2024 Annual Meeting on Priorities

We want to hear from YOU about:

Current unmet needs

Suggestions to improve current services

Strategies to prevent and end homelessness

This open forum is your opportunity to help determine what will be included in and what improvements can be made to our core system for preventing and ending homelessness in Westchester County. The CoC partnership will review and consider these presentations as we determine county-wide priorities moving forward.

Date: June 26th 2024

Start Time: 1:00pm

Attendees will be allowed to attend either in person or online.

In person location: Westchester Library System: 570 Taxter Rd, Elmsford NY 10523 4th floor Conference room

Online meeting link will be provided at a later date

Please email lsrc@westchestercountyny.org to RSVP by June 18th 2024 (please indicate if you plan to attend online or in person)

Attendees who would like to present are required to indicate this intention in advance. Presentations will be limited to 3 minutes. Alternatively, presenters who do not feel comfortable with public speaking or are unable to attend the meeting, will have the option to submit a written letter to be read during the meeting.

If you plan to present, please let us know when you RSVP

Alternatively, presenters can email lsrc@westchestercountyny.gov or mail to the Westchester CoC c/o Westchester County Dept of Community Mental Health office at 112 E Post Road, 2nd Floor, White Plains, NY 10601 or fax to (914) 995-6220 no later than 5pm on June 18th 2024.

Westchester County, New York Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The White Plains Housing Authority (WPHA) will accept Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from April 11, 2024, at 8:30 am, until April 12, 2024, at 3:00 pm ET. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in June 2019. 

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows: 

·                     1 Person $30,850 | 5 Persons $47,600 

·                     2 Persons $35,250| 6 Persons $51,110 

·                     3 Persons $39,650 | 7 Person $54,650 

·                     4 Persons $44,050 | 8 Persons $58,150 

 

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

·                     Displaced by Government Action or Displaced by Natural Disaster. 

·                     Families at the time of application are residents and/or work in White Plains. 

·                     Families with Children, Elderly, or Disabled. 

·                     600 applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences. 

 

Providence House Job Opportunity!!!!

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:

 

Providence House, Inc. is a value driven not-for-profit organization focused on assisting women in building community and transforming their lives. The agency is committed to promoting wholeness and healing while offering quality evidence based services to women and children who find themselves homeless  Providence House follows a trauma based practice model. 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Program Director is responsible for the overall administration of our Providence House in Westchester - this includes the supervision of one Case Manager and Residence Manager/Security Staff and other staff with programmatic responsibilities. The Program Director is responsible for the coordination of client services, staff training and development, implementation of program policies and procedures and summary reports to appropriate NYS and

Westchester County agencies. An LMSW in Social Work or a related field required as well as  a  minimum 3 years in  supervision and  program administration.

 

IF interested please email our HR department at rhuem@providencehouse.org for more information.

Sandler Search Job Opportunity!!!!

Sandler Search is proud to lead the search for the next Executive Director (ED) of LifeWay Network, the only organization in the New York City Metro area providing safe housing to survivors of both labor and sex trafficking, domestic or foreign-born.

 

The ED will be an experienced leader and manager who is knowledgeable and passionate about ending global human trafficking, supporting survivors of trafficking, and educating the general public about this important issue.

 

The ED will oversee all day-to-day functions of the organization, including its safe housing and educational program, development, finance, human resources, and strategy. As the lead public advocate for LifeWay Network’s mission, the ED will champion the organization’s impact at its programs and other convenings of human trafficking experts and advocates. The ED will also drive efforts to grow and diversify funding and strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders.

 

This is a hybrid position, with in-person time shared between the Tarrytown office and Safe Houses in Queens and the Bronx. The compensation range for this role is $130,000-$140,000.

 

Please see attached for more information to share with your network. We look forward to receiving your application and/or recommendations!

Peruvian & Mexican Consulate Services at White Plains Public Library

The White Plains Public Library will be offering the following services on Saturday, March 23rd (Peruvian Consulate) and April 23rd-27th (Mexican Consulate):

·         Passport processing

·         Consular IDs

·         Voting credentials

·         Notary procedures

·         Legal documents (birth, marriage, death certificates)

 

TRANSITION CRISIS COUNSELOR Family Service Society of Yonkers

Family Service Society of Yonkers (FSSY) is a community-based nonprofit that has served residents of Yonkers and the surrounding areas for over 130 years. We provide comprehensive services and programs for individuals and families of diverse backgrounds and ages.

Job summary:

Provide Structured Critical Time Intervention services including counseling during the first 9 months of chronically homeless residents’ transition to independent living for 27 Homestead residents; report on progress and status to Residential Manager. Responsible for daily operations of the assigned homeless housing. Make referrals to collaborative agencies in support of client services.

Salary: Starting rate is $56,000. Will increase to $60,000 as of January 1, 2024.

