Wellness
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Ozone Park
105-34 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Brooklyn
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Brooklyn
120 Richards street, Brooklyn, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Jamaica
118-11 Guy Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Jamaica
114-39/49 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Arverne
6200 Beach Channel Drive, Arverne, NY
Monday - Friday
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BrooklynFort Greene
Fort Greene
295 Flatbush Avenue Extension, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Last Friday of Every Month
Closed
Brooklyn
Crown Heights
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
1218 Prospect Place, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last Wednesday of Every Month
Closed
Staten Island
Stapleton Family Health Center
Walk-ins accepted.
111 Canal Street, Staten Island, NY
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Rockaway
1288 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY
Monday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Jamaica
90-37 Parsons Boulevard, 1st Floor Annex, Jamaica, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Last Thursday of Every Month
Closed
Queens
Corona
Free Walk-In Clinic
34-33 Junction Boulevard, NY
Wednesday & Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
City Holidays
Closed
Bronx
Morrisania
1309 Fulton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Second Friday of Every Month
Closed
Manhattan
Riverside
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
160 W 100th St
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday - Thursday
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Manhattan
Manhattanville Renaissance
Walk-In Testing
21 Old Broadway
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Second Tuesday of Every Month
Closed
Manhattan
Central Harlem
Walk-in Testing
2238 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Third Tuesday of Every Month
Closed
Access information including retirement estimates and same-sex couple benefits, appeal decisions and apply for Social Security Retirement, disability and Medicaid benefits.
Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union
1112 St Nicholas Ave
New York, NY
Monday, Tuesday, & Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Mid-Manhattan Library - NYPL
455 5th Avenue
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Manhattan Business Center - DOF
66 John Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Senator Alcantara's Office
5030 Broadway, Suites 701 & 702, NY
Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa's Office
210 Sherman Avenue, Suites A & C
New York, NY
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's Office
618 West 177 Street, Ground Level, NY
Latino Commission on AIDS
330 7th Avenue, Suite 2001
New York, NY
8 East 109th Street
New York, NY
Voces Latinas
3763c 83 Street, Jackson Heights, NY
Manhattan
Individual and family psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy; psychiatry, advocacy, HIV and geriatric services.
Manhattan
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
Manhattan
Individual, family, and couples treatment, psychiatry, crisis interventions, case management, treatment planning. Bilingual/bicultural Spanish-English staff.
Manhattan
Individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse counseling, case management.
Manhattan
HIV-specialized clinic; Psychiatry available.
Manhattan
Individual and couples psychotherapy; off-site psychiatry referrals.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy/psychiatry, substance abuse treatment
Manhattan
LGBT issues, sexual and gender identity.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse treatment, trauma program.
Manhattan
Emotional support, support groups, and free short term counseling for HIV+ or high risk individuals. Bilingual English-Spanish staff are available.
Manhattan
Counseling, psychiatric day treatment, crisis interventions, social services.
Manhattan
Short-term individual, family, and couples treatment, substance use and treatment adherence services. Mental Health services only available for HIV+ individuals who meet financial and residential eligibility requirements.
Manhattan
Individual, group, couples, and family therapy.
Manhattan
Offers weekly psychotherapy; medication management, couple counseling, group therapy.
Brooklyn
Offers weekly psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment and case management.
Brooklyn
Psychotherapy and psychiatry at BCP; substance abuse treatment.
Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy
300 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
New Directions
500 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Bronx
Psychotherapy, medication consultation. Substance abuse treatment through ReSolve Center for Recovery. Residential services available.
5676 Riverdale Avenue, Suite 202, Bronx, NY
A national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBTQ parent(s).
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
LeGal is an association of the LGBT legal community in the New York metropolitan area.
Transgender Evening Program and Transgender Transitional Housing Program provides legal services, in addition to HIV/AIDS services, homeless and food services, support services, detox and referrals, and more.
57 Willoughby Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
TLDEF provides free legal services, as well as a name-change project, education and advocacy, for transgender and gender non-conforming people. TLDEF is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.
20 West 20th Street, Suite 705
New York, NY
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Social and support groups, including Transgender Discussion Group, health education, and referrals. Drop in center with computer lab and lending library.
76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 206, Jackson Heights, NY
Ages 13-18—Youth Connect
Ages 19-25—CRAVE
Transgender Support Groups – GLITZ (Girls Living In the Trans Zone), and BLITZ (Boys Living in the Trans Zone).
