Family Services

Westhab provides a range of services to address the needs of families living at our Coachman Family Center homeless shelter, and in scattered site apartment housing, as well as those who visit our community resource centers in Yonkers and Mount Vernon. We employ a Normative Communities approach in our family programming: Peer support from the very beginning helps new families understand and adopt positive social norms which optimizes the benefits they gain from our continuum of services. Individualized service plans are designed to help families break the cycle of poverty. They may include: advocacy and benefits assistance; crisis counseling and referrals; life skills training; education and career counseling; youth services; support for victims of domestic violence; assistance in finding affordable, permanent housing; and retention counseling to promote stability once families move out of shelter housing.

Westhab’s supportive services for families are integral to our mission. The provision of good affordable housing in conjunction with training in a variety of life skills helps clients all along our continuum of care. Some start as shelter residents, some as apartment dwellers. At the end of the continuum, we help to preserve tenancy and prevent homelessness for those in independent permanent housing.

Complete List of Services/Programs
Please note: most of the services listed are funded through DSS and require referrals