Thanks to overwhelming support from hundreds of thousands of people around the country and the world, the Robin Hood Relief Fund is helping those who lost loved ones, lost jobs, are in need of services including mental health, or may have fallen through the cracks of other relief efforts. A comprehensive overview of the fund’s work is available in our downloadable Year Three 9/11 Report.

The Relief Fund is distributing funds as expeditiously as possible consistent with meeting Robin Hood’s high standards of prudence, due diligence, and care. To learn more about Robin Hood Relief Fund-supported programs and the issues they address, explore the Relief Fund grant recipient portfolios below:


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Program

Abraham House
Educates offenders, ex-offenders and their families, mostly Latino immigrants in part by running an after-school program.

Air Craft Causality Emotional Support Services
Providing peer counseling for individuals grieving due to the loss of a loved one in an air disaster.

American Group Psychotherapy Association
Providing therapy groups for schools and communities affected by September 11th

Andrew Glover Youth Program
Offers alternatives to jail terms for teenagers living in the Lower East Side and East Harlem.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Preserving the rights of Asian-Americans in New York City.

Asian Americans for Equality
Working for the Asian American community of New York City.

Asociación Tepeyac
Provides after-school programs that focuses on academics and arts mostly for Latino children in Queens.

Association to Benefit Children
Provides pre-school programs, housing and medical services and crisis intervention to 3,000 families with children in East Harlem, most of whom suffer from mental and physical disabilities.

Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
Provides medical, mental-health and social services to poor immigrants who suffer trauma from torture, war and refugee status.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Created mentoring and family programs for children who lost a parent or who were suffering because they personally witnessed the attacks on 9/11.

Bloomingdale Family Program
Provides a Head Start program that caters to students with learning disabilities or emotional problems.

Borough of Manhattan Community College
Educating the City.

Brockton Family & Community Services
Offering counseling and support services to Massachusetts and Rhode Island families and individuals who lost loved ones on September 11th

Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service
Offering a diverse array of social services to the people of Brooklyn.

Center for H.O.P.E.
Providing bereavement counseling for children and their families

Center for Hope
Counseling for grieving children and families.

Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Providing comprehensive mental health services

Center for the Independence of the Disabled
Providing comprehensive case management for the disabled

Central Labor Rehabilitation Council of New York
Handling the mental health concerns of union members

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Provides medical care and mental health services to Chinatown’s residents, particularly through its Hepatitis B Prevention Program.

The Child Center of New York
Offers mental health and related services (including a parent-education program to reduce child abuse) to 10,000 children and parents and runs Single Stop programs at two sites.

Children of the City
Providing needed services to the children of Sunset Park

Children's Health Fund
Provides healthcare and Single Stop services to homeless children and families with mobile units and at its South Bronx clinic.

Children's Mental Health Alliance
Protecting children and families from the effects of abuse, violence, and trauma

Chinese Staff and Workers Association
Providing comprehensive services to displaced workers in Chinatown

Church Avenue Merchants Block Association, Inc
Strengthening Brooklyn's disadvantaged citizens

The Community YMCA (Red Bank, New Jersey)
Providing counseling and therapy for victims' families

Comprehensive Development Inc./Manhattan Comprehensive Night And Day High School
Tutors and counsels students at Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day, a “last chance” high school for students, many of whom are recent immigrants or have failed out of other schools.

Council on Adoptable Children
Helping children in foster care find permanent homes through adoption

Disaster Psychiatry Outreach and the Mount Sinai Department of Psychiatry
Providing mental health services for ground zero rescue workers

Downtown Infant-Toddler Pre-School Initiative
Providing assessment and counseling for young children and their parents who were in Downtown Manhattan on September 11th

Emergency Services Respite Center
Counseling for Emergency Medical Services personnel involved in the September 11th rescue efforts

Face to Face
Providing comprehensive services to immigrant families

Families of September 11th, Inc.
Providing essential support to victims' families

The Family Center
Helps families who have or will lose a parent or guardian to AIDS or other terminal illness plan for custody, and provides them counseling and other services.

Family Service of Morris County
Providing counseling and support services to children and families

Filipino American Human Services, Inc.
Meeting the human services needs of the Filipino American community

Food Bank For New York City
Distributes 68 million pounds of food to approximately 1,200 emergency and community food programs.

FoodChange
Helps low-income New Yorkers obtain and maintain access to nutritious food, income support, and decent housing.

Friends of Firefighters
Offering counseling and support to firefighters post September 11th

Full Circle Health
Providing mental health services to low-income residents in the Bronx

Good Grief Program at Boston Medical Center
Providing counseling to Massachusetts September 11th families

Graybeards, Ltd.
A volunteer organization helping its Rockaway neighbors cope with the affects of September 11

H.I.V. Law Project
Counsels people terminally ill with AIDS to retain housing, make custody arrangements for their children and resolve complex immigration issues.

Hamilton-Madison House
Providing comprehensive services to New York City's poor and immigrant communities

HealthCare Chaplaincy
Grief counseling after 9-11

HELP USA
Job training and placement

Henry Street Settlement
Offers transitional housing, mental-health services, day-care, senior programming, youth activities, job-training programs and a full-service Single Stop site.

