East
Side Homeless Network
The East Side Homeless Network -- working together to provide opportunities
and support for homeless and formerly homeless people in the Upper East
Region of Manhattan to reach their maximum potential for a satisfying
life.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter and
Yorkville Common Pantry, the three leading providers of services to single
homeless adults on the Upper East Side and East Harlem, are partners in the East Side Homeless Network. The Network is a collaborative
effort to improve and expand access to services for homeless clients and
other homeless members of the community. The primary goal of the East
Side Homeless Network is to weave services together and break down institutional
barriers so that the agencies are better able to bring help to homeless
people.
As clients of ESHN, homeless men and women are eligible for the wide array
of services all three agencies offer. Through increased communication
about our services, missions, philosophies and goals, we find common ground
from which we can work together more effectively. ESHN eliminates duplicate
services and ensures that clients do not fall through the cracks. Homeless
men and women receive comprehensive assistance to help them move off the
streets and, with supportive services, into transitional housing and eventually
permanent homes.
OUR PARTNERS
Neighborhood Coalition
for Shelter (NCS)
NCS is a coalition of religious institutions, civic groups and individuals
concerned with improving the lives of homeless individuals in its community.
Their integrated continuum of services includes: the Neighborhood Center
for Homeless People, a 24-hour multi-service center for homeless individuals
still living on the streets; a 15-bed men’s shelter which provides
temporary overnight housing, meals and rehabilitation programs 365 nights
per year to clients of the Neighborhood Center; and the NCS Residence,
a 70-unit SRO building that provides safe and supportive permanent housing
to formally homeless individuals. Programs and services, including case
management, psychiatric counseling, referrals to medical, educational
and vocational services and a work experience program, focus on getting
the client out into the broader community to gain the confidence and skills
needed to live independently.
Please visit the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter website: http://www.ncsinc.org
The East Side Homeless Network has created a flyer
for community members called "Ways to Respond to a Homeless Person/
Ways to Respond to Homelessness". It is a two-sided flyer that lists
referral resources on one-side and advocacy/volunteering/donations opportunities
on the other side. In addition, Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter is
printing a resource guide for homeless and hungry people on the Upper
East Side and distributing this in the community.
To view or print these flyers, click here.
Yorkville Common
Pantry (YCP)
YCP is one of the largest Soup Kitchen/Food Pantry programs in New York
State. YCP’s mission is to feed hungry individuals and families
and to provide them with the support they need to turn their lives around
and become more independent. YCP also operates Project Dignity, a comprehensive
day treatment program for homeless single adults.
For more information
about the East Side Homeless Network, please call 212 744-5022.
