Food & Basic Needs
Part of the Solution (POTS)
Bronx
Lunch, food pantry, showers, mailroom, medical and dental access, benefits applications, case management, employment help.
Housing & Shelter in the Bronx
Housing help after release ranges from emergency shelter and transitional residences to long-term supportive housing with on-site services. Many programs here are built for people on parole or probation, and supportive housing usually requires an HRA 2010e application, which a case manager or program staff member can submit for you.
Tip: if you're on parole, get any new address approved by your parole officer before you move, and keep a copy of your release paperwork, since many housing programs ask for proof of recent incarceration.
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.
17 services based in the Bronx, plus 56 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.
Family & Reunification
Osborne Association
Bronx · Brooklyn
Reentry hotline, workforce services, housing support, elder reentry, court advocacy, sealing consultations, video visiting and family programs.
Mental Health & Counseling
Fountain House
Manhattan · Bronx
Clubhouse community for people living with mental illness with clinical, employment and housing support, senior programs and subsidized lunch.
Employment & Job Training
The Hope Program
Bronx
Provides job training, placement, advancement, and lifelong career support for adults 18+ through programs including HOPEworks, NYC CoolRoofs, Green and Clean HVAC, Sustainable South Bronx (construction), and Intervine, plus support services covering food, clothing, housing, financial resources, digital literacy, and mental health.
Housing & Shelter
Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs (NAICA)
Bronx
Offers eviction prevention and rental assistance application services to single adults, families, and older Bronx tenants, including help submitting Family Eviction Prevention Subsidy (FEPS) applications and free legal representation.
Healthcare
The Hispanic AIDS Forum, Inc.
Bronx
Provides information, counseling, and support groups for anyone with questions about HIV or AIDS, plus rental assistance resources, case management, and LGBTQIA+-specific health and support services. Offers referrals and free HIV testing.
Substance Use Recovery
VIP Community Services
Bronx
Recovery and wellness services for people with histories of substance use: outpatient and residential treatment, primary and specialty care, mental health, care coordination, HIV/AIDS services and supportive/permanent housing.
Housing & Shelter
Abraham House
Bronx
Provides transitional (three-quarter) housing by referral for formerly incarcerated individuals, along with on-site education and free OSHA training in English and Spanish.
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.
Housing & Shelter
Destination Tomorrow
Bronx
Bronx LGBTQ+ center with housing support, job training and HSE classes.
Housing & Shelter
DHS Franklin Shelter and Intake Center for Women
Bronx
24/7 intake and assessment shelter for single women.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Girl Vow
Bronx
Provides services within secure and non-secure facilities, foster care agencies, and for homeless LGBTQ+ and underserved youth.
Housing & Shelter
NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) - Prevention Assistance & Temporary Housing (PATH)
Bronx
All families with children must apply for shelter at the PATH intake center. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.
Housing & Shelter
NYC DHS - PATH Intake Center (Families)
Bronx
Intake center where families with children apply for city shelter.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
The Children's Village
Bronx
Provides services including residential treatment centers, shelters for undocumented children, foster homes, mom/baby boarding homes, runaway/homeless shelters, foster care related services, residential programs, community centers, after-school programs, mentoring initiatives for court-involved youth, and daycare...
Citywide services
These serve people from every borough, often by phone, online or at more than one office.
Housing & Shelter
Unlock NYC
Citywide
Online tools and peer support for people facing housing discrimination because they use rental vouchers (CityFHEPS, Section 8, FHEPS, HASA); helps document and report discrimination and connects to agencies.
Housing & Shelter
Housing Court Answers
Citywide
Information for tenants, landlords and advocates: housing court procedures, landlord-tenant rules, code violations, referrals to free legal help and back-rent assistance.
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.
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.
Healthcare
Housing Works Community Healthcare - Reentry Program
Citywide
Connects soon-to-be-released and formerly incarcerated individuals to medical, mental health, and case management services, including substance use programs, plus vocational training, help obtaining entitlements, and referrals to long-term housing placement.
Healthcare
NYC HRA HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA)
Citywide
Confidential information on HIV/AIDS testing and service referrals; HASA supports benefits and housing for eligible people with HIV.
Mental Health & Counseling
Venture House
Citywide
Clubhouse-model mental health rehabilitation: job development and coaching, supported education, supportive housing, virtual programs and social events.
Housing & Shelter
NYC Housing Connect (Affordable Housing Lotteries)
Citywide
Information and applications for NYC affordable housing lotteries, in multiple languages.
Housing & Shelter
NYC HRA HomeBase
Citywide
Eviction prevention, emergency rental assistance, benefits help, financial counseling and relocation help.
Housing & Shelter
NYCHA Family Reentry Program
Citywide
Reunites select people leaving prison or jail with family living in qualified NYCHA apartments and provides reentry services and intensive case management.
Housing & Shelter
JustFix.nyc
Citywide
Free online tools for tenants: repair complaint letters sent by certified mail, building/landlord lookup (Who Owns What), Good Cause eviction screener and eviction help.