Project Renewal

Shelter services: Project Renewal, Inc. Operates seven shelters with on-site treatment and rehabilitation services, most of which serve homeless individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Shelters are staffed with case managers, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, housing specialists, recreational specialists, and other supportive service workers who help clients move out of shelter and into housing. In fy23, the agency provided shelter services to over 2,600 new yorkers including women, men, children, seniors, veterans, and lgbtq+ young adults.

Transitional and permanent housing: Project Renewal, Inc. Operates supportive and affordable housing for our homeless and at-risk target population, including transitional, permanent, scatter-site, and congregate programs. All sites offer a spectrum of wraparound supportive services to meet the unique needs of our residents, including on-site case management, occupational therapy, psychiatry, and primary care, as well as connections to in-house substance use treatment and employment programming. In fy23 more than 1,200 individuals lived in Project Renewal housing.

Health care: Project Renewal, Inc. is a federally qualified health center operating five shelter-based primary care clinics, as well as a three-van fleet of mobile health clinics. These clinics provide medical services to homeless and at-risk individuals, and connect many of them to our mental health and substance use treatment programs. The latter includes both inpatient and outpatient treatment initiatives, as well as peer-led harm reduction services. Our team of psychiatrists and occupational therapists complement all health care work and are integrated into all Project Renewal programming. In fy23 the organization provided health care to over 10,200 individuals.

Employment services and outreach: Project Renewal, Inc. Provides job training, placement, and retention services to adults with major barriers to employment, including homelessness, mental illness, and histories of substance use and justice involvement. The agency also operates a social enterprise catering company, city beet kitchens, that hires graduates of our training programs and feeds other new yorkers in need. In fy23, more than 500 invididuals received employment services from Project Renewal.