32 Jones Street, Jersey City, NJ
Manhattan
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
135 West 50th Street 6th Floor
New York, NY
Individual, group, couples and family therapy. Specialties in working with LGB and TGNC people, queer and poly relationships, BDSM, kink, and sex therapy.
Manhattan
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
The Transgender Boards is a free and open transgender community discussion forum. The mission and purpose of this community is to provide help, support, and information to people.
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the wellbeing of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have. This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers and supported by the community.
Manhattan
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
Offers a transgender support group (RSVP required), scholarship for gender-confirming surgeries, Trans Clinic in partnership with Bronx Lebanon: General Medical care, Hormone Replacement therapy, Therapy, HIV treatment, Hep C treatment, surgeon referrals, surgery assistance programs.
Wellness
HIV/AIDS Testing Centers
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Ozone Park
105-34 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Brooklyn
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Brooklyn
120 Richards street, Brooklyn, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Jamaica
118-11 Guy Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Jamaica
114-39/49 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Arverne
6200 Beach Channel Drive, Arverne, NY
Monday - Friday
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BrooklynFort Greene
Fort Greene
295 Flatbush Avenue Extension, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Last Friday of Every Month
Closed
Brooklyn
Crown Heights
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
1218 Prospect Place, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last Wednesday of Every Month
Closed
Staten Island
Stapleton Family Health Center
Walk-ins accepted.
111 Canal Street, Staten Island, NY
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Queens
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Rockaway
1288 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY
Monday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Queens
Jamaica
90-37 Parsons Boulevard, 1st Floor Annex, Jamaica, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Last Thursday of Every Month
Closed
Queens
Corona
Free Walk-In Clinic
34-33 Junction Boulevard, NY
Wednesday & Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
City Holidays
Closed
Bronx
Morrisania
1309 Fulton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Second Friday of Every Month
Closed
Manhattan
Riverside
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
160 W 100th St
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday - Thursday
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Manhattan
Manhattanville Renaissance
Walk-In Testing
21 Old Broadway
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Second Tuesday of Every Month
Closed
Manhattan
Central Harlem
Walk-in Testing
2238 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Third Tuesday of Every Month
Closed
Wellness
Mental Health
Manhattan
Individual and family psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy; psychiatry, advocacy, HIV and geriatric services.
Manhattan
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
Manhattan
Individual, family, and couples treatment, psychiatry, crisis interventions, case management, treatment planning. Bilingual/bicultural Spanish-English staff.
Manhattan
Individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse counseling, case management.
Manhattan
HIV-specialized clinic; Psychiatry available.
Manhattan
Individual and couples psychotherapy; off-site psychiatry referrals.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy/psychiatry, substance abuse treatment
Manhattan
LGBT issues, sexual and gender identity.
Manhattan
Psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse treatment, trauma program.
Manhattan
Emotional support, support groups, and free short term counseling for HIV+ or high risk individuals. Bilingual English-Spanish staff are available.
Manhattan
Counseling, psychiatric day treatment, crisis interventions, social services.
Manhattan
Short-term individual, family, and couples treatment, substance use and treatment adherence services. Mental Health services only available for HIV+ individuals who meet financial and residential eligibility requirements.
Manhattan
Individual, group, couples, and family therapy.
Manhattan
Offers weekly psychotherapy; medication management, couple counseling, group therapy.
Brooklyn
Offers weekly psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment and case management.
Brooklyn
Psychotherapy and psychiatry at BCP; substance abuse treatment.
Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy
300 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
New Directions
500 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Bronx
Psychotherapy, medication consultation. Substance abuse treatment through ReSolve Center for Recovery. Residential services available.
5676 Riverdale Avenue, Suite 202, Bronx, NY
Manhattan
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
135 West 50th Street 6th Floor
New York, NY
Manhattan
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
Manhattan
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
Wellness
TGNC Resources
A national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBTQ parent(s).
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
LeGal is an association of the LGBT legal community in the New York metropolitan area.
Transgender Evening Program and Transgender Transitional Housing Program provides legal services, in addition to HIV/AIDS services, homeless and food services, support services, detox and referrals, and more.
57 Willoughby Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
TLDEF provides free legal services, as well as a name-change project, education and advocacy, for transgender and gender non-conforming people. TLDEF is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.
20 West 20th Street, Suite 705
New York, NY
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Social and support groups, including Transgender Discussion Group, health education, and referrals. Drop in center with computer lab and lending library.
76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 206, Jackson Heights, NY
Ages 13-18—Youth Connect
Ages 19-25—CRAVE
Transgender Support Groups – GLITZ (Girls Living In the Trans Zone), and BLITZ (Boys Living in the Trans Zone).
