We’re Living Through a Housing Crisis. This Brooklyn Neighborhood Has the Answer | Opinion
The National Alliance to End Homelessness reported that the number of chronically homeless individuals reached record highs in 2022. There are also nearly 60 million Americans living with a mental health challenge, including 14 million with a serious mental health condition, according to the National Institute of Mental Health These issues are decades in the making, with roots in […]
City taps minority- and woman-led development teams for low-income Brooklyn housing project
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development on Tuesday announced plans to partner with three companies, one of which is minority-led and the other helmed by a woman, in converting a 17,145-square-foot Fort Greene, Brooklyn, parking lot into affordable housing for low-income seniors and homeless New Yorkers. Click here to read the full article
Report: Parents in shelters have no direct way to reunify with children in foster care
A new report by the Institute for Community Living sounds the alarm on an issue within the foster care system. It says parents living in adult shelters have no direct path to reunifying with their children in foster care. Securing permanent housing is one of the biggest obstacles. Click here to read the full article
HPD Selects M/WBE-Led Development Team to Convert Parking Lot into Housing for Low-Income, Homeless Seniors in Central Brooklyn
New York, NY – The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced today the selection of Jobe Development, Corp. (JDC), Mega Group Development (MGD), and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) to transform a City-owned parking lot into affordable housing for older New Yorkers in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Click here to read the […]
New Institute for Community Living Policy Paper Finds Parents in Single Adult Shelters Have No Direct Path to Reunification with Children in Foster Care
“Barriers to Reunification” Recommends Policy Changes, Investments in Supportive Housing, Like the Emerson-Davis Family Center Model, Dedicated to Reconnecting Families Implementing Recommendations Would Help to Shorten Foster Care Placements and Shelter Stays, Building Upon City’s Progress in Reunifying Families (New York, N.Y.)—Today, the Institute for Community Living (ICL) released a policy paper that finds parents […]
ICL Supportive Housing Program Reduces Psychiatric Hospitalizations for People with Serious Mental Health Challenges
On-site Whole Health Services Helped 90% of Residents Avoid a Psychiatric Emergency Room Visit; the Number of Residents Seeing a Primary Care Physician More Than Doubled Program Supports Those Experiencing Serious Mental Health Challenges and Histories of Homelessness (New York, N.Y.)—This spring, the Institute for Community Living (ICL) Nevins Street Apartments housing program marked one […]
Institute for Community Living Celebrates Whole Health at Spring Gala
Event Supports the Nonprofit’s Health, Housing, and Recovery Services for People Living with Mental and Behavioral Health Challenges (New York, N.Y.)—The Institute for Community Living (ICL), a premier provider of whole health care for children, adults, and families living with serious mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities, held its annual Spring Gala […]
Institute for Community Living Announces Launch of Hope & Recovery Center to Support Clients with Substance Use Disorder Treatment
New Center Takes an Integrated, Whole Health Approach to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Hope & Recovery Center Offers a Wide Range of Recovery and Harm Reduction Services, Including Individual and Group Counseling and Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (New York, N.Y.)—Today, the Institute for Community Living (ICL), a premier innovator of whole health care that serves […]
