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Henry Street Settlement
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Opening doors of opportunity to enrich lives and enhance human progress for New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs since 1893. Learn more at https://HenryStreet.org. #SettlementHouseStrong
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Calling all Lower East Siders ages 18 and older! The @nychealthy.bsky.social would like to hear your experiences and perspectives on the challenges of accessing health care, education, employment, nutrition, and other vital community resources.

To participate, visit henrystreet.org/CommunityNeeds!
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Henry Street is thrilled to host our first-ever #ClimateWeekNYC summit on September 24 at the Abrons Arts Center! We’re bringing together advocates, employers, and city leaders to discuss the evolving workforce needs of the clean-energy sector.

Register: tinyurl.com/HenryStreetS...
Your favorite block party of the year is almost here! Join Henry Street Settlement for Community Day on Saturday, September 6, 2025, from noon to 6 p.m., at 271 Henry Street.

Registration is not required, but it is appreciated. Get all the details at HenryStreet.org/CommunityDay
Please help the Settlement by giving to the Open Doors Initiative: HenryStreet.org/OpenDoors.

Our neighbors are relying on us more than ever, and they need your support today. By giving as generously as you can, you can help Henry Street, right when it matters most. ♥️
Donate to THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE
The Art Show—our annual fundraiser and our largest source of flexible funding—is unexpectedly cancelled for 2025. THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE is a virtual fundraiser to replace this vital revenue for cr...
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Henry Street is fortunate to be a robust social services agency with so many loyal supporters, but this major loss of private funding from The Art Show couldn’t come at a more challenging moment, with potential funding cuts to social services, education, and the arts. Here’s how you can help. 🧵
The fate of the Henry Street Settlement, a Lower Manhattan social services nonprofit, is up in the air after its biggest source of revenue, the ADAA annual Art Show, canceled this year’s iteration and discontinued its decades-long fundraising partnership.
As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo
The fair was a major source of unrestricted funding for the Henry Street Settlement, a beloved New York social services organization.
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Sun’s out, skates on! It's going to be a beautiful Saturday afternoon for our Summer Fun Roller Skating event tomorrow at Sol Lain Playground from 1–6 p.m. Enjoy free skate rentals, arts & crafts, basketball, a live DJ, snacks, and more! More info at HenryStreet.org/SummerFun 🛼
Henry Street was proud to join our Lower East Side peer organizations and elected officials today to highlight the critical role SNAP plays in supporting our most vulnerable neighbors and to raise awareness about the devastating impact of the recently approved cuts.
Trump has slashed SNAP benefits for over 300k New Yorkers while driving up grocery prices and gutting funding for food banks — pushing families into food insecurity.

I joined AM Grace Lee in Manhattan’s Chinatown to highlight the devastating impact of these harmful policies on our communities.
Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx are under a flash flood and severe thunderstorm warning from now until 5:30 p.m., July 31.

Be cautious when traveling, charge your electronics, and seek higher ground if you or a loved one lives in a basement dwelling.

Get emergency alerts: nyc.gov/notifynyc
For 36 years, funds raised through The Art Show have allowed Henry Street to respond to our community's urgent and ongoing needs with agility and compassion, filling critical gaps in funding. We are asking you to help in whatever way you can, when it matters most: HenryStreet.org/OpenDoors
Donate to THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE
The Art Show—our annual fundraiser and our largest source of flexible funding—is unexpectedly cancelled for 2025. THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE is a virtual fundraiser to replace this vital revenue for cr...
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Henry Street is pivoting immediately to a virtual fundraiser—THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE. This news couldn’t come at a more challenging moment, as our community faces profound challenges, including extreme unaffordability, crisis conditions for immigrants, and projected cuts in social safety nets.
Donate to THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE
The Art Show—our annual fundraiser and our largest source of flexible funding—is unexpectedly cancelled for 2025. THE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE is a virtual fundraiser to replace this vital revenue for cr...
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Henry Street has unfortunate news to share today: The Art Show—our annual fundraiser, which so many of you have generously supported in the past, and our largest source of flexible funding—has been unexpectedly cancelled for 2025. Here’s how you can help… 🧵
Listen to Ali Rosa-Salas in conversation with Traven Rice on the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast! Ali shares how Henry Street's history informs the work of Abrons Arts Center today and the importance of universal access to the arts. Click to watch: youtu.be/LZVWfd_5q2M?...

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Ali Rosa-SalasTalks About the Arts at Abrons and Henry Street
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Nearly a third of the New York’s Medicaid budget supports low-income older adults, according to the report. Says Peter Newell, director of UNF’s Health Insurance Project, the impact would be devasting to New York’s low-income older adults. Learn more about potential cuts: medicaidmattersny.org (4/4)
Medicaid Matters | NY
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According to a new report by the United Hospital Fund, the proposed cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding in the budget reconciliation bill, that could pass in Congress this week, could reduce support for these NYS programs by $13.5 billion, affecting close to 1.5 million people. (3/4)
Medicaid in New York: Safeguarding Seniors’ Safety and Well-Being | United Hospital Fund
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Medicaid covers nearly 140,000 nursing home residents in New York and pays for at-home care after hospital stays—services Medicare, the federal insurance plan for older people and those with disabilities, doesn’t provide. (2/4)
About 75% of the 500 older adults who reside in Henry Street’s NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) in the Vladeck Houses rely on #Medicaid and #Medicare, and 80% of nearly 200 adults over age 55 in our mental health programs, receive Medicaid. 🧵 (1/4)
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