 Project Helping Hand (PHH), founded in 1996, is a H.U.D. funded, outreach effort under the auspices of a not-for-profit, community based organization whose name Is Phase: Piggy Back. This effort addresses the needs of persons with limited resources including: • the homeless; • the hungry; • the chemically dependent; • the psychiatrically disabled; • the aged and; • persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Harlem community. Project Helping Hand is located at 1786 Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem. This component does the following: • operates a mobile, three member outreach team that engages the homeless at encampments; • conducts assessments and screening and then links those individuals with agencies that provide appropriate services; • facilitates presentations at hospitals, churches, institutions and community based organizations that entail community service information regarding housing, food pantries, detoxification, medical and mental health, addiction services, community education and advocacy. |
