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Community • Medical • Legal • Adoption • Housing

Community Support

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 offers social connections to help build resilience and help strengthen families in NYC.


Safe Families believes that every parent needs and deserves support. Parenting is hard and no parent should ever have to parent alone. To help keep families strong, they offer connection to safe, supportive relationships for parents who want that in their lives.


If you would like to be connected to their screened and vetted volunteers to talk, to have a listening ear, and/or receive their offer of encouragement and support in reaching your short term goals, reach out to Safe Families NYC.


To learn more, email NYCreferrals@safefamilies.net, call 646-907-3039, or visit their website at newyorkcity.safe-families.org.

Every Mother's Advocate

Every Mother's Advocate (ĒMA) is a court-approved, prevention program designed to advocate for moms in crisis to preserve their families. They pair moms at risk of having their children placed into foster care with an ĒMA Advocate who builds a meaningful relationship and provides holistic support, ensuring every mother has an opportunity to thrive. This outcome-based program empowers families to achieve stability and stay together.


If you are a mom looking for support, contact ĒMA here for support. Or if you are a community agency with a client in need of ĒMA services, please fill out a referral form and their team will connect with you shortly.

Medical Care & Insurance

Beacon Community Health Center, Midtown Location, Dr. Tanya Mays

Dr. Tanya Mays, MD is a Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialist in Hudson, NY and has over 25 years of experience in the medical field.


Services:

  • Pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to diagnose pregnancy (which includes viability and dating)
  • STI urine screening on site and/or by referral for blood tests
  • Routine preventative GYN Care, including pap smears
  • GYN check-up after abortion for any first-trimester abortion or 8 weeks after an abortion that occurred after 12 weeks from gestation


Insurance Accepted: 1199 seiu, Fidelis Care, Empire, Anthem, HIP, GHI, UHC, Cigna, AETNA


Located at 115 W 45th St, NY 10026 4th floor

To make an appointment, visit beaconmidtown.com/appointment

New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation / HHC Options

NYC Health + Hospitals health care system hospitals and health centers empower patients to explore a variety of affordable insurance and payment options. They keep information and immigration status private, always.


  • Aims to provide healthcare services for everyone, regardless of ability to pay
  • Check the list of participating hospitals and medical centers on the website
  • Financial assistance program that ensures low and moderate-income HHC patients can get affordable healthcare
  • Helps patients apply for public health insurance; if a patient is not eligible for public insurance, HHC reduces the fee to an affordable amount based on family size income


Make an appointment or learn more at nychealthandhospitals.org/paying-for-your-health-care/

Community Healthcare Network

With a promise to never turn anyone away, Community Healthcare Network is committed to offering a network of quality, affordable healthcare to all.


  • Locations in Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens – see website for details
  • Cares for all ages including pregnant women and new moms (prenatal and postpartum care)
  • Offer cancer testing, pregnancy tests, preparing for pregnancy, etc.
  • Provides services regardless of immigration status, uninsured status, or ability to pay
  • Walk-ins are welcome or you can book an appointment online


Call (866) 246-8259 or visit chnnyc.org for more information.

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: 


Dr. Tammy R. Gruenberg, MD, MPH

Morris Heights Health Center

70 West Burnside Bronx, NY 10453

25 E. 183rd Street Bronx, NY 10453

mhhc.org/our-providers/tammy-gruenberg-md/


Dr. Anna Rhee 

Mount Sinai

2 West 86th St. New York, NY 10024 (at Central Park West)

profiles.mountsinai.org/anna-j-rhee


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.


For more information or to determine eligibility, visit herjustice.org or contact gethelp@herjustice.org. 

Family Legal Care

Family Legal Care offers unrepresented parents and caregivers the legal support and guidance they need to navigate New York State Family Court.


For more information, visit familylegalcare.org.


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 bravelove.org or email info@bravelove.org.


Housing

Coalition for the Homeless

If you’re a New Yorker struggling to pay for housing, Coalition for the Homeless 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 it can be tough.


To get in in touch with them, call (212) 776-2000 or visit coalitionforthehomeless.org.