East Side Homeless Network

The East Side Homeless Network -- working together to provide opportunities and support for homeless and formerly homeless people in the Upper East Region of Manhattan to reach their maximum potential for a satisfying life.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter and Yorkville Common Pantry, the three leading providers of services to single homeless adults on the Upper East Side and East Harlem, are partners in the East Side Homeless Network. The Network is a collaborative effort to improve and expand access to services for homeless clients and other homeless members of the community. The primary goal of the East Side Homeless Network is to weave services together and break down institutional barriers so that the agencies are better able to bring help to homeless people.

As clients of ESHN, homeless men and women are eligible for the wide array of services all three agencies offer. Through increased communication about our services, missions, philosophies and goals, we find common ground from which we can work together more effectively. ESHN eliminates duplicate services and ensures that clients do not fall through the cracks. Homeless men and women receive comprehensive assistance to help them move off the streets and, with supportive services, into transitional housing and eventually permanent homes.

OUR PARTNERS

Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter (NCS)
NCS is a coalition of religious institutions, civic groups and individuals concerned with improving the lives of homeless individuals in its community. Their integrated continuum of services includes: the Neighborhood Center for Homeless People, a 24-hour multi-service center for homeless individuals still living on the streets; a 15-bed men’s shelter which provides temporary overnight housing, meals and rehabilitation programs 365 nights per year to clients of the Neighborhood Center; and the NCS Residence, a 70-unit SRO building that provides safe and supportive permanent housing to formally homeless individuals. Programs and services, including case management, psychiatric counseling, referrals to medical, educational and vocational services and a work experience program, focus on getting the client out into the broader community to gain the confidence and skills needed to live independently.

Please visit the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter website: http://www.ncsinc.org

The East Side Homeless Network has created a flyer for community members called "Ways to Respond to a Homeless Person/ Ways to Respond to Homelessness". It is a two-sided flyer that lists referral resources on one-side and advocacy/volunteering/donations opportunities on the other side. In addition, Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter is printing a resource guide for homeless and hungry people on the Upper East Side and distributing this in the community.
To view or print these flyers, click here.

Yorkville Common Pantry (YCP)
YCP is one of the largest Soup Kitchen/Food Pantry programs in New York State. YCP’s mission is to feed hungry individuals and families and to provide them with the support they need to turn their lives around and become more independent. YCP also operates Project Dignity, a comprehensive day treatment program for homeless single adults.

For more information about the East Side Homeless Network, please call 212 744-5022.