NEWS RELEASE 🗞️ Housing Advocates Celebrate $45M Down Payment to AHTF, Call for Full & Sustainable Funding “Let’s finish the job & ensure the AHTF is fully & sustainably funded so every community can provide the affordable homes our residents need.” -Matthew Hersh tinyurl.com/AHTFDownPayment

What a way to end the week! We are immensely grateful to the Mayor & NYC Council for including $250K in the budget to support #OperationBackpackNYC - our annual community service campaign that provides students living in NYC homeless shelters with the school supplies they need to succeed.

NYC’s next Mayor will have a lot to tackle when it comes to supporting the human services sector. Learn how seven of the candidates plan to solve late payments, #JustPay, & other issues facing our orgs & communities in @hsany.bsky.social's Candidate Chats. 📽️ www.humanservicesaction.org/mayoralchat

The cost of school supplies is projected to rise this back-to-school season. For the 1 in 8 NYC public school students experiencing homelessness, this doesn’t just limit choices—it can mean going without supplies at all. You can help through Operation Backpack® >> www.voa-gny.org/operation-ba...

The City relies on nonprofits like @goddardriverside.bsky.social and @voagny.bsky.social to provide life-saving services - but owes the sector millions of dollars for services they already provided. #PayNonprofitsOnTime

In the recent @gothamist.com article, @davidfbrand.bsky.social reports that NYC's Adult Protective Services has rejected 95% of people referred for assistance this year. The city needs a better functioning services agency to meet the needs of older New Yorkers. gothamist.com/news/nyc-age...

With preschool special education funding now baselined, we can be more confident that students with special needs at our Bronx Early Learning Center will continue to have access to the critical programs they need to thrive. @afcnewyork.bsky.social

We stand with @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social, Senator Kavanaugh, REBNY, and @winnyc.bsky.social to urge New York State and @governor.ny.gov to fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which will provide immediate relief to thousands of struggling families.

Last week, the @council.nyc.gov released their response to the Mayor’s preliminary budget—and Operation Backpack®, our signature program providing school supplies to children living in NYC shelters, was included in the council’s funding priorities! [1/3🧵]

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

CityFHEPS is a lifeline for many of our clients. To truly address the housing crisis, the administration must invest more in both long-term and immediate solutions, including housing access vouchers in the NY State budget. @govkathyhochul.bsky.social citylimits.org/2025/03/11/o...

State Senator Cordell Cleare and Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi are calling @govkathyhochul.bsky.social to pass the Supportive Housing Modernization Act, which can save 9000 units of supportive housing, protecting the housing we have already built. @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

We joined @hscny.bsky.social and 300+ human services workers in Albany on Monday for Human Services State Advocacy Day, demanding a 7.8% investment on ALL human services contracts to cover program costs and ensure a living wage. The human services sector can't wait! #FundHumanServices #JustPay

📢 What’s the number?! 7.8! Cost-of-living keeps climbing, and State contracts must keep up. A 7.8% investment on ALL State human services contracts is what human services nonprofits need to help cover rising program costs and higher wages. #FundHumanServices #JustPay @hscny.bsky.social

The Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) is designed to help families stay in their communities, homes, and schools. @govkathyhochul.bsky.social, please include HAVP in this year’s budget so families like Rhonda’s have a place to call home after fleeing violence. www.amny.com/opinion/gove...

We understand first-hand the complexities involved in implementing a true Housing First program. We are grateful to CM @sandynurse.bsky.social and Deputy Speaker Ayala for their leadership in sponsoring this bill—a critical first step toward removing the barriers that prevent access to housing.

Human services workers show our communities love every day. Now, it’s the State’s turn. ❤️ Join us to advocate for a 7.8% increase to contracts & Cost of Living Adjustments for staff. 📨 Email your State legislators by 2/14: Tell them to #JustPay in the budget! 👉 bit.ly/JustPay-Valentine

This past Monday, VOA-GNY policy and program staff from our senior supportive housing residences and domestic violence shelters joined @thenetworkny.bsky.social’s Advocacy Day! 🧵[1/3]