32 Jones Street, Jersey City, NJ
Manhattan
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
135 West 50th Street 6th Floor
New York, NY
Individual, group, couples and family therapy. Specialties in working with LGB and TGNC people, queer and poly relationships, BDSM, kink, and sex therapy.
Manhattan
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
The Transgender Boards is a free and open transgender community discussion forum. The mission and purpose of this community is to provide help, support, and information to people.
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the wellbeing of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have. This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers and supported by the community.
Manhattan
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
Offers a transgender support group (RSVP required), scholarship for gender-confirming surgeries, Trans Clinic in partnership with Bronx Lebanon: General Medical care, Hormone Replacement therapy, Therapy, HIV treatment, Hep C treatment, surgeon referrals, surgery assistance programs.
Youth
AVP provides free, holistic legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as a monthly immigration legal clinic at The Center.
116 Nassau Street, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10038
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
Provides free, short-term family counseling services to support parents and young people in working through challenges that might arise related to coming out.
The Parents Project is a first-of-its-kind digital presence, inclusive of videos, advice, and resources, dedicated exclusively toward helping parents understand their LGBTQ kids.
Offers free legal services to LGBT youth, including help with immigration, public benefits, discrimination and more.
Transitional housing program for LGBTQ youth ages 18-24 in New York City.
164 West 100th Street
New York, NY
Provides emergency shelter, crisis care, counseling and clothing.
Provides LGBT-affirming services for runaway and homeless youth, including emergency housing, food, clothing, showers, medical care, needle exchange and an HIV support group.
Streetwork Harlem Drop-In Center
209 West 125th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
Streetwork Lower East Side Drop-In Center
33 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002
Offers emergency and transitional housing, drop-in services, meals, support groups, counseling and medical services for LGBTQ homeless youth.
224 West 35th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY
Planned Parenthood offers birth control, pregnancy testing, GYN care, STD screening and HIV testing and counseling services.
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center provides high-quality, comprehensive, free health and wellness services for young people.
A program of the Callen Lorde Community Health Center, offering free and confidential primary health care, HIV care and medical services for LGBT youth. Call for appointment.
HEAT provides free, comprehensive and confidential services for youth who are HIV+ and at-risk, ages 13-24, including HIV and STD testing, counseling services, mental health services and access to clinical research.
An after-school program for LGBT youth and home of the Harvey Milk High School.
NYC
2 Astor Place
New York, NY
Newark
550 Broad Street, Suite 610, Newark, NJ 07102
A social service agency for all youth, offering a support group for LGBT youth as well as health care services, recreation, referrals and high school equivalency classes.
121 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Free and confidential counseling, case management and legal advice, information and direct representation to young people age 24 and under related to dating abuse. They have specific services for LGBT, gender non-conforming, queer and questioning youth.
PO Box 3220 Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008
GoGrad - Scholarships & Financial Aid for LGBTQ Students
A variety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) scholarships in popular career fields such as the arts, physical or social sciences, advocacy and education, tips and resources for funding your master’s degree and a scholarship application checklist.
Campus Pride serves LGBTQ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
A guide to show LGBTQ students the various on-campus and online resources they can use to help make college a more welcoming and supportive experience. This guide also includes interviews with a pair of diversity experts who lead student inclusion efforts on campuses today.
A collection of resources, including scholarships, for LGBTQ students.
PO Box 5277, Houston, TX 77052
A community-based, domestic violence advocacy and service program which provides a hotline, counseling, shelter, safety-planning and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Offers free and confidential crisis-counseling, support and advocacy to victims of crime—including bias crime, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS related violence, police misconduct or a pick-up crime.
116 Nassau Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
Manhattan
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Employment
The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) engages workers, employers and consumers to improve wages and working conditions in the restaurant industry. The ROC-United model involves ‘surrounding the industry’ by simultaneously engaging workers through: job training and placement, leadership development and civic engagement; legal support and policy advocacy and more.
275 7th Avenue, Suite 1703
New York, NY
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future.
243 West 20th Street
New York, NY
NYPL offers training in Microsoft Office, coding, and 100+ courses that are offered both on a rolling and cyclical basis. ESL courses, computer access, and book check out also available.
66 Leroy Street
New York, NY
CHHAYA offers career readiness services, case management services, and advocacy services for predominantly South Asian community members. Note: Services open to all community members.
