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Programs and Activities

Housing Development

NA Inc. developed the innovative concept of permanent housing and supportive services in 1988. In 1989, the agency branched to form A Place To Lay Their Heads Development, a HDFC Corporation. Currently the agency is planning a 19 unit project in West Harlem in conjunction with Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI), as well as a 16 unit project in the Bronx soon to be developed by A Place To Lay Development.

Housing Referrals

NA Inc. serves the homeless and low income of upper Manhattan by referring them to housing sources, which include low rent apartments, temporary housing, SROs and shelters run by other not-for-profit agencies.

Administrative Assistant Training Program

Over the past years NA Inc. has managed a training program recognized by HRA and the Department of Labor.
Unemployed individual, including welfare recipients, are trained in office and computer procedures and then placed into jobs.

Job Placement

NA Inc. routinely assists community residents in preparing their resumes and providing job references. NA Inc. has linkages with STRIVE, the new York State Department of Parks, the AFL-CIO, and other entities which welcome NA Inc.'s referrals.

Food Bank/Soup Kitchen

NA Inc. participates in the Food for Survival program, which supplies the agency with food for donation to the hungry. In addition to sponsoring free food giveaways, the agency keeps a pantry of food in its Amsterdam Avenue office to feed local community residents on a walk in basis. Senior citizens in the neighborhood are frequent participants in NA Inc.'s food program. For the Soup Kitchen, help is solicited from elderly/retired community residents to prepare meals in their homes which are then dispensed by volunteers to the needy. This program answers the twofold need giving seniors an activity to make them feel needed, as well as feeding the hungry in the neighborhood.

Services to Senior Citizens

NA Inc. provides services to senior citizens in the Manhattan Valley and West Harlem communities such as advocacy, artistic workshops, assisting tenant leadership groups to organize, as well as counseling, housing referrals and food provision.

Counseling

NA Inc. offers counseling to individuals seeking assistance in obtaining entitlements such as SSI and Welfare. Also, the agency is consolidating its efforts with the Sydingham Center on 125th Street and St. Luke's Hospital at 114th Street and Amsterdam to insure its clients a broad array of supportive services which include health, mental health drug, housing and employment. NA Inc. will soon be offering artistic workshops to the mentally ill in conjunction with St. Lukes Hospital.

Fundraising Events

During its decade of existence, NA Inc. has sponsored numerous fundraising events, such as its Annual Art Auction, Jazz Nite, and the Charles Inniss Annual Breakfast which honors outstanding individuals in the field of human service.
These events provide much needed operational funding which enables the agency to serve the needy.