MILESTONES
1978
Pastoral and Educational Services (PAES) is formed to address the emerging crisis of homelessness
1980
PAES opens one of the nation's first Scattered-Site Apartment Programs
1984
NY State awards PAES funds to develop new housing for homeless
1989
PAES acquires an abandoned apartment complex in Fort Greene, which becomes Brooklyn Gardens
1991
Brooklyn Gardens opens to provide housing for 180 formerly homeless women, children and men
1996
PAES launches the Working Community vocational program
1998
PAES changes its name to Brooklyn Community Housing and Services, Inc. (BCHS)
1999
BCHS expands to open new program space in Downtown Brooklyn
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
1993
Fannie Mae Foundation Maxwell Award of Excellence in low-income housing development
1995
Winner of the Chemical Bank Affordable Housing Competition
1996
Honored by NY State for “outstanding contributions” in innovative housing
2004
Recognized by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) for placing 100% of "housing-ready" homeless families into permanent housing
2007
Received perfect score on the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) annual program evaluation
2009
Recognized by DHS for placing 98% of "housing-ready" homeless families into permanent housing
2009
Received Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) Outstanding Achievement Award for the Model SRO Initiative
MISSION AND HISTORY
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services (BCHS) is committed to ending homelessness in Brooklyn. Each year, we provide safe and clean supportive housing for approximately 800 formerly homeless women, children and men. We help them learn how to live productively and independently, with dignity and hope.
Our programs provide short-term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital services.
