BronxWorks

Homeless prevention and relocation servicesstreet homelessness in the bronx has declined by 19% between 2022 and 2023 as a result of the efforts of the Bronxworks homeless prevention and relocation services programs. Bronxworks made 51,026 contacts with people experiencing street homelessness across the bronx. Bronxworks jerome avenue men's shelter, homeless outreach team, and safe haven programs placed 535 formerly street homeless individuals into permanent housing. Bronxworks-run family residences placed 148 families into permanent housing. Two Bronxworks' family residences were selected as the shelter providers for the new york city department of homeless services' moms (mental outreach for mothers) partnership pilot which ran from september until november 2022. Between both sites, 80 mothers were enrolled in and completed mom stress management course, and eight-week evidence-based group mental health intervention for female identifying caregivers living in shelter. During fy 2023, 42 out of the 80 mothers completed the course.the homebase program served over 3,400 households with about 7,000 individuals. 95% of the individuals have successfully remained in their homes or found another stable place to live. The emergency needs for the homeless program helped 316 households remain stable while the rapid re-housing program assisted 98 people.the hud scatter site program served 51 people. The legal program helped another 127 people maintain stable housing.bronxworks' emergency rental assistance program, which ended in august 2022, processed 74 applications.

Children and youth programsbronxworks' children and youth department programs serve children and young people from birth to the age of twenty-four, as well as their parents or guardians and families. For children ages two to five, programs include the home instruction for parents of pre-school youngsters (hippy) program and two neighborhood-based early childhood learning centers (eclcs) for pre-school aged children.our compass and sonyc after-school and summer camp programs that are based in schools or neighborhood centers specifically served 797 young people in elementary and middle school, programs. Include the middle school transitions initiative (msti) assists 509 young people moving from middle school to high school by offering workshops for participants and caregivers on the high school application and selection process. Older youth participate in the center for achieving future education (cafe) a college readiness program, for high school youth who attend selected bronx-based high schools as well as a college retention component for college students pursuing an associate or bachelor's degree. The cafe program served 481 high school and college students.bronxworks provides a range of academic enrichment and other services to young people at the jill chaifetz transfer school (jcts). Our organization serves as the lead community-based organization for the community schools programs for jcts and the two middle schools that comprise the webster campus, is 313 and is 339. We served a total of 648 students in our community school programs.cornerstone community centers based in or near public housing complexes served school-aged youth and their parents or guardians. In fy 2023, Bronxworks was the lead organization for four cornerstones, serving 1100 children, youth, and adult residents. In fy 2023, hippy served fifty parents with fifty-eight children. The two eclcs enrolled a combined total of ninety-five pre-school children. Compass programs enrolled 407 children, while sonyc services engaged 306. Msti served 509 youth and 113 caregivers.

Homeless sheltersthe Bronxworks jerome avenue men's shelter, homeless outreach team, and safe haven programs provided temporary shelter to 2,115 people. Bronxworks-administered family residences provided temporary housing and on-site social services for 554 families with about 1,400 persons.

