Holistic Resources

Safe Families NYC

If you're looking for a supportive community to surround you with friendship and encouragement or if you've ever felt lonely, isolated or overwhelmed as a parent, Safe Families NYC is for you.

Safe Families believes that every parent needs and deserves support. Parenting is hard. Parenting during a pandemic is even harder. To help keep families strong, they offer connection to safe, supportive relationships for parents who want that in their lives. 

During the pandemic, they're offering a "Connect Friends" to parents who would like to be matched with a volunteer who will commit to call them once a week for the next 3 months - just to talk, provide a listening ear, and offer encouragement and support to parents in reaching their short term goals. Some volunteers  feel comfortable meeting in person, especially if that is what you need.

To learn more, visit their website: https://safe-families.org

Email: NYCreferrals@safefamilies.net , or call: 646-907-3039

NADAP 

If you need to sign up for health insurance through NY State of Health, you can contact a Benefit Navigator at NADAP.  NADAP is a non-profit social service agency that offers many free services to New Yorkers.  Their Health Insurance Education and Enrollment Department can help you enroll in Medicaid, Child Health Plus, the Essential Plan, private health insurance and even small business plans.  They provide this service in English, Spanish, Russian, French, and Chinese. The direct numbers and emails for each individual bilingual navigator are listed below: 

• English and Spanish: 646-944-0649 & bfigueroa@nadap.org
• English and Chinese: 347-346-1779 & bnealy@nadap.org
• English and French: 646-581-3581 & hdiallo@nadap.org
• English and Russian: 347-712-0417 & raleyeva@nadap.org
  

Her Justice

Her Justice provides essential civil legal services that produce life-changing outcomes for women and children in New York City. For over 27 years, Her Justice has ensured that women living in poverty receive legal assistance, for free, in order to achieve safety, self-sufficiency and stability. This support ranges from advice, information, and drafting of court documents to full legal representation – in family, divorce and immigration matters to address the vital needs of New York City women and children, especially survivors of intimate partner violence and immigrants isolated by language and culture.

Those in need of Her Justice’s services can call their live Legal Help Line at 718-562-8181 on Thursdays from 10am to 1pm. Trained multilingual staff and volunteers will answer this line and will assess cases to ensure that we can provide appropriate services. For more information, visit www.herjustice.org or contact gethelp@herjustice.org. 

Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) provides a Family Law Hotline to help individuals understand their legal rights, options, and the overall Family Court process, with services available in Spanish and in English. To contact them, call 212 343-1122 Monday through Friday, 9 AM-5 PM, or visit their website at www.liftonline.org to live chat with someone and see what services fit your needs.

Adoption

Brave Love 

Brave Love is an online resource for those considering adoption, seeking to bolster an accurate understanding of adoption through honest, informative, and hopeful communication that conveys the heroism and bravery a birth mother displays when she places her child with a loving family through adoption.” They offer informative videos about adoption, and can aid you if you’re thinking through whether adoption is the right decision for you. Find out more at: www.bravelove.org, or email info@bravelove.org.

Coalition for the Homeless

If you’re a New Yorker struggling to pay for housing, Coalition for the Homeless - Housing may be for you. They'll provide you with the resources and support you need to find affordable housing. As fellow New Yorkers, they know finding housing can be tough. To get in in touch with them, call  (212) 776-2000 or click for more information.