NYC Department of Social Services

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SNAP boosts good purchasing power which allows low-income families to access healthy food. This helps the more than half of those New Yorkers facing food hardship who also reported facing health problems. #SNAPShot #FarmBill

DSS Commissioner Park joined Westhab leadership and other key stakeholders to celebrate the upcoming opening of Westhab's Lionheart Family Center, a new, high-quality shelter facility designed from the ground up to provide specialized services to families with children experiencing homelessness and help them stabilize their lives and transition to permanent housing.

Yesterday, the DSS M/WBE Program Team attended the Tri-Agency M/WBE Networking Event hosted by our colleagues at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the Department of Probation (DOP), and the New York Fire Department (FDNY). We’re so grateful to Elizabeth Brown, David Francis, Raquelle Patterson and their teams for the opportunity to meet dynamic M/WBE vendors whose work closely aligns with our mission. At the event, we shared information about the resources we’ve developed to help M/WBEs bid and contract with our agency and our human service providers and prime contractor partners. We also referred vendors to the valuable resources available at the NYC Department of Small Business Services to help them position for contracts and growth. If you’re an M/WBE, or believe you might qualify for certification, please email us at [email protected] or visit our M/WBE Resource Page. The site (and our team) is ready with information about certification, doing business with DSS/HRA/DHS, upcoming events, resources, and opportunities to contract. NYC Department of Social Services, NYC Human Resources Administration, NYC Department of Homeless Services, Raymond Daniel Medina

DYK? The NYC 2024 Continuum of Care Program NOFO has been released! Visit the NYC CoC NOFO webpage to learn more: https://on.nyc.gov/3UDXktc ??? NYC Continuum of Care 2024 NOFO Timeline ?? 7/31 - 2024 NOFO released. 8/09 - NYC CoC 2024 Kickoff - Download the slide deck here: https://on.nyc.gov/3Me5NQ2 9/06 - All new and renewal projects due in e-snaps. 10/15 - All accepted, rejected, and reduced projects notified outside of e-snaps. 10/28 - NYC CoC Consolidated Application posted. 10/30 - NYC CoC Consolidated Application submitted in e-snaps. Please contact the NYC CoC at [email protected] with any questions.

In this month’s M/WBEs in the Mix, we hear from our Diversity Officer and M/WBE Program Lead, Raymond Daniel Medina. Raymond Daniel, working together with our agency’s M/WBE Program and Senior Leadership Teams, developed our Matchmaking Event Program in response to M/WBEs looking to make substantive connections with procurement staff and decision makers. Three years, and over 800 matches later, we are celebrating contract outcomes for one in five M/WBEs who have attended our Matchmaking Events! We are grateful to our agency staff, Human Service Providers, Prime Contractors, and M/WBEs for joining us in this commitment. Here at DSS/HRA/DHS, we understand the value of the M/WBE Program to our local communities, clients, and economy and are committed to bringing stakeholders together to celebrate their shared diversity, talents, and resilience. It all starts with intention…and a handshake. The team has also developed online resources to help M/WBEs learn more about making contract connections and growing their businesses with our agencies and program partners. If you’re an M/WBE, or think you might qualify for certification, please email us at [email protected] or visit our M/WBE Resource Page at https://lnkd.in/gaKF7NPe. The site (and our team) is full of information about certification, doing business with DSS/HRA/DHS, upcoming events, resources, and opportunities to contract with us and our partners. Joslyn Carter, LCSW, Scott French, Molly Wasow Park, Vincent Pullo, Karen H. St.Hilaire

Yesterday, the DSS M/WBE Program Team attended the Greater NY Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Business Expo and Conference. We met dynamic M/WBE vendors – present and future! – and shared information about the resources we’ve developed to help them bid and contract with our agency and our human service provider and prime contractor partners. If you’re an M/WBE, or think you might qualify for certification, please email us at [email protected] or visit our M/WBE Resource Page at https://on.nyc.gov/3Xni0bu. The site (and our team) is ready with information about certification, doing business with DSS/HRA/DHS, upcoming events, resources, and opportunities to contract. NYC Human Resources Administration, NYC Human Resources Administration, NYC Department of Social Services, Raymond Daniel Medina

“When times got tough and we couldn't afford healthy food, SNAP helped." - Karima, Graphic Designer, single mother, Brooklyn. Learn more: nyc.gov/snap #SNAPShot #FarmBill

DSS Commissioner Molly Park and the DSS team joined VIP Community Services to celebrate the opening of a new, deeply affordable housing site in the Bronx as part of DSS’s innovative Affordable Housing Services program pipeline. Read more here: https://on.nyc.gov/4eaK342

SNAP benefits reach 1.8 million New York City residents of all ages to help purchase food. Of that number 560,000 are children. #SNAPShot #FarmBill