Job Type: Full-time

Request For Proposal: Housing Quality Standards Inspections and Lead-based Paint Inspections and Risk

The County of Westchester (the “County”), acting by and through its Department of Social Services (“DSS”), is requesting proposals from qualified vendors for housing quality standards inspections and lead-based paint inspections and risk assessments for properties that may participate in the County’s ‘Emergency Housing Assistance Program’ (“EHAP”).

Issue Date:                                                                                                          March 7, 2024

Requests for Clarification Due:                                                      March 28, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Written Responses to Requests for Clarification Posted:                 on or before April 4, 2024

Due Date:                                                                                           April 18, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Here is the link to access the RFP:

https://www.westchestergov.com/rfp/extDetails/42772

RFP: Tenant Based Rental Assistance Services - Mt Vernon, NY

HOME & HOME ARP Program

The Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency (MVURA) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) from one or more qualified contractors to implement and administer MVURA’s TBRA program. Respondents to this RFP must agree to run the program as designed and outlined by MVURA and agree to comply with all HOME and HOME-ARP regulations. 

MVURA reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time prior to the issuance of any contract. Applicants are responsible for any and all costs of preparing a submission, no reimbursement or other compensation may be provided for such purposes. 

Submission Information

All proposals must be received by January 29, 2024 by 4:00 PM eastern time at the following address:

Sylvia Bolivar
Executive Director
Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency
1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon, NY 10550

Questions & Answers

Questions about this RFP may be submitted to Sylvia Bolivar, Executive Director, via email at sbolivar@ci.mount-vernon.ny.us with a subject line:  HOME TRBA RFP Response.

The deadline for questions is January 23, 2024, 4:00 PM eastern time.  Answers will be provided to all interested parties (who have asked questions or otherwise notified MVURA of their interest in receiving updates) via email correspondence by the close of business on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

The TBRA RFP is available here

More information is available at: www.cmvny.com/ura

Upcoming Undoing Racism® & Community Organizing Workshops in White Plains

Our CoC partner organization, the People’s Institute Northeast, is offering their signature workshop Undoing Racism® in White Plains this Winter & Spring. Participants will experience a humanistic process for laying a foundation to explore how we have been racialized, socialized, and conditioned to think about race and racism.

Mount Vernon TBRA Services Request for Proposals

HOME & HOME ARP Program

The Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency (MVURA) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) from one or more qualified contractors to implement and administer MVURA’s Tenant Based Rental Assistance Services (TBRA) program. Respondents to this RFP must agree to run the program as designed and outlined by MVURA and agree to comply with all HOME and HOME-ARP regulations. 

MVURA reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time prior to the issuance of any contract. Applicants are responsible for any and all costs of preparing a submission, no reimbursement or other compensation may be provided for such purposes. 

Submission Information

All proposals must be received by January 29, 2024 by 4:00 PM eastern time at the following address:

Sylvia Bolivar
Executive Director
Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency
1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon, NY 10550

Questions & Answers

Questions about this RFP may be submitted to Sylvia Bolivar, Executive Director, via email at sbolivar@ci.mount-vernon.ny.us with a subject line:  HOME TRBA RFP Response.

The deadline for questions is January 23, 2024, 4:00 PM eastern time.  Answers will be provided to all interested parties (who have asked questions or otherwise notified MVURA of their interest in receiving updates) via email correspondence by the close of business on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

The TBRA RFP is available here

More information is available at: www.cmvny.com/ura

My Sister's Place & VNY! - Adopt a RISE Family for the Holidays

RISE (Rehousing in Supportive Environments) is a collaboration between My Sisters' Place, Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill, and Lifting up Westchester that helps house survivors of domestic violence and their children who are homeless due to domestic violence or who want to flee their abusive situation. Together, these agencies help families reintegrate themselves into the community after experiencing abuse. For many, this will be the first time they will be spending the holidays alone.

Volunteers are asked to "adopt" a RISE family to help bring some much-needed holiday cheer this season. Once volunteers are matched with an anonymous family, they will receive the survivor's story as well as their holiday wish list. Volunteers will purchase and wrap gifts on the family's wish list and deliver them to My Sister's Place office by December 8, 2023. The gifts will then be delivered to their adopted family.

To "RISE" to the occasion and "adopt" a RISE family for the holidays, express interest below—or express interest as a "family, group, or team" if volunteering as a group of two or more—to get started.

Volunteer New York! | 2023 Adopt a RISE Family for the Holidays

Redlich Horowitz Foundation Open Call for Grant Proposals

RHF Announces
Open Call for Grant Proposals 
For community-based and grassroots organizations serving children and families in NY 


As RHF works to support grassroots movement-building across NY, we want to make it easier for groups working in the rest of state regions of NY (outside of NYC) to access funding to support families and mobilize community activism against system oppression. RHF seeks to identify and support the resources and capacity of community-based organizations that are meeting the concrete needs of children and families and leading local grassroots organizing. We want to support efforts to build power and achieve justice for families, especially related to family policing/child welfare, education, mental health, housing, and resource-access, and we’re prioritizing the regions in and around Albany, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk, and Westchester counties.  Applications are due November 30th.
 
