Holistic Resources

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, visit their website: https://newyorkcity.safe-families.org

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

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 community agency with a client in need of ĒMA services, please fill out a referral form and their team will connect with you shortly.


If you are a mom looking for support, Contact ĒMA here for support.


Medical Care & Insurance

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: 


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. 

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 www.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: www.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 - 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 visit www.coalitionforthehomeless.org.

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