United Neighborhood Houses

We need 2-Care! We are calling on NYC to prioritize 2-Care in the budget, restore the early childhood funding that was cut, and guarantee that every 3-year-old whose family applies gets a seat. Thank you New Yorkers United for Child Care for your continued partnership in this fight.

We joined over 100 advocates in Albany this week urging lawmakers to invest in #SNAP & anti-hunger programs that support New York families. Settlement houses are on the frontlines, ensuring no one goes hungry. We need bold action to expand and strengthen these programs!

Governor Hochul's proposed expansion to the Empire State Child Credit is great, but we can do much better. We support the Working Families Tax Credit #WFTC which would provide up to $1600 for every child, streamline the tax code by including EITC and ITIN filers, and provide a permanent boost to NY families.

A day in Albany with my settlement house peers & allies #investinsettlementhouses #settlementhousestrong United Neighborhood Houses Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC) Chinese-American Planning Council Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement University Settlement Society of New York Goddard Riverside Syracuse Northeast Community Center Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region BronxWorks East Side House Settlement Grand Street Settlement Henry Street Settlement Hamilton-Madison House Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Educational Alliance Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, Inc. New Settlement Sunnyside Community Services Arab-American Family Support Center Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York St. Nicks Alliance Project Hospitality Riverdale Neighborhood House Grand Street Settlement Sunnyside Community Services

United Neighborhood Houses State Lobby Day! #settlementhousestrong Carlyn Cowen Susan Stamler Tara Klein Maria Lizardo Rigaud Noel Christopher Hanway Harvey Epstein Amanda Septimo Jessica Ramos Karines Reyes RN Rich Baum

Melissa Aase, CEO of University Settlement and Jen Vallone, our Associate Executive Director of Adults, Arts, and Advocacy are in Albany this week fighting for flexible funds to meet the emerging needs of our communities alongside our comrades in the settlement house movement! A huge thank you to Settlement House Program Champions AM Linda Rosenthal and NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh, and all our friends and colleagues from NY State settlement houses United Neighborhood Houses. We are fighting for true affordability for our essential workers, including a COLA increase that is indexed to inflation and includes ALL human service care workers on State contracts. Across our team's 60+ meetings, many legislative members of the Assembly and Senate have pledged their support for our agenda, and we’re delighted to see such strong momentum. We’re grateful to everyone we've had the opportunity to meet with, including many of leaders who represent our neighborhoods! NYS Senator Andrew Gounardes, NYS Senator Jabari Brisport, NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, NYS Senator Roxane Persaud, AM Jo Anne Simon, AM Grace Lee, and AM Harvey Epstein. #SettlementHouseStrong #JustPay #NYCisUS

Thanks to the awesome team at United Neighborhood Houses and Senator Brian Kavanagh for a great few days in Albany! Human services workers at Greenwich House and everywhere deserve SO much more than they get and if my 5,000 elevator rides in 48 hours helped to get that message across even the tiniest bit…time well spent. #iykyk

Second day in Albany: NYS APA Task Force's Lunar New Year Celebration and United Neighborhood Houses' State Advocacy Day. Sharon Levy Carlyn Cowen Steven Raga

Settlement Houses and our friends in the legislature came in strong for today’s rally to kick off #UNHLobbyDay! #SettlementHouseStrong #InvestInSettlementHouses

Congratulations to UNH’s own Angela Perry-Carroll, Director of Member Services, for your recognition as one of City & State’s Fifty over 50! Also congratulations to Judy Zangwill from Sunnyside Community Services and Michelle Cruz from Union Settlement. https://lnkd.in/encZZK43