Volunteers Of America - Greater New York

Last updated on October 21, 2008

Volunteers of America is a national faith-based human services organization, assisting those least able to help themselves, while providing meaningful opportunities for individuals and organizations to build stronger communities

Description:
Volunteers of America is the largest private provider of services to the homeless in Greater New York. We are an efficiently run organization with more than 90 cents of every dollar going directly to client care. This year, Volunteers of America expects to provide services to an estimated 37,000 New Yorkers through various service programs. Our homeless initiative, which provides services to almost 3,200 homeless people each day, including over 2,000 individuals and over 1,000 members of families, is part of our broad mission to help the needy. Other services assist adults and children with developmental disabilities, people with HIV/AIDS, at-risk youth, victims of domestic violence, people afflicted with mental illness and substance abuse problems, and pre-parolees who are leaving prison and returning to their communities.

History:
Volunteers of America has helped people in need since 1896. Founded as an organization of volunteers who worked tirelessly to help the city's poor, today Volunteers of America-Greater New York employs more than 1,400 professional staff in 66 programs throughout the Greater New York area. We are an efficiently run organization with more than 91 cents of every dollar going directly to client care.

Our services extend to a broad range of people with a multitude of needs. Awar-winning programs, skilled and dedicated staff, and caring volunteers bring relief from the dehumanizing cycles of poverty, untreated mental illness, homelessness and domestic violence, to thousands of people each year.

Contact person: Robin Gordon Leavitt, Communications Associate, (212) 496-4307, (email)
Office fax number: (212) 769-2629

Address:

340 West 85th Street
New York, NY 11238
(See a map)

Web Site: http://www.voa-gny.org

Directions:

For public transportation to our executive office please take the 1 train to 86th street. We are located a short walk south of 86th on 85th street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive.
  Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 86th on the 1 Train,
  Walk distance (in minutes): 2
  Nearest Bus Stop: m86, m11, 1 minute walk

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