UNH held its annual Advocacy Training! The settlement house movement came together to learn more about how to advocate at a city and state level and how we can work together to create a better NYC. Thank you to Grand St. Settlement for letting us use your space.

Why we love SYEP! Watch our reel 👉 www.instagram.com/reel/DNk4nIf...

Join the UNH associate board for a summer cocktail party! Date: Wednesday, August 13th Time: 7 PM - 9 PM Location: Mary’s, 146 Orchard Street, New York, NY. 10002 RSVP here 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/unhs-assoc...

Members of the settlement house movement wanted to extend a warm welcome to our newest member, The Opportunity Hub! #SettlementHouseStrong  www.instagram.com/reel/DMveXmP...

UNH’s response to HHS’s decision today that would bar immigrants from accessing federal resources, which include Head Start programming. Read more here 👉 www.chalkbeat.org/2025/07/10/n...

From events to trainings and programs, our member organizations are creating spaces for connection, learning, and joy. Find a settlement house near you to see what they have to offer! www.unhny.org/our_members #SettlementHouseStrong

Please stay cool during this heatwave! Find a nearby cooling center here 👉 finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters Many settlement house members operate as cooling centers in NYC, and need to be better supported. Read our testimony here 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

NYC needs to #InvestInAging! We need to ensure the final budget includes adequate funding for aging services, including for meals, case management, and infrastructure. Older adults deserve all the support we can give them.

We are four days into early voting! Make sure to go #VOTE. United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) is a nonpartisan organization. We do not endorse or oppose candidates for public office. This is for informational purposes only. #NYCPrimary2025 #RankedChoiceVoting #GetOutTheVote

One final push alongside @ny4childcare.bsky.social to ensure #2Care is included in the city budget. Thank you to all the advocates and dads who came out for today’s Fathers Day BBQ Rally!!

Early voting begins tomorrow in NYC! Do you have a voting plan yet? Find your polling site 👉 findmypollsite.vote.nyc Vote by mail 👉 nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/vote-by-mail

As we approach the end of the budget season UNH staff did flyering at City Hall for our #2Care campaign and #AgeStrongNY. #SettlementHouseStrong

UNH staff and SH friends saw all the incredible work #KHCC is doing for their Bronx community in their member review! #SettlementHouseStrong

NYC cannot let its families down. We need #2care in the budget, and we need it now. Join @ny4childcare.bsky.social & UNH and call your rep today 👉 www.united4childcare.org/call-your-reps

We rallied today alongside @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social, #NYCCAL members, & our SH partners to push for adult literacy funding in NYC The city budget MUST protect immigrant families We need to maintain $16.5 million for Adult Literacy programs & we must restore & baseline $25 million for Promise NYC

UNH joined the NY Community-Based Clubhouse Coalition and @goddardriverside.bsky.social to urge the Mayor to fully fund and baseline mental health clubhouses across NYC, so these essential programs can survive and thrive. #FundClubhouses

UNH joined advocates to hand-deliver a petition to the Mayor. It calls for a $622 mil. investment in aging services, including renewed funding for the city’s network of Older Adult Centers, stronger social safety net programs, and dedicated resources to ensure seniors have reliable access to food.

Congratulations to Willing Chin-Ma, Chief Operating Officer of @grandstsettlement.bsky.social, and Wayne Ho, President and CEO of CPC, on your inclusion in PoliticsNY’s 2025 AAPI Power Players. #SettlementHouseStrong See the full list here 👉 politicsny.com/power-lists/...

Check out UNH’s newest advocacy brief Let’s Eat: The Need to Invest in Congregate Meals for Older New Yorkers, which highlights growing food and economic insecurity among older adults. Read it here 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

Ahead of the FY26 Education Executive Budget hearing, a student in @qchnyc.bsky.social’s Learning to Work program shared powerful remarks on why education and youth programs matter, and why they deserve sustainable funding. Read our testimony we submitted 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

NYC needs to stabilize citywide youth services by providing higher rates for afterschool and ensuring adequate funding for CCAP vouchers. Read our full testimony to the city council here 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

New Yorkers are struggling to access needed substance use disorder and mental health services, waiting months to over a year for care. Funding & expanding Mental Health Initiatives in the City’s FY26 budget can help fix this. bit.ly/BH26NYC @council.nyc.gov

Congrats to Melissa Aase (@univsettlement.bsky.social) Roderick Jones, (@goddardriverside.bsky.social), Laura Marceca, (@greenwichhouse.bsky.social), and Eileen Torres, (@bronxworks.bsky.social). #SettlementHouseStrong See the full list here 👉 www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...

Congratulations to all the incredible UNH & Paramount College Scholarship recipients being celebrated tonight! We’re grateful to honor your hard work, ambition, and bright futures. Thank you Paramount for your generous partnership and commitment to supporting the next generation of leaders.

The City Council must invest in aging and ensure older New Yorkers have the support they need to thrive. Older adults deserve to age with dignity, not be left behind. Read UNH’s full testimony submitted to the City Council: assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

UNH is grateful that the FY26 Executive Budget includes critical restorations for child care, but the job isn’t finished until all families have access to the care they need. New Yorkers deserve a truly universal, full day child care system.

