with histories of social disinvestment and persistently poor health outcomes.

Our organization is a family serving organization that provides support to all!

We are the local education agency that supports public education across Staten Island.

The NYPL Dongan Hills Library is an inclusive and diverse space where everyone has access to free services and free resources.

We inspire lifelong learning by creating learners, we advance knowledge by providing free materials and information and we strengthen our communities by promoting full citizenship and participation in society.

Everyone is welcome at our library!

Off The Streets Staten Island Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides hope and dignity to those experiencing homelessness on Staten Island by helping them transition to permanent housing. We partner with local social service agencies who identify people experiencing homelessness but have a means to pay ongoing rent. Off The Streets Staten Island assists with a security deposit and/or basic furnishings. We perform these tasks using only volunteers and donations, and accept no government funding.

Office of staten island BP focuses on health and education as well as multiple other public safety and other issues

Parent to Parent of New York State builds a supportive network of families to reduce isolation and empower those who care for people with developmental disabilities or special healthcare needs to navigate and influence service systems and make informed decisions.

Person Centered Care Services is a not for profit organization creating social change within communities by supporting people with disabilities on their search for identity and acceptance.

The mission of the Pride Center of Staten Island is to enhance and sustain the well-being of the LGBTQ+ and allied communities by providing programs and services that cultivate community; advocate for LGBTQ+ interests; educate and empower, and provide social support.

Our focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. We achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment. We're here to help you find the support and guidance you need in a safe and comfortable environment. Our experienced counselors specialize in a variety of areas, including anxiety, depression, relationships, and more. 

It is the mission of Project Hospitality, Inc. to reach out to community members who are hungry, homeless or otherwise in need in order to work with them to achieve their self-sufficiency ? thereby enhancing the quality of life for our community. Project Hospitality seeks to realize its mission both by advocating for those in need and by establishing a comprehensive continuum of care that begins with the provision of food, clothing and shelter and extends to other services which include health care, mental health, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, HIV care, education, vocational training, legal assistance, and transitional and permanent housing.

Food Pantry Locations and Hours: 

Pantry: 205 Canal Street, 10304, (718) 815-0800 | Tuesday and Thursday, 9am - 12pm NOON

Soup Kitchen: 211 Canal St, 10304, (718) 815-0800 | Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30am - 1pm

Pantry: 1540 Castleton Ave, 10302, (718) 815-0800 | 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month | 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Pantry: El Centro del Immigrante, 260 Port Richmond Ave, 10302, (718) 815-0800, Tuesday | 3-3:30pm

 

A personalized educational community focusing strongly on Mathematics and Science, PS 10 utilizes collaborative learning; including hands-on investigations, group problem solving, discussions and critical thinking strategies.

Designated as a community school, partnering with NYCID (New York City Initiative for Development) to provide youth development programs, conflict management support and training services.

Social service agency funded by DOH and DFTA to serve kinship families, caregivers and seniors.

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Seamen's Society mission is to provide the highest quality services in the community to strengthen and preserve families so that children and adults have the opportunity to realize their full potential.

Spence-Chapin can provide you with comprehensive free services as you work with one of our dedicated social workers to create a plan for you and your baby. These services include:

Support and Counseling: We Offer a safe space to consider all your options with free, confidential, and supportive counseling. You can speak with us however you feel most comfortable - phone, email, text, in-person, or via virtual video counseling.

Newborn Interim / Respite Care: Our Interim Care Program will allow you to continue counseling to fully explore all options while your child is care for by a nurturing caregiver in a loving home. While your baby is in interim care, you will retain your legal rights and be able to visit with your baby.

Financial Assistance: Our services will always be 100% free for you. In addition, we can also provide pregnancy-related medical and living expenses. These may include expenses for rent, utilities, groceries and transportation, and more. Your social worker can support you in determining what you qualify for within state guidelines.

Birth Parent Support and Community: Making an adoption plan is an act of courage that deserves ongoing support. Spence-Chapin provides birth parents a supportive community and a connection to professionals who understand all aspects of adoption. If you choose to, you can receive ongoing and free support from Spence-Chapin, including support groups, individual counseling sessions, and more. Our peer-led support group meets monthly to explore feelings and to share stories in a safe, supportive space. The group is open to all birthparents even if their adoptions were not planned through Spence -Chapin.

Case Management and Referrals: Through the free counseling you receive, your counselor will have resources available to support the plan you choose for the future. Resources may include on-going counseling, referrals for housing and more.

The Library is here for you! Visit and discover everything our branch has to offer, including books and e-books, computer access, in-person and online programs and classes, expert recommendations from librarians, and more. Masks are still required for all persons at all NYPL locations. See you at the library!

The SICP acts as collective impact organization bringing together all the CBO's, Health orgs, faith based groups, government agencies, residents and community leaders to help find solutions to issues and problems experienced by the community.

The SI Childrens Trauma Center utilizes a Trauma Informed Care model because we believe that all systems that interact with a child should make a serious commitment to understanding and responding to trauma by providing a safe environment where the child and caregiver can work through their trauma. With the aid of evidence based trauma models, we give our clients the tools to not only survive, but thrive. Our Licensed Mental Health Clinicians provide time-limited therapeutic interventions utilizing evidence-based treatment models such as Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) and Families Overcoming Under Stress (FOCUS).

Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS) is a non-profit public health organization founded in 2014. SI PPS received funding to build a network of medical, behavioral health, and social service agencies tasked with implementing projects to improve health outcomes, improve quality of care, and reduce costs for the Medicaid program.SI PPS succeeded in meeting the State's targets for reducing avoidable hospital utilization and improving access to medical and behavioral health, among others. At the end of the program, SI PPS earned high performance funding which has been invested back into network partners who have continued to expand upon population health improvement initiatives.

In 2024, New York State received an extension of their Medicaid 1115 waiver amendment to implement a new initiative called New York Health Equity Reform. Under this waiver, SI PPS became the lead entity in Richmond County to develop a Social Care Network.

The goal of the Social Care Network is to expand and enhance the capability of our network to provide health-related social needs screening for all Medicaid members, improve the coordination and delivery of social care services, and reduce health disparities.

FECs work with families and local leaders to identify community strengths and develop programs (called "offerings") that promote one or more of seven family protective factors. Five of these family protective factors are based on Strengthening Families, protective factors approach developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy. It is currently the most widely used approach in the field, being adopted by more than 40 states around the country in programming designed to prevent child abuse and neglect. Check out their Instagram HERE -> https://www.instagram.com/NYC_staten_island_fec/ 

With the support of UNECE, affiliated providers have access to the vast resources of our education specialists, family workers, social workers, and health, safety and nutrition specialists - all to ensure the best care and support for children and their families.

Staten Island Family and Youth Peer Support services provides support to parents and caregivers as well as children and youth from 0-24 years of age who are experiencing social, emotional, developmental, substance use or behavioral challenges. All services are free.

• Advocacy and assistance to navigate child-serving systems
• Information on mental health conditions, services and family rights
• Referrals to appropriate services and resources
• Skills development
• Emotional support
• Recreational activities

I am a mobile notary and loan signing agent. I visit the location of your choosing to notarize your personal documents.

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Our 10+ community-based organizations work together to support young adults ages 16-24 on Staten Island to build skills to find well-paying and relevant employment, particularly in the green energy sector.