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OVERVIEW
914Cares Programs are designed to help reduce financial stress, meet practical needs, and foster respect. Our success allows our neighbors in need to move forward.
Designed to meet evolving needs
People who struggle with financial security are routinely forced to make impossible choices between paying rent, utilities, and medical bills vs. purchasing essential supplies like clothing, diapers, and period products. Lack of these resources creates barriers to employment, education, childcare access, and causes mental and physical distress.
The majority of the necessities of daily living we provide are not covered by any public benefit programs.
Our focus on pragmatic, tangible assistance is matched by our attentiveness to human dignity and respect for those we serve: all items we provide are of good quality, carefully selected with the recipient in mind.
CLOTHING+
Clothing+ provides each recipient with a Bag of Love containing a week’s worth of clothing and bonus items such as books, toys, hygiene products, and period products.
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ALL THINGS BABY
These programs provide non-financial relief so that caregivers do not have to choose between baby items and rent, food or medicine.
BABY BANK
This program provides a six-month supply of non-food infant essentials to families in need.
DIAPER BANK
This program provides a week’s worth of diapers and packages of wipes each month to families in need.
PERSONAL CARE
These programs provide hygiene essentials that are financially out of reach for many people in our community, acknowledging the interconnection between good hygiene and health.
PERIOD PROJECT
This program distributes Flow Kits with a monthly supply of panty liners, pads, overnight pads, and tampons.
HYGIENE BANK
This program provides recipients with a kit that contains shampoo, body wash, soap, sanitizer and deodorant.
LITERACY LIBRARY
Literacy Library provides books to families and school districts in under-resourced communities.
More about Literacy Library >
POVERTY SYMPOSIUM
Poverty can’t be solved unless it’s acknowledged. We do everything in our power to make sure everyone is aware of Westchester County’s unacceptable poverty crisis.
Learn more about Poverty In Westchester >
WESTCHESTER POVERTY SYMPOSIUM
We convene an annual Westchester Poverty Symposium where nonprofit leaders, elected officials, policymakers, funders, and others join together to share innovative ideas about community-driven partnerships.
More about the Westchester Poverty Symposium >
Teen Programing
Junior Advisory Board
Our Junior Advisory Board of high school students from across Westchester engages future leaders on poverty. Contact nichole@914cares.org to learn more about this opportunity.
