Provides up to 60 months of federally funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance to eligible families, with a state-funded Safety Net Program available to individuals without children or families who have exhausted TANF. Recipients must meet income, immigration status, and residency requirements and engage in work activities, with help available for job training, education, childcare, and transportation costs.
NYC residents meeting income, immigration status, and residency requirements.
Call the DSS OneNumber or visit an HRA location
Last checked by Second Start on September 26, 2026. Details change, so call ahead to confirm hours and eligibility.
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.
Free civil legal services in housing, benefits and immigration, plus representation for conviction-history employment discrimination.
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.
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.
