LIFT

LIFT-The Bronx provides client services in the areas of:

• Employment (both lack of employment and underemployment),
• Housing (including emergency housing, subsidized housing, and transitional housing),
• Public benefits (including food stamps, WIC, TANF, SSI, and SSDI)
• Referral services (including health care, children's services, education/job training, legal services, immigration, food assistance, and computer literacy)

LIFT-The Bronx is housed within the Refuge House, a former convent that now serves as a community multi-service center operated by Fordham-Bedford Children's Services.  Client generally discover LIFT through word-of-mouth (especially from LIFT-The Bronx’s Client Advisory Board members), community outreach efforts, and referral relationships with community partners.

In an effort to remain responsive to the needs of the community it serves, LIFT-The Bronx's leadership team established the priority of hiring a full-time, fluent Spanish-speaking Site Coordinator and having at least one Spanish-speaking volunteer available at all times during office hours; LIFT-The Bronx directs volunteer outreach efforts toward reaching and maintaining these goals.

As of 2010, LIFT will become part of Robin Hood's "Jobs and Economic Security" portfolio.  LIFT-The Bronx will serve as a Single Stop center to provide free confidential benefits and financial counseling to neighborhood residents, thus significantly increasing its training, resources, client flow, and services for families seeking public benefits. The investment will greatly increase LIFT's ability to meet the growing needs of low-income individuals and families in the Bronx community.

View pictures and video from LIFT-The Bronx's annual Client Appreciation Event.