Research shows that afterschool professionals make a profound difference in the lives of young people. It’s time to reflect that value with funding. We must commit to increasing base rates in the FY26 budget for COMPASS Elementary to $4900 and for SONYC middle school programs to $4150. #APAW

It's an important election year in NYC. UNH is sharing 5 Ideas for a Better NYC with 265 candidates — from Mayor to City Council — and we invite you to do the same. Let’s build a stronger city together. 👇 www.unhny.org/five_ideas_s...

Settlement houses can’t work on IOU’s. NYC must pay their bills on time. Thank you @cityandstateny.bsky.social for this coverage. www.cityandstateny.com/nyn-media/20...

UNH’s new report discusses the positive impact of the NYC City Council’s $16.5 million investment in adult literacy programs. Read the report here: assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...

UNH Policy Analyst, Anita Kwok, testified to the Council’s Committee on General Welfare about why New York City must take action to ensure food assistance programs remain funded and accessible. Read it here 👉 bit.ly/42na1wu

Thank you to new parents @cmrestler.bsky.social, @cmpisanchez.bsky.social, and @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social for your op-ed on why New York NEEDS 2-Care. Read it 👉 www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/03/n...

United Neighborhood Houses statement in response to the closure of the regional Head Start office in New York👇

"Afterschool programs help children succeed, boost school attendance, support working families and save taxpayers money." Read @riis-settlement.bsky.social ED, Chris Hanway’s op-ed on ensuring that afterschool funding is included & expanded in the upcoming NYS budget astoriapost.com/op-ed-new-yo...

Without additional funding in this year’s state budget, roughly 60,000 kids will lose child care vouchers in NYC beginning as early as April, including new applicants for child care assistance and families seeking to recertify. Albany must act NOW.

Albany MUST act or 60,000 kids will lose child care vouchers in NYC. Join us this Friday for a rally alongside parents, community members, and elected officials outside Governor Hochul’s NYC office to raise the alarm about this crisis.

UNH joined partners, advocates, and tenant leaders at City Hall at the #HandsOffHousing rally to demand DOGE halt its attempts to gut HUD and roll back critical housing protections, inevitably worsening the housing and homelessness crisis.

Hundreds strong to stand in solidarity to declare that enough is enough! We are here today to say: HANDS OFF HOUSING! #handsoffhousing @univsettlement.bsky.social @newdestinyhousing.bsky.social @housingworksnyc.bsky.social @hscny.bsky.social @liveonny.bsky.social @unhny.bsky.social

UNH delivered over 2300 petitions from concerned parents, teachers, supporters, and community members to Mayor Adams calling on him to increase funding for afterschool care in the budget. A decade of disinvestment has led us to a breaking point. We need an investment in afterschool programming now.

“We cannot afford to wait. Parents need child care now. New York’s future depends on it.” UNH’s Director of Policy & Advocacy co-wrote an op-ed in partnership with @ny4childcare.bsky.social to address the need for 2-Care in our city. Read it here 👉 www.amny.com/opinion/why-...

Join UNH in calling on the Mayor to increase funding in the city budget for Afterschool programming! Sign the petition here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We need #2-Care! We are calling on NYC to prioritize 2-Care in the budget, restore the early childhood funding that was cut, and guarantee that every 3-year-old whose family applies gets a seat. Thank you @ny4childcare.bsky.social for your continued partnership in this fight.

@govkathyhochul.bsky.social @juliasalazar.bsky.social @senatorkevinparker.bsky.social @emilyassembly.bsky.social @jabaribrisport.bsky.social: Now is the time to #InvestInSettlementHouses! @unhny.bsky.social #SettlementHouseStrong

We joined over 100 advocates in Albany this week urging lawmakers to invest in #SNAP & anti-hunger programs that support New York families. Settlement houses are on the frontlines, ensuring no one goes hungry. We need bold action to expand and strengthen these programs!

Gov. Hochul's proposed expansion to the ESCC is great, but we can do much better. We support the #WFTC, which provides up to $1600 for every child, streamlines the tax code, and provides a permanent boost to NY families.

During the @unhny.bsky.social rally yesterday in Albany, our ED Christopher Hanway, advocated for settlement houses, afterschool, & a 7.8% COLA. @nysenate.bsky.social & The NYSA Majority, we must invest in the workforce so they can continue serving with dignity & care! #InvestInSettlementHouses

Settlement houses have been, and always will be, here for New Yorkers. #SettlementHouseStrong #UNHLobbyDay

Settlement Houses and our friends in the legislature came in strong for today’s rally to kick off #UNHLobbyDay! #SettlementHouseStrong #InvestInSettlementHouses

Hudson Guild is in Albany fighting for afterschool programming & childcare, NORCs, the Working Families Tax Credit, and more! See the full list of FY 2025 - 2026 budget priorities & memos here: unhny.org/statepriorities2025 #SettlementHouseStrong#InvestInSettlementHouses @unhny.bsky.social

Congratulations to UNH’s own Angela Perry-Carroll, Director of Member Services, for your recognition as one of @cityandstateny.bsky.social’s Fifty over 50! Also congratulations to Judy Zangwill from SCS and Michelle Cruz from Union Settlement. www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...