Summary:

  • RHF expects to make 7-10 grants ranging in size from $10,000-$50,000, with 1–3-year grant commitments.

  • The purpose of these grants is to support local community-based and grassroots organizations to uplift children, youth and families who are at-risk or already involved in the child welfare system and are in communities that are deeply surveilled and impacted. 

  • Organizations may use the funds to organize local communities to build power and advocate for family justice in the family policing/child welfare space or address the intersection of education, mental health, housing and resource-access; and/or to provide material supports to families and organizational capacity building through general operating funds.

  • RHF seeks to support the capacity and development of organizations operating in NYS counties outside NYC, and priority will be given to organizations operating in local communities in the regions of Albany, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk, and Westchester counties.

 
RHF will host an informational webinar on November 6th at 3:30 p.m. to provide an overview of the Open Call and to answer any questions from applicants. Please register for the webinar here.
 
The Open Call application can be found here and on the RHF website; applications are due Thursday, November 30, 2023 by 5pm to Hope Newton via email at hnewton@rhfdn.org.

RFP: A TIER II FAMILY SHELTER IN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK

The County of Westchester (the “County”), acting by and through its Department of Social Services (the “Department” or “WCDSS”), is requesting proposals from qualified vendors to provide a Tier II Family Shelter facility in Mount Vernon, New York as well as manage and provide support services to homeless families residing at the facility.

Full details about this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) may be downloaded from the County’s website for RFP’s: http://www.westchestergov.com/rfp .

Westchester County Department of Planning Launches Transportation and Food Access Study

The Westchester County Department of Planning, with the support of the Department of Health, is launching a survey as part of its Transportation and Food Access Study. The survey asks Westchester residents ages 18 and older to share their experiences travelling to get groceries, as well as information on the type and affordability of food available to them in the County.

The goal of the study is to develop effective strategies to increase Westchester County resident access to affordable, quality food, with the goal of decreasing food insecurity, improving health outcomes, and increasing the quality of life in Westchester. The study will include a County-wide analysis, as well as a more detailed examination of a yet to be determined smaller study area.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said: “The entire purpose of this study is for the County to find out more about the obstacles that stand in the way of our residents accessing affordable, nutritious food. We want to increase accessibility to the groceries that people truly need so our residents can live longer, healthier lives. I encourage anyone who has a few minutes to participate in this survey, to help us decrease food insecurity across Westchester.” 

Westchester County Commissioner of Planning Blanca Lopez said: “The Planning Department is excited to launch this survey County-wide to obtain much needed primary information on how Westchester County residents access food. Survey responses will help us identify challenges as well as better understand the experiences that survey-takers have in accessing affordable and nutritious food. We are grateful to our colleagues in the Health Department, as well as our partners from community-based organizations who are helping us with survey distribution and data collection, so that our study can develop effective strategies and recommendations to increase food access to as many County residents as possible.”

The anonymous survey is available in English and in Spanish online, as well as hard copy now through November 17. The assessment seeks to identify how Westchester residents access groceries, what types of groceries are available to them, and what obstacles exist accessing groceries.

Some of the issues that will be explored include: Improving transit, pedestrian and bicycle connection to existing food sources; improving food distribution and delivery options; and changes to zoning, land use and other municipal policies to increase the availability of groceries.

The survey will be distributed via email to a diverse range of community groups, and will be available on paper and via QR code on fliers placed in public locations such as food pantries, public transit, hospitals, clinics and County offices. Health Department staff also will be onsite at some locations to help promote the survey.

The survey is part of the Transportation and Food Access Study administered by the Westchester County Department of Planning, and conducted by the planning firm Steer. The results of the survey will be analyzed alongside targeted stakeholder outreach and available data to identify existing challenges related to food access in Westchester County.

Request for Proposal: Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI)

The Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) is announcing the release of the 2023 Request for Proposals (RFP).

Governor Hochul’s State Fiscal Year 2023-24 Enacted Budget continues funding to advance a comprehensive plan for affordable and supportive housing to ensure New Yorkers have access to safe and secure housing. As such, the State is issuing this RFP to advance the goal of developing 1,400 units of supportive housing annually for persons identified as homeless with special needs, conditions, or other life challenges.

The complete ESSHI RFP can be found on the Office of Mental Health’s website under Procurement Opportunities.

Request for Proposal - Mission Safe Housing - Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)

The Department of Planning is excited to announce that we have published a Request for Proposal today for “Mission Safe Housing” with Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding.

The goal of “Mission Safe Housing” is to assist individuals and families experiencing a homelessness or housing crisis. ESG funds are available under this proposal to support five activities: Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing, and data collection through the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

Due Date: 10/20/2023 12:00 PM

Clarification Date: 10/10/2023 12:00 PM

Please review the Proposal using the following link: https://rfp.westchestergov.com/a789cd0d-c576-4396-8a7d-7677698af459