HERE New York Assistance Fund
Providing cash assistance and health insurance to restaurant workers and their families

The HOPE Program
Trains homeless men and women and substance abusers for work.

Ita Ford-Bill Kelly Jr. Health Team
Providing free medical services to uninsured adults

Japanese American Social Service, Inc.
Providing services to New York's September 11th-affected Japanese community

Jewish Child Care Association
Mentors low-income students at risk of academic failure and runs a last-chance high school for failing students and former dropouts.

Karen Horney Clinic
Providing counseling to individuals and families affected by September 11th

Latin American Workers Project, Inc.
Advancing the rights of the Latino community

Latino Workers Center
Serving the Latino community after 9/11

Little Sisters Of The Assumption Family Health Service
Provides bilingual and early-childhood development programs to isolated Mexican families in East Harlem.

Lower East Side Service Center
Providing counseling to uninsured Chinese immigrants affected by September 11th

Lutheran Healthcare
Providing community-based counseling to September 11th-affected Brooklyn families

MARC After School Program
Enhancing academic skills of Bronx children

MASS 9/11 Fund
Offering financial assistance and support services to Massachusetts families who lost loved ones on September 11th

Mental Health Association of New York City
Promoting mental health for the community

The Mommy Place
Helping girls who have lost their mothers

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia
Brings mental-health services to students in schools to cut down emergency-room visits and school absences.

Mount Sinai - Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Providing medical care for Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers

New Alternatives For Children
Offers support to low-income families of severely disabled children.

New Hope Center for Grief Support
Providing a support group for victim's families in Michigan

New York City Mission Society
Operates a Carrera after-school program in Harlem to reduce teenage pregnancy.

New York Disaster Counseling Coalition
Providing free, confidential counseling to first responders and their families

New York Psychiatric Institute
Providing counseling to pregnant women widowed by the attacks on September 11th

New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Representing and protecting the rights and interests of taxi and livery drivers

New York Unemployment Project
Providing benefits counseling and legal services to the unemployed

New York University Child Study Center
Helping children overcome trauma

NJ Interfaith Partnership for Disaster Recovery
Providing assistance to New Jersey residents affected by September 11th

North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center
Offering mental health services to Long Island children and families

NYU/Bellevue Occupational & Environmental Medicine Clinic
Meeting the medical needs of immigrant day laborers

Opportunities For A Better Tomorrow
Trains workers in Brooklyn to take jobs as entry-level office workers and as pharmacy clerks and technicians.

Pace University
Job training and placement

Partnership For After School Education
Providing training and support to youth workers in communities most affected by September 11th

Partnership With Children
Provides year-round academic and mental-health counseling services to underperforming students at more than 14 sites throughout the city, including three elementary schools funded by Robin Hood.

Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance
Helping the NYPD with job-related stress

Pragati, Inc.
Assisting the South Asian community

Project Hospitality
Provides food, clothing and social services for needy residents, including immigrants, of Staten Island; runs a full-service Single Stop site specializing in food stamp and health insurance enrollments.

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
Providing comprehensive social services for New York City's immigrant victims

Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network, Inc.
Providing mental health support to New York's diverse Yugoslavian communities

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
Providing mental health services to Washington Heights' low-income immigrant groups

Safe Horizon
Preparing for crises, every day

South Asian Council for Social Services
Providing for the social service needs of South Asians

South Brooklyn Legal Services
Providing legal representation to low income workers displaced by September 11th

South Nassau Communities Hospital
Providing counseling to September 11th-affected families in Nassau County

St. Clare's WTC Outreach Program
Supporting victims' families in Staten Island

St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers for the High School of Leadership
Providing mental health services to September 11th affected students and teachers at the High School of Leadership

Tuesday's Children
Providing services to children who lost parents on September 11th

Twin Towers Fund
Supporting the families of uniformed personnel victims

United Activities Unlimited
Offering bereavement counseling for widows with young children

University Settlement Society of New York
Provides comprehensive early education, parenting services and developmental interventions for children under age five.

Urban Justice Center
Provides free, confidential legal and benefits assistance to families at soup kitchens, food pantries, and drop-in assistance centers.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Providing home care to New York's elderly

Voices of September 11th
An information clearinghouse and support system serving the long-term needs of families who lost loved ones on September 11th

Where to Turn
Responding to the needs of people in crisis

William F. Ryan Community Health Center
Providing mental health services to those affected by September 11th

Willow House
Bereavement counseling for Chicago-area families

Women's Housing And Economic Development Corp.
Provides permanent housing, employment assistance, Head Start, childcare training, and other services to families in the South Bronx and runs a full-service Single Stop site.

WTC Ground Zero Relief
Providing for the rescue workers at Ground Zero

WTC United Family Group
Providing peer support, counseling and information resources to September 11th families and survivors

Young Korean American Service and Education Center
Ensuring the rights of Korean Americans

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