Other programsbronxworks' community programsbronxworks' community programs efforts included to health insurance enrollment and navigation services, protective and crime victim services for adults, emergency food assistance, benefits and entitlements assistance, and immigration or family support services. These programs reached residents from throughout the bronx.the health insurance enrollment and navigation services engaged 6.615 people. They enrolled 6,597 people without insurance into a health plan.the adult protective services (aps) program engaged 472 people. Crime victim assistance was offered to 206 people. Selected Bronxworks locations distributed 51,837 bags of food that contained about 372,988 pounds of food that were used by vulnerable households to prepare about 311,022 meals throughout the year for an average of about 4,250 persons a month. The estimated monetary value of the bags was $2,070,000.the Bronxworks walk-in offices and access to benefits program offered benefits and entitlements assistance to 1,690 people, providing 1,693 consultations that led to the acquisition of public benefits worth $2,043,513. Bronxworks enrolled 107 households for snap (food stamp) benefits with an annual value of $452,304, while selected sites served 412,608 meals to bronx residents, including seniors, children, young adults, and people with chronic health conditions. Bronxworks' immigration services helped 198 new americans from 72 countries retain legal residency status or become citizens. Our organization provided immigration assistance to 1,346 people who sought help with applications for citizenship, maintenance of legal residency status, esol, and civic classes.the Bronxworks family enrichment program served 114 families with 301 children through in-person visits to assess child safety and risk factors. Health programsthe Bronxworks youth food justice corps (yfjc) engaged 34 youth in 2022-2023 yfjc activities. The efforts helped build a foundation for youth to learn about nutrition, food systems, and inequities within their neighborhoods. Youth also learned the important roles played by healthy eating, culinary skills, and advocacy to change food system-related inequities in their respective neighborhoods.the 2022-2023 yfjc service year activities included, youth assisting at the Bronxworks farm stands twice a week, creating social media resource and nutrition education posts, assisting with cooking demonstrations, and teen battle chef (tbc) healthy cooking education sessions. Tbc sessions occurred at the Bronxworks carolyn mclaughlin community center (cmcc) at 1130 grand concourse near yankee stadium and the south bronx preparatory school at 360 east 145th street. Both locations, the former in bronx community district (cd) 4 and the latter in bronx cd 1, provided programming for middle school-aged youth.the youth were ages 14 to 21. They came from neighborhoods in bronx cds 1 and 4, including melrose and mott haven in bronx cd 1 and the concourse and morrisania in bronx cd 4. They were primarily of latin or african american descent. They were recruited from the bronxworks-sponsored summer youth employment program (syep), opportunity youth program, and after-school programs at the cmcc and south bronx preparatory school.snap nutrition education and obesity prevention program (snap-ed ny) conducted 581 nutrition education workshops with adults, older adults, and youth (6-17 years old), engaging 5,753 participants. Case management health education program provided case management and health education services to hiv-positive individuals with an unsuppressed viral load and are not connected to services or stopped accessing services. Staff had 2,234 encounters with enrollees, leading to the provision of 2,271 types of service. Targeted prevention and supportive services and communities of color programs provided 206 hepatitis c and 217 hiv tests in the communities of the bronx. The comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention (capp) program provided sexual risk education to 198 participants.harm reduction program teaches ways to reduce the harm of risky behaviors related to alcohol and substance use and helps participants living with hiv/aids learn to live a healthier lifestyle. The program served 62 clients and provided 2689 services.the sexual risk avoidance education program provided sexual risk education to 129 participants.care coordination program served 330 members including enrolling 41 new members via outreach. A total of 450 patient care visits were made, while 275 in-patient admissions were facilitated. Community health advocate and health literacy programs engaged over 449 people.services for the elderlybronxworks enrolled 3,108 people in eight older adult centers and social club for older adults. Social services were provided for 213 seniors at the naturally occurring retirement communities at river park towers and woodstock terrace. Specialized social services were provided to 706 seniors, including housing assistance or home improvement, geriatric mental health.supportive housingsupportive housing services were provided to 265 households, which included 95 formerly homeless individuals and families, at cooper gardens in bronx community district (cd) 6, 50 formerly homeless individuals at park haven in bronx cd 1, and 120 formerly homeless households at the brook in bronx cd 1.bronxworks is the social services provider for the brook, cooper gardens and park haven, where supportive housing services are provided for 432 previously homeless individuals.workforce developmentthe workforce development department provided targeted services to 10,067 people. The populations served included young adults, nycha residents, non-custodial fathers, hpd section 8 voucher holders and residents of three pact/rad projects. Participants enrolled in workforce development programs received comprehensive job-readiness instruction, sector-based skills trainings, adult basic education instruction, financial literacy counseling, free income tax services and access to benefits assistance.workforce programming was provided to 257 youth including many who were previously disconnected from education, skills training, or employment opportunities. In addition, 1,319 youth received project-based learning or were placed into short-term internships during the summer.for the 2023 tax season, the workforce development department free tax preparation services prepared 6,757 returns resulting in refunds totaling $6,629,314, $2,281,367 in earned income tax credits (eitc) and $1,692,985 in child tax credits (ctc).