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Programs
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services provides housing for almost 700 people every year through a variety of housing programs.
Scattered-Site Apartment Programs: The Transitional Apartment Program places 63 formerly homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental illnesses in private apartments throughout Brooklyn, while the Supported Apartment Program places 72 into permanent housing. By supplementing this with a continuum of services, such as on-going case management, rental assistance, substance abuse counseling, and mental health care, we provide clients the intensive support they need to live independently.
Brooklyn Gardens: Brooklyn Gardens provides short-term, transitional, and permanent housing for 180 formerly homeless New Yorkers. Because each building opens into a common courtyard with benches, chess tables, and gardens, the physical space encourages social interaction, and allows residents to develop a real community. There are three programs within this facility: Oak Hall is a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) facility serving 74 low-income men and women who have been homeless or are at high risk of homelessness, the majority of whom have a chronic mental illness and/or a history of substance abuse; Ivy House is a certified community residence for 18 formerly homeless men and women with psychiatric disorders requiring intensive supervision and care; Arbor Inn is a shelter for 44 homeless mothers, each with a child up to the age of 8, equipped with an on-site nursery for infants.Case management and therapeutic, educational, and recreational services are provided, along with apartment referral, independent living training, parenting skills training, health care, and substance abuse counseling. The duration and intensity of service depends upon the program.
Vocational Assistance: BCHS provides education, job readiness preparation, and job training to all our clients. For local Brooklyn residents, BCHS maintains a computer lab and community education center complete with on-site instructors.