Recovery

NYDIS and its members work to increase community resilience and promote the development and coordination of effective recovery programs. These programs embody our member faith communities’ commitment to sustainable recovery in multiple areas, including supporting caregivers, advocating for the rights of victims, and working to ensure short- and long-term financial, mental, and spiritual stability for all disaster survivors.

Survivors and victims’ families need recovery programs and support services long after the traditional means of receiving government benefits are exhausted. Many who were impacted economically, physically, emotionally, and spiritually continue to struggle with the day-to-day process of recovery for months or years.

Current Recovery Programs and Services

NYDIS is currently providing recovery services to residents of New York City who were affected by Hurricane Ida. Additionally, NYDIS is providing financial assistance to caseworkers and service providers working in 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, and Hurricane Maria recovery through our unmet needs roundtables.

Recovery Programs

Ida Flooding Help

NYDIS, in cooperation with Homeland Security & Emergency Services, Lutheran Social Services of New York, Met Council, and Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, is providing disaster case management services to Hurricane Ida affected residents of New York.

Hurricane Maria - Evacuee Case Management and Job Placement Services

NYDIS, in cooperation with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, Union Community Health Center, and Urban Health Plan, is providing case management and job placement services to 2,800 Hurricane Maria and Irma evacuees in NYC.

NYC PR-USVI Evacuees Unmet Needs Roundtable

NYDIS’ PR-USVI Evacuee Unmet Needs Roundtable has distributed $435,548.41, in direct assistance to date. This includes $263,569.68 in sustainable recovery distributed to 72 households, representing 173 individuals, including 46 children.

NYC Puerto Rico Long-Term Recovery Group

Convened by NYDIS the NYC Puerto Rico Long-Term Recovery Group (LTRG) meets monthly to share information and advance broad-based advocacy to aid in the recovery of Hurricane Maria evacuees in New York City.

Superstorm Sandy - Temporary Housing Services Program

Since October 2016, NYDIS, in partnership with the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, is offering Temporary Housing Services (THS) to NYC Build It Back Applicants having their homes rebuilt, elevated, or rehabilitated after Superstorm Sandy. The program coordinates Emergency Hotel Placements, facilitates monthly storage reimbursements, and applications for Special Moving Grants. NYDIS THS Caseworkers also serve as the point of contact for our Master Lease services, where NYDIS temporarily leases apartments for displaced Superstorm Sandy survivors until they can move back home.

NYC Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable

Convened by NYDIS and the Human Service Council, the NYC Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable was established in 2013 to meet the unique emergency and long-term recovery needs of Superstorm Sandy affected households. To date, the UNR has distributed over $13 Mio to 4,103 NYC Sandy survivors and their families. Current funding is used to eliminate storm-related debts, assist with temporary housing costs, relocation costs, furniture replacements, and other still emerging unmet needs.

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Luna Lauren Velez partners with NYDIS, Project Refuge, and the Thrive Collective to co-sponsor a Preparedness & Resilience day for the community of Barrio Playa in the Municipio Añasco Puerto Rico.