AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

Benefits Plus Learning Center

For over 25 years, the Benefits Plus Learning Center (BPLC) has equipped social services professionals across NYS with publications, trainings, and consultation services on government benefits and housing programs.

BPLC addresses the complexities of navigating the benefit system for real life scenarios, as well as the coordination of multiple benefits.

Benefits Plus Learning Center

For over 25 years, the Benefits Plus Learning Center (BPLC) has equipped social services professionals across NYS with publications, trainings, and consultation services on government benefits and housing programs. BPLC addresses the complexities of navigating the benefit system for real life scenarios, as well as the coordination of multiple benefits.

Community Health Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Project (CHAMP)

CHAMP is the New York State independent health insurance ombudsman program for substance use disorder and mental health care. We educate and assist New Yorkers in accessing treatment and insurance coverage for substance use and mental health treatment.

Community Health Advocates (CHA)

For more than 20 years, Community Health Advocates has been a leading voice for New York's health care consumers, providing free, one-on-one assistance and community trainings to help people find and use health insurance and care.

Community Service Society Navigator Network (CNN)

Enrolling Individuals, families, and small businesses and their employees in free and affordable health insurance statewide. We've got you covered.

Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP)

EDCAP is a one-stop shop for student loan debt and related issues, assisting both federal and private borrowers.

Facilitated Enrollment for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Program (FE-ABD)

FE-ABD is a New York State-sponsored public health insurance application assistance program for people who are aged, blind or disabled. We educate and assist New Yorkers with enrolling in and using public health insurance programs.

Financial Advocacy Program

The Financial Advocacy Program provides financial coaching and public benefits counseling at community-based organizations, hospitals, and other agencies that serve low-income communities in New York City. Our work is powered by a cadre of skilled volunteers, primarily retired professionals, who have been rigorously trained in financial literacy and public benefits.

Financial Advocacy Program

The Financial Advocacy Program provides financial coaching and public benefits counseling at community-based organizations, hospitals, and other agencies that serve low-income communities in New York City. Our work is powered by a cadre of skilled volunteers, primarily retired professionals, who have been rigorously trained in financial literacy and public benefits.

Income Support Services

CSS’s Income Support Services provides small grants to qualifying individuals and families who are struggling to make ends meet. Recognizing that low-wage work and soaring rents make it hard to thrive in today’s economy, Income Support Services provides financial assistance to help avert traumatic events like homelessness or to propel job seekers towards economic independence.

Income Support Services

CSS’s Income Support Services provides small grants to qualifying individuals and families who are struggling to make ends meet. Recognizing that low-wage work and soaring rents make it hard to thrive in today’s economy, Income Support Services provides financial assistance to help avert traumatic events like homelessness or to propel job seekers towards economic independence.

Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN)

ICAN is the New York State Ombudsprogram for people with Medicaid who need long term care or behavioral health services. We assist New Yorkers with enrolling in and using managed care plans that cover long term care or behavioral health services.

Keep New York Covered (KNYC)

KNYC has assembled a network of enrollment agencies to conduct marketing and outreach about how New Yorkers can keep their health coverage after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program (MCCAP)

New York City’s Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program (MCCAP) helps residents with their healthcare access and insurance needs. The program relies on the Community Service Society (CSS) and a network of 12 community-based organizations (CBOs) in every borough who work directly with the most vulnerable populations who struggle to navigate the health care system, complex coverage rules, complaints and appeals processes, and medical bills.

Next Door Project

The unemployment rate of people with criminal records dwarfs that of the general population and is highest among Black women and men, who have a 43.6% and 35.2% unemployment rate, respectively. People with criminal records who are employed make nearly half as much as those without records, leading to a lifetime earning loss of half a million dollars.

Reentry Services & Youth Mentoring

The impact of incarceration wreaks havoc on families, communities, and individual lives. CSS operates a trio of volunteer-based programs to help individuals and families rebuild after incarceration or detention.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

Created in 1966 by the Community Service Society, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) recruits, trains, and places volunteers at community-based organizations throughout the five boroughs of New York City.