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Provides deferred, no interest loans to qualified homeowners for home improvements.

This program focuses primarily on low income, first generation high school juniors and seniors. The program is designed to enable participants to reach challenging academic standards so that they enroll into college and/or remain in college through graduation.

Administers enrollment of low income families using friends or family for child care in a DSS program that provides child care subsidies. Inspects legally exempt child providers to ensure they meet minimum health and safety requirements. Technical assistance is provided via phone, on-site or off-site.

Offers food assistance, nutrition education, and health screening with referrals to human service agencies to low income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women and their children up to age 5.

Provides up to $200 in utility payment assistance for individuals with National Grid who have exhausted all sources of HEAP.

Assisting those in need by helping with applications for social services assistance and to receive other help through the local community.

Provide access, academic support, and/or financial assistance to underserved students who show promise for college success. We serve students at all stages of life and learning, full or part time. SUNY Empire offers three opportunity programs: SUNY Educational Opportunity Program (EOP): A program for full-time, first-time freshmen and full-time opportunity program transfer students; Empire State Opportunity Program (ESOP): A program for full-time and part-time transfer students; Empire Promise Program (EPP): A program for first-time freshmen, continuing students, and transfer students and SUNY Empire also supports SUNY’s Foster Youth College Success Initiative (FYCSI), a state-funded program that connects youth in foster care, eligible orphans, or wards of the court who are accepted into SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) with academic support services and financial assistance to help enroll in, pay for, and successfully complete college. Call for detailed information regarding each program.

A federally funded, seasonal program which helps low income families, seniors and individuals with a permanent disability, with the following benefits: Regular HEAP helps with financial assistance for the payment of the primary fuel source, Emergency HEAP helps low income families or individuals who are facing a heat or heat-related energy emergency and do not have resources to resolve the situation. Furnace Repair/Replacement HEAP helps low income homeowners repair or replace furnaces, boilers and other direct heating components necessary to keep the home primary heating source functional. Application Dates: The 2025-2026 Regular HEAP benefit opened December 1, 2025. The 2025-2026 Emergency HEAP benefit is scheduled to open January 2, 2026. For the 2025-2026 program year, New York State HEAP will not operate the HEAP Heating Equipment Clean and Tune benefit component. The 2025-2026 HEAP Cooling Assistance Benefit is scheduled to open April 15, 2026.

**Access to all Emergency Housing for Homeless Persons Requires a Referral by a DSS office location/hotline operator. For Nassau County, please call (516)227-8519 or the evening/emergency number at (516)573-8626. For Suffolk County, please call (631)854-9517 or the evening/emergency number at (631)854-9100. If you are ineligible for DSS services, please call Long Island Coalition for the Homeless at (631)464-4314. Offers customized people-centered professional development services leading to portable skills and enhanced employability for diverse individuals. This includes case management, which helps remove barriers such as lack of transportation, housing, legal services, and proper nutrition. Also offers work based training opportunities, credentialing and certifications, job placement and retention services, mentoring (high school students ages 14-17 and individuals returning from incarceration and entering/re-entering the workforce), business and employer services, and emergency food and shelter services.

A 2 week summer sleep away camp for girls ages 7-11 who qualiify for USDA free or reduced lunch program.

Assists clients with written or online employment applications and with job searches as well as resume writing and interview preparation.

Provides training for an introduction to computers, and basic to advanced classes in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access.

Provides low income housing for Seniors in Nassau County.

Provides home improvement loans for the elderly and low income homeowners residing in Babylon Town.

Offers an education program of 6-8 weekly lessons. Participants learn how to eat better on a limited budget, stretch their food dollars, plan and prepare family meals, shop smart, read food labels, and keep their food safe. Group lessons at your meeting site. Call for more information.

Provides low income housing for Seniors in Nassau.

Uses income-qualifying standards set by the federal government for the Rent Subsidy Program and the Home Improvement Program.

Provides a comprehensive early childhood development program for children ages 3-5 of low income families, as well as family support services. Specific education, health and social services objectives focus on cognitive and intellectual development, physical and mental health, as well as the nutritional needs of the child. For further information and guidance in the location and selection of child care services, please contact the Child Care Council of Suffolk at (631)462-0303 or the Child Care Council of Nassau at (516)358-9250.

Provides three year old children with the social and educational support necessary for them to successfully enter Universal Pre-K.

Provides outreach and assistance to people in need of food, entitlement programs, information, and referrals. The van visits user friendly locations, libraries, homeless enclaves, parks, community events, and shopping center parking lots. Includes an on board food pantry with basic food staples.

Provides child care and early childhood education in state of the art learning and play facilities with trained teachers and staff, nutritious meals and snacks, and an extensive educational and developmental curriculum.

Provides child care and early childhood education in state of the art learning and play facilities with trained teachers and staff, nutritious meals and snacks, and an extensive educational and developmental curriculum.

A 2 week summer sleep away camp for girls ages 7-11 who qualiify for USDA free or reduced lunch program.

Provides literature, advice, and consultation to low income Spanish speaking residents of Nassau County.

Provides low income housing for Seniors in Nassau.