Human Services Council of New York

Join HSC and partners for a press conference NEXT Wednesday, October 21st! Register here: http://ow.ly/WYya50BTq9h We'll call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to release the remaining CARES Act funds. Let's raise our voices to ensure the sector has the funding we need to keep serving communities through #COVID19.

Check out this important new report from Building Movement Project that shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting POC-led #nonprofit orgs and their communities, programs, leadership, and finance sustainability. Download the report below (and share widely!)

Did you hear? Changemakers of New York is going virtual this year! You're invited to HSC's 2020 fundraiser/celebration of all the incredible human services organizations and workers on the frontlines of #COVID19 these past months. Join us on Dec. 9th at 6:30pm! Tickets and sponsorships here: http://ow.ly/Zowt50BLkDg

So many amazing leaders honored on City and State NY's Power of Diversity: Black 100 list including a number of CEOs and EDs at HSC member organizations (plus one former board member!). Congrats to Jennifer Jones Austin of FPWA, Sheena Wright of United Way of Central New York, Christina Greer of Fordham University, and Geoffrey Canada and Kwame Owusu-Kesse of Harlem Children's Zone! See the full list below.

"New York’s human services orgs are calling 911. If we want a healthy city and state, it’s time to answer." Read Michelle Jackson, Executive Director of HSC and Udai Tambar of Northwell Health's op-ed in Gotham Gazette calling for badly needed support from Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo so the sector can keep saving lives through #COVID19. Full article below:

Thank you to all who joined us for yesterday's annual Membership Meeting! We were so glad to join together virtually to learn and plan for the coming year together. We want to give a big thank you to Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and Katie Hanna of the Independent Budget Office of the City of New York for taking the time to share with our membership their important work at the State and City level. We also want to welcome our new and returning Board and Priority and Strategy Council members! Our membership approved the proposed slate of individuals and we look forward to working with together to continue our fight to strengthen the human services sector. You can see the slate here: https://tinyurl.com/y47jhx3m

Don't forget that TOMORROW morning is our annual membership meeting! We'll be hearing from Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, Katie Hanna of, Katie Hanna of the Independent Budget Office of the City of New York, and Michelle Jackson of HSC. Plus, we'll be electing a slate of members to our Board and Priority + Strategy Council. Don't miss it! RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZYpcO-opzwqGd3nkN3uPSMppWBWl8MkH

Today is National Voter Registration Day! Are you #VoteReady? Remember that Oct. 27th is the last day for New Yorkers to request their absentee ballots (remember all New Yorkers can do it!) Go to http://vote.nyc to put in a request and make your voting plan

Today, we want to raise up an excellent resource from our friends at Vibrant Emotional Health: the Staying in Balance toolkit. So many providers are working hard to keep communities safe during #COVID19. Self-care and #StayingInBalance is more important than ever. Check out their helpful resources here at the link below and stay well!

Have you RSVP'd yet for tomorrow's Q&A session with union expert Bruce McIver? He'll be chatting at 3pm with human services organizations about the major issues facing unionized #nonprofits today. Thank you to our partners at Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for hosting this event! P.S. If you can't make tomorrow's event, there will be a second session held on 9/24! RSVP here: http://ow.ly/zIOI50BnABN

Our virtual rally with City Council Member Ben Kallos is happening TOMORROW, 9/15 at 12:30 PM. Join us as we demand a full restoration of indirect funding to the human services orgs on the frontlines of #COVID19! RSVP here: http://ow.ly/y7Lq50BnA3N

Join the fight to save the #nonprofit Indirect Cost Rate Funding Initiative! Join HSC, partners, and City Council Member Ben Kallos for a virtual rally next Tuesday, September 15th at 12:30 PM. Let's raise our voices to demand the full restoration of funding for human services organizations in FY20 and going forward! ... RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZEpd-uopzMpEtVCiUhwZertkCZ2rDOaU

Thank you to the five Borough Presidents for joining the fight for a restoration of #nonprofit indirect funding yesterday! We are grateful to Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, Queens Borough President Sharon Lee, Eric Adams, James Oddo, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. for standing with those #StillOnTheFrontlines. Read the full letter here: https://tinyurl.com/yxlzp862