Grand Street Settlement Inc

See schedule o - senior servicessenior services: gss is committed to ensuring that older adults from the low-income communities we serve have the services and support needed to age in place and remain active members of the community. Beyond being a service provider, gss functions as a gathering pace that honors this period of life for its tremendous potential for person growth, wisdom, and creativity, improving quality of life by offering ample opportunities for seniors to volunteer and explore the rich cultural and linguistic diversity that defines the lower east side. Our primary neighborhood senior center, the grand coalition of older adults served over 2,274 people in fy24. Gss also operates senior programs at a naturally occurring retirement community (norc) in the baruch houses with 600+ participants. Gss serves seniors at our hud 202 senior housing facility on east 6th st., which serves 99 senior residents, and at the essex crossing community center at 175 delancey st. In essex crossing, which serves 150 seniors who live in the building.our grand coalition of older adults distributed 39,460 congregate and grab-and-go meals to older adults, and provided vital services including health management, evidence-based fall prevention and exercise, nutrition education, case assistance, and more.our baruch elder services team (best) provided over 1,474 hours of case management and health care management, and 904 mental health counseling sessions (among other services) to older adults living in nycha's baruch housesmany of whom are homebound.

See schedule o - youth and community development servicesyouth and community development services: gss provided over 3,000 hours of out-of-school learning activities to 6,125 school-age children from low-income communities in new york city. This includes afterschool and summer day camp at schools and community centers across the lower east side and brooklyn. Gss youth programs provide hands-on learning for youth, including stem activities, arts exploration, life skills and academic learning, leadership development. Our community centers also hosted neighborhood events and programming for 600 adult community members. Youth at grand street's best buy teen tech center have recently gone onto stem-related majors at 4-year universities including: brooklyn college (filmmaking); the city college of new york (computer science); john jay college of criminal justice (forensic pathology); new york institute of technology (computer & information sciences); new york university (college of arts & sciences: pre-med; tisch school of the arts: interactive media arts; steinhardt school of culture, education, and human development: nutrition & food studies); stevens institute of technology (music technology); university at buffalo (information technology & management); and williams college (computer science).

Families/benefits assistancethrough our benefits assistance program and other social worker support, in fiscal year 2024, gss screened benefits and services for 1,651 families, with 976 enrolled in at least 1 benefit. Gss supports families in meeting their financial goals including providing free tax preparation services to 355 households. Gss referrals for legal assistance helped 271 with legal issues. The program enrolled 39 people in job training and resume building, and connected 387 families to food pantry services.food pantrygss operates weekly food pantries on the lower east side, which made over 17,000 distributions last year.