Food & Basic Needs
Part of the Solution (POTS)
Bronx
Lunch, food pantry, showers, mailroom, medical and dental access, benefits applications, case management, employment help.
Benefits & Financial Help in the Bronx
Benefits help covers SNAP (food stamps), cash assistance, Medicaid, SSI and SSDI, plus help managing money once income starts. You can apply for SNAP and cash assistance through the city's HRA, online through ACCESS HRA or in person.
Tip: apply as soon as you're home. SNAP benefits are generally counted from the day you apply, not the day you're approved, so waiting can cost you money.
If a Bronx program has a waitlist, the citywide services below can often see you sooner, by phone or at an office in another borough.
6 services based in the Bronx, plus 70 citywide
Based in the Bronx
Housing & Shelter
BronxWorks - Homeless Outreach Team
Bronx
Operates a mobile street outreach team in the Bronx 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing counseling, housing placement, medical services, benefits assistance, and substance use disorder treatment referrals to people experiencing homelessness.
Employment & Job Training
BronxWorks - Workforce Development
Bronx
Job training, placement, referrals, financial education and benefits assistance for adults, plus family, senior, immigration, eviction prevention and homeless services.
Benefits & Financial Help
Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS)
Bronx
Peer-run services and advocacy for people with disabilities in the Bronx.
Housing & Shelter
Catholic Charities of New York
Manhattan · Bronx · Staten Island
Emergency food, housing help, immigration services and case management; serves all faiths.
Benefits & Financial Help
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx
Provides comprehensive healthcare including primary and longterm care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, cardiology, orthopedics, infectious diseases, radiology, specialty clinics, rheumatology, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord...
Citywide services
These serve people from every borough, often by phone, online or at more than one office.
Benefits & Financial Help
Community Health Advocates
Citywide
Offers free one-on-one help finding and using health insurance and care, including resolving medical billing and debt problems, disputing coverage denials, accessing hospital and prescription financial assistance programs, and understanding health insurance tax credit forms.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Legal Services NYC
Citywide
Free civil legal services in housing, benefits and immigration, plus representation for conviction-history employment discrimination.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Mobilization for Justice
Citywide
Provides free legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers on housing, civil rights, disability rights, aging rights, bankruptcy, tax, consumer, employment, government benefits, and kinship care matters, including advice, counsel, and representation to help people with past criminal records re-enter the workforce.
Family & Reunification
NYC HRA - Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
Citywide
Help with child support orders, license suspensions, lowering or eliminating child support debt owed to the government, paternity, DNA testing, mediation, and free financial counseling.
Benefits & Financial Help
ACCESS NYC
Citywide
Screens eligibility and guides applications for 40+ city, state and federal benefits (food, cash, housing, internet, childcare).
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Community Justice Connect
Citywide
Free legal information, assistance and referrals from trained non-lawyer volunteers supervised by an attorney: benefits, employment, housing, family, immigration, health, divorce, domestic violence.
Benefits & Financial Help
Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
Citywide
Helps income-eligible New Yorkers age 65 and over supplement out-of-pocket costs for their Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.
Benefits & Financial Help
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Bureau of Consumer Protection
Citywide
Provides guides listing nonprofit, state, and local agencies that help resolve consumer issues, and takes complaints about identity theft, scams, unwanted telemarketing or spam, and fraud.
Healthcare
Medicaid
Citywide
Publicly funded health coverage for low-income people; apply online or order an application kit.
Benefits & Financial Help
Money Management International (MMI)
Citywide
Provides free phone counseling for people with financial or credit problems, including advice on foreclosure, mortgage, bankruptcy, and student loans, along with help preparing a budget.
Healthcare
NY State of Health (Health Plan Marketplace)
Citywide
Enrollment for state public health insurance: Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan and other plans.
Benefits & Financial Help
NYC DCWP Financial Empowerment Centers
Citywide
Free one-on-one financial counseling: budgeting, credit repair, safe bank accounts, debt and student loans, accessing government resources.