Our Dedicated Staff
Our self-supporting staff includes advocates who speak Spanish, Russian, and English. As a grassroots organization, our staff is very strong and backed by passion and dedication to social services.

Housing Advocacy—we help you find representation and fight for housing issues. We also educate you on tenant laws and housing rights.

Landlord Assistance—we help settle disputes between landlords and their tenants. As well as to help make their buildings Handicapped Accessible.

Homeowner Counseling—we help homeowners receive low-interest loans from the government through our counseling services.

Tenant Organization—we help tenants to work as a group to address building-wide problems and raise their quality of life.

Social Services—we help you get into the entitlement programs you need. Whether signing up for low-income housing, food stamps, section 8, or housing subsidies. If you do not understand something you got in the mail, bring it in. We will help.

Health Advocacy—we help you to select a proper Medicaid Plan to fit your needs. As well as help you fill out and send in all needed documentation.

New American Outreach—we reach out to new Russian, Hispanic and South Asian residents to maximize their experience in our Democratic society. We help give them a voice to address their needs.

Youth Services—Over the past 30 years we have had very successful After School and Second Chance Summer School Programs. These provided the youths of our neighborhood with needed academic tutoring and a few hours of social recreation. We also continue to provide one on one counseling.

Economic Development—working in symbiotic relationship with our local Business Improvement District we assist local storekeepers with quality of life issues such as public safety and sanitation.