Single Residency Occupancy – SRO: Rent is $400 and Includes Utilities

The SRO program will accept women, aged eighteen and over, who need a safe, affordable, and supportive place to live until they are ready and able to move into other housing of choice.

The SRO program provides women with emergency, temporary, and permanent housing. The case manager will assist and support the women in such areas as referrals for education, employment placement, medical care, chemical dependency issues, social services, and basic needs.

YWCA NorthEastern NY has on-site counseling available for domestic violence issues, support groups for domestic violence, advocacy for legal issues, and social services.

Our SRO program includes:

• Permanent supportive housing for single women
• Rental of SRO (furnished room)
• Room has bed, bedding, mini refrigerator, closet, and dresser
• Shared kitchen, living room, bathroom.
• Case management
• 24 hour staff
• Secure locked building
• Easy access to counselors and DV advocates

For women who are accepted into the main residential facility:

• Residents must be fully capable of independent
• Must be able to physically navigate the stairways and hallways
• Must be able to peacefully coexist in a cooperative group living situation
• Women in need of medication must be able to self-administer their own medication
• Women with a history of chemical dependency can seek assistance from the YWCA counseling program and other services

For more information on SRO, please contact Tamara Flanders at 518.374.3394 x 118 or tflanders@ywca-neny.org.

Rosa’s House: Rent is 30% of Income – DSS Accepted

Rosa’s House is permanent Supportive Housing Program offered by YWCA NENY with rent subsidized, 1-bedroom, semi-furnished apartments to assist homeless women who are:

• Homeless
• Coming from emergency/DV shelters
• Coming from transitional housing for homeless individuals
• Evicted
• Discharged from institutions
• Fleeing domestic violence
• Suffer from mental and chemical dependency issues that affect their ability to maintain housing
• Living with a disabilty

Our Supportive Housing Program includes:

• Case management
• Light maintenance included
• Case manager to assist with communication with landlord

YWCA NorthEastern NY, through the assistance of HUD, has implemented this program to assist this population to secure and maintain permanent housing. Only one person per/unit.

For more information on this program, please contact Tamara Flanders at 518.374.3394 x 118 or tflanders@ywca-neny.org.

Rapid Rehousing

YWCA provides temporary financial assistance and transitional housing for single women or single women with children who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness due to domestic violence. Financial assistance covers many relocation fees, moving costs, security deposit, and 9 months of rental assistance.

Rapid Rehousing also provides case management to help find an apartment, inspect the apartment, review the lease, and support individuals in working on their goals while in the Rapid Rehousing program.

Our Rapid Rehousing Program also offers:

• HUD inspection of apartment
• Moving Assistance
• Assistance in communicating with landlord (if needed)
• Ongoing case management to encourage successful graduation from program

For an intake or information on the wait list please call Ashley Roberts at 518.974.5677