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Housing Services for Youth
Housing Services or Youth
Finding and keeping safe stable housing is one of the most important things you can do to make sure you have a successful future. ACS works with your foster care agency to help you obtain and keep your housing.
The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) Housing Support and Services (HSS) unit provides housing supports to parents/guardians who are the discharge resource persons in foster care reunification services and parents/guardians receiving eligible preventive services through ACS’ contracted providers. Assistance includes identifying housing resources to help families involved with foster care or prevention services with accessing suitable, stable, long-term housing.
Housing Academy Collaborative
The ACS Housing Academy Collaborative (HAC) helps prepare you to get and keep your housing when you leave foster care. If you are between 16 and 24 years old, expecting or parenting, help is available.
HAC Housing Specialists can help you with:
- Resume and career building
- Employment and career planning
- Education goal setting and planning
- Financial Literacy
- General Knowledge of property owner and tenant rights
- Negotiating with creditors
- Referrals for education, employment, internships
- Job training and placement through partnerships.
HAC offers training sessions to fit your schedule:
- Five core trainings for youth 16 to 24 years old.
- Four core trainings for young adults 16 to 24 years old.
- Two additional trainings for pregnant and parenting youth.
- Training cycles will be offered throughout the year.
- Classes are held weekly and can be completed at your own pace around your work and school schedule.
Attend Training Sessions
HAC training sessions are conducted every Wednesday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm, except for holidays. Join a training session! Qualified youth in foster care do not need to register to attend. For more information, view the HAC flyer.
Help with Housing Applications
Walk in: Weekdays 9:00am to 4:00pm. No appointment is necessary.
The Housing Academy Collaborative is located at 110 William Street, New York, NY 10038.
Call the Hotline: 212-676-2818.
New York/New York III
New York/New York III is a supportive housing program that offers on-site and scattered site housing to:
- Youth ages 18-25 leaving or having recently left foster care or have been in foster care for more than a year after their 16th birthday and are at risk of homelessness.
- Youth ages 18-25 who have a serious mental concern that is being treated in a State psychiatric facility or licensed residential treatment facility and:
- Leaving or having recently left foster care
- Can live independently in the community if provided with supportive housing
- Would be at risk of street or sheltered homelessness if discharged without supportive housing assistance.
How to Apply
Eligible youth must work with their caseworkers to complete the application. HRA only accepts the Coordinated Assessment & Placement System (CAPS) applications electronically from your caseworker.