BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC
131 WEST 25TH STREET 12 FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10001 www.brc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BRC IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF HOUSING AND SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF NEW YORK CITY'S NEEDIEST INDIVIDUALS. OFFERING A HAND UP, NOT A HANDOUT, BRC ASKS ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? BRC SEES THE POTENTIAL IN EACH INDIVIDUAL IT SERVES, AND PROVIDES EACH THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND IT. WHATEVER OUR CLIENTS MAY SEEK, BRC HAS IT, 24/7/365: OUTREACH TO UNSHELTERED PEOPLE LIVING IN PUBLIC SPACES, DRUG TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES, VOCATIONAL SERVICES, AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH TO LIVE. MORE THAN 10,300 TIMES IN 2020, AN INDIVIDUAL IN NEED SAID YES TO BRC AND WALKED THROUGH OUR DOORS; AND OVER 5,300 TIMES, A BRC CLIENT SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED, AND MOVED FORWARD TO RECLAIM THEIR LIFE. BRC SUCCEEDS BY BUILDING TRUST WITH THE PEOPLE IT SERVES; LISTENING, AND THEN ACTING, PROVIDING HOUSING - BOTH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT - TO MORE THAN 3,300 INDIVIDUALS DAILY, AND SERVICES THROUGH 30 PROGRAMS LOCATED THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY. BUILDING TRUST TAKES TI

HELPING PEOPLE RECLAIM LIVES LOST: WE RESTORE HOPE AND DIGNITY BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

HOMELESS SERVICES - BRC OPERATES FIVE SHELTERS WITH A TOTAL OF 721 BEDS IN MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX, AND A 200-BED ASSESSMENT CENTER IN BROOKLYN. AT OUR SHELTER PROGRAMS, WE OFFER RESIDENTS A COMPLETE RANGE OF CASE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH STABILIZATION, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES AIMED AT MOVING THEM INTO HOUSING. BRC'S FIVE SHELTER PROGRAMS MADE 390 PLACEMENTS OF CLIENTS INTO HOUSING AND OTHER MORE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS IN FY20. AT THE ASSESSMENT CENTER, BRC EVALUATES EACH INDIVIDUAL AND LINKS THEM TO THE HOUSING AND SERVICES THAT BEST MEETS THEIR NEEDS, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM. OUR ASSESSMENT CENTER MADE 1,242 DIVERSIONS OF CLIENTS OUT OF THE DHS SHELTER SYSTEM IN FY20, INCLUDING 266 PEOPLE WHO WERE PLACED DIRECTLY INTO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. CLIENTS AT BRC'S SHELTERS AND THE ASSESSMENT CENTER ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO BRC'S FULLY INTEGRATED HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES THROUGH OUR HORIZONS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS HOUSED WITHIN TWO OF BRC'S SHELTERS. IN FY20, HORIZONS SERVED 1,159 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 514 WHO WERE NEWLY ADMITTED TO THE PROGRAM AND 259 WHO FOUND EMPLOYMENT DURING THE YEAR.

GATEWAY SERVICES - BRC IS THE LARGEST AND LONGEST SERVING PROVIDER OF HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES IN NEW YORK CITY. THE BRC HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS WORK WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO MOTIVATE THEM TO ACCEPT SERVICES THAT WILL GET THEM OFF THE STREET BOTH INITIALLY AND FOR THE LONG TERM. TEAMS BUILD TRUST WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL, BREAK DOWN RESISTANCE TO SERVICES AND REMAIN DETERMINEDLY FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE AND ACCEPTABLE PLACEMENTS FOR OUR CLIENTS. IN FY20, THESE OPERATIONS MADE MORE THAN 8,000 CONTACTS PER MONTH WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, RESULTING IN 8,753 PLACEMENTS OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS FROM THE STREETS AND SUBWAYS INTO SAFE HAVENS, SHELTERS, HOUSING, DROP-IN CENTERS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND OTHER NEEDED SERVICES. BRC IS ALSO NEW YORK CITY'S LARGEST PROVIDER OF LOW-DEMAND HOUSING, PROVIDING A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THE STREET AND SUBWAYS. THESE PROGRAMS ADHERE TO A PHILOSOPHY OF HARM REDUCTION: ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT IS AVAILABLE, AND HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES ARE OFFERED, BUT NOT MANDATED. IN FY20, BRC OPERATED SIX SAFE HAVEN AND STABILIZATION BED PROGRAMS WITH A TOTAL OF 502 BEDS, INCLUDING ALMOST 150 BEDS BROUGHT ONLINE IN MAY AND JUNE IN RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED INCREASES IN HOMELESSNESS. THE AGENCY'S LOW-DEMAND HOUSING PROGRAMS SERVED 883 PEOPLE OVER THE YEAR, INCLUDING 72 FORMERLY CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO MOVED INTO MORE STABLE HOUSING.

TREATMENT SERVICES - BRC OPERATES THREE SUPPORTED COMMUNITY RESIDENCES WITH A COMBINED CAPACITY OF 104 BEDS AND A 92-BED SUPPORTIVE APARTMENT TREATMENT PROGRAM, ALL FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS CLIENTS LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE AND WHO NEED CONTINUING SUPPORT TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY SETTING. ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE LICENSED THROUGH THE NYS OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH. IN FY20, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 268 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 67 PEOPLE WHO MOVED ON TO MORE INDEPENDENT HOUSING. IN ADDITION, BRC OPERATES TWO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS LICENSED BY NYS OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. BRC'S FRED COOPER SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE CENTER (SASC) PROVIDES THE SETTING AND SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS WITH COMPLICATED TREATMENT HISTORIES TO ATTAIN LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND STABILITY IN THEIR LIVES. SASC SERVED 368 INDIVIDUALS IN FY20. BRC'S 32-BED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CRISIS CENTER (CDCC) PROVIDES INPATIENT REHABILITATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES THAT HELP THOSE WITH CHEMICAL ADDICTION BEGIN THEIR RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP TOWARD LONG-TERM STABILITY. IN FY20, CDCC SERVED 518 INDIVIDUALS, AND 95% OF ADMISSIONS COMPLETED TREATMENT AT THE PROGRAM AND MOVED ON TO THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR RECOVERY. BRC ALSO OPERATES A CARE COORDINATION PROGRAM, OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO A CASELOAD OF 130 INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, MANY ALSO WITH A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND/OR HOMELESSNESS. IN FY20, BRC CARE COORDINATION SERVED 157 INDIVIDUALS.

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