37-43 77th Street, 2nd Floor, Jackson Heights, NY
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) starts with the presumption that all individuals with disabilities can benefit from vocational rehabilitation services and should have opportunities to work in jobs integrated within their communities. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors guide individuals through service programs they need to reach their employment goal. Services also available through the ACCES Program.
116 West 32nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Workforce1 is a service provided by the NYC Department of Small Business Services that prepares and connects qualified candidates to job opportunities in New York City. We make strong matches for both candidates and employers by using a unique combination of recruitment expertise, industry knowledge, and skill-building workshops to strengthen candidates’ employment prospects.
Upper Manhattan
215 West 125th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY
Washington Heights
516 W 181st Street
New York, NY
Offers job placement, training, case management, and housing services to people struggling with homelessness, addiction, mental illness and other chronic health issues who need comprehensive services to achieve their goals for independent living.
200 Varick Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY
The mission of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is to help disadvantaged youth and adults recognize their own self-worth, and advance towards self-sufficiency and financial security through job training, academic reinforcement, improved life skills, job placement, ESL, computer training, and support services.
280 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Professional Training
Professional Training
For clinicians who practice in a city as diverse as New York, access to culturally sensitive training resources is essential.
The Center has been providing technical assistance to community-based organizations, service providers and government providers locally, regionally and nationally in a variety of disciplines since our inception in the 1980s. The Center Training Institute offers specialized training sessions and technical assistance for professionals who work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the New York City area. Our workshops have been carefully developed to offer important information, resources and creative clinical skills to help you enhance the lives of your LGBT clients.
The Center is a New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) approved provider of Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
The Center Training Institute offers two onsite series of trainings each year in fall and spring. All trainings require a $20 registration fee for students and $60 for professionals. To register or for more information, contact Katharine Kelley at kkelley@gaycenter.org.
In addition to the onsite Center Training Institute, in some instances workshops can be offered offsite to government, medical, educational, substance abuse recovery and social service providers, as well as at conferences, forums and training institutes.
Immigration Basics for Providers Working with LGBT Immigrants
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This training aims to provide case managers, social workers, health educators, CASAC and all other social service providers with a basic understanding of political asylum procedures for LGBT immigrants. This training will explain how to provide effective documentation to aid clients in a political asylum case.
Trainers: Maria Fernanda Andia, Immigration Support Coordinator and Antonio Ruberto, Jr., MS, LCSW-R, CASAC,
LGBTQ Youth and Family Acceptance
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There are over 10,000 young people in foster care and an estimated 19% of these young people are LGBT identified. This training is designed to educate service providers on the unique experiences of the over-represented LGBT youth in foster care. The training will provide an overview of the child welfare system, the policies in place to protect LGBT youth in care, an overview on family acceptance research, and the gaps still left to improve the system for all youth. Learn how to better serve LGBT youth in care, how to integrate youth voices into the work and gain valuable tools to make social change within the system.
Trainer: Lindsey Hennawi, LMSW, MPH, Family Permanency Coordinator
Trans Care: Practice (Mental Health): An overview of transgender identity-development and clinical concerns
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Transgender development and mental health concerns are frequently neglected or presented as a subset of lesbian and gay needs. This training will specifically address trans-practice and clinical concerns using a model that emphasizes identity and community development over pathology and diagnosis. Areas covered include: intake and assessment, gender identity development and transition support, including the trans-adolescence model, developmental concerns and HIV risk, healing of losses experienced as a result of transgender identity and transition, and mental health care with a focus on trauma-related practice and resources.
Trainers: Kylie Waddy, TGNC Health Coordinator and Antonio Ruberto, Jr., MS, LCSW-R, CASAC, Senior Director of Behavioral Health
LGBT Health Care: Introduction to Psychopharmacology
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This training will provide insight into the underlying causes explaining the higher rates of substance abuse among the LGBT communities compared with the general population. Also covered are pertinent issues that need to be considered and addressed to make differential assessments between substance abuse and mental health disorders, and to engage and retain clients. The training will address the challenges LGBT people face when seeking services, and will provide resources for appropriate referrals.
Trainer: Shane Spicer, MD, Medical Director
THE LGBTQ INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY THERAPY (LIFT) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
LIFT is a ground-breaking, 100-hour certification program for Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) who provide therapeutic services to families involved with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). LIFT is designed to help clinicians gain additional knowledge, skills and confidence to reduce the rejecting behaviors of families struggling to accept their LGBTQ children. The program also aims to support families experiencing conflict around their child’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Interested clinicians must submit an application for each six-month session; please note that space is limited.
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