Do you still feel overwhelmed by the World Trade Center Disaster? Do you need help coping with feelings of depression and/or anxiety?

Project Liberty offers free crisis counseling to any New Yorker who feels overwhelmed by the 9/11 Disaster. This website will tell you what services are available and how to access them.

Project Liberty is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

New York State Office of Mental Health- Project Liberty

www.projectliberty.state.ny.us

Lifenet is a toll free number (1-800-543-3638) for Project Liberty in lower New York State.  This toll free number is staffed   24 hours a day. When you call this number, someone will refer you to the appropriate service or go to website for additional information on how Lifenet can help you.

Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc.

www.800lifenet.com

Questions that will help you decide if you should seek counseling.

Are you feeling overwhelmed?   The NYC-Dept. of Health has printed a series of questions that can help you to decide if you want to seek professional help. For immediate assistance call 1-800-lifenet (1-800-543-3638).

New York City- Department of Health

www.nyc.gov/html/doh
/html/liberty/english.html

Where can I find professional resources on counseling issues for disaster related trauma?

Project Liberty has compiled a six page list of national and state web sites that offer free professional advice, fact sheets and other printed information for counseling (including alcoholism, substance abuse) for disaster related emotional trauma.  Information covers different age groups. Some of the information  is available in Spanish.

New York State Office of Mental Health- Project Liberty

www.projectliberty.state.ny.us
/resources.html

How can I get help from New York City Government Agencies?

New York City government agencies offer a wide range of services in response to 9/11. This web page will link you to all NYC government services including: 

-Family Assistance

-Business Services

-Job Assistance

-Health and Safety Issues 

The City of New York-9/11 NYC Services Center

Home.nyc.gov
/portal
/index.jsp?pageID=wtc _home
&catID=1782.   

I lost my job due to 9/11.  Is there still help for me?

Emergency Employment Clearinghouse (EEC):  The EEC was set up right after 9/11. If you were directly affected by 9/11, with a loss   of your job or business, you should seek the services of the EEC. You can also call the Consortium for Worker Education to see if any new employment related programs have become available.

Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)

http://www.cwe.org
/html.featureArticle/wtc.htm

Employment Search/Career skills training for anyone who is unemployed, wants to upgrade their skills, or find a new job

Do you need help with finding a job, preparing and posting a resume, doing an internet job search or choosing a new career?  These services are offered for free through out the City. You may be eligible for free professional career track training worth up to $5,000. This website will show you where the closest office is located to where you live. Just enter your zip code.

New York City-Workforce1 Centers

www.nyc.gov/html
/wia/htlm/educationopps.html

Employment Training Assistance for businesses and non-profit organizations operating below 14^th Street

Businesses and non-profits are eligible to receive grants to help cover the cost of customized training for their employees. The grants can cover up to 50% of the cost of training. To apply for an Employment Training Assistance Program (ETAP) Grants, click on this web site to download an application.

Empire State Development Corporation

www.nylovesbiz.com/wtc/ETAP/wtc-ETAP-program.htm

How to apply for Food Stamps, Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Housing Assistance

If you lost your job or are working fewer hours, you may be eligible for Food Stamps.  To see if you are eligible for Food Stamps, this website has a calculator that allows you to enter your family information online.  If you would like to receive help with filling out an application, call the United Jewish Council at 212-233-0637 to schedule an appointment.

Public Benefits Resource Center/Community Service Society

http://pbrcmanual.cssny.org
/calculators.htm/

Legal Assistance

Legal aid is free for people who were directly affected by 9/11.  This group includes families of victims, physically injured on 9/11.  People who lost their job as a direct result of 9/11 are eligible for help with legal problems such as an eviction proceeding or obtaining government benefits.  For more information eligibility and currently available legal services, call 1-888-218-6974. or call Legal Services of New York at 212-431-7200, x 132. For a description of legal services and benefits, print out:  A Guide to WTC Disaster Related Assistance by the Legal Aid Society.

Legal Aid Society of New York

www.legal-aid.org/Combined.htm

You can call Project Liberty Lifeline for help in: 

Project Liberty Web Site In Spanish

www.projectliberty.state.ny.us
/index_sp.htm

New York Immigration Hotline

Mayor’s Office on Immigrant Affairs

www.ci.nyc.ny.us.
/html/imm/home.html

Free Professional Technical Assistance for Small Businesses located below 14^th Street

If you own a business located south of 14^th Street employing less than 200 persons, you are eligible for free technical assistance. The assistance includes marketing, loan processing, accounting, legal, information technology, strategic planning.  Special assistance is available to Chinatown businesses. If you are interested in accessing free professional technical assistance, call 212-803-3755.

New York State Empire Development Corporation

http://www.nylovesbiz.com/
wtc/wtcintro.htm.

Help for the Asian American Community

Business Assistance to Chinatown Area

Renaissance Economic Development Corporation/AAFE

www.renaissance-ny.org

A comprehensive list of health and human services providers (description of services, telephone numbers) working in the Asian American community is available at this web page. 

Asian American Federation

www.aafny.org
/relief/911org.asp

World Trade Center Business Recovery Grant Program for Small Business and Nonprofits Located below 14^th Street

If you owned a business on September 11^th, located below 14^th Street, you may be eligible for cash grant to compensate for economic losses due to the disaster.  An application can be down loaded by clicking on the ESDC website. Or call 1-800-456-8369.  or visit the Business Recovery Centers at 2 Rector Street or 140 William St.

New York State-Empire State Development Corporation/New York City Economic Development Corporation

http://www.nylovesbiz.com
/wtc/wtc-grant-program.htm

Financial Incentives for Businesses and non-profits  Relocating to area south of Canal Street

The World Trade Center Small Firm Attraction and Retention Grant (SFARG) Program will provide cash grants to eligible businesses and nonprofits that commit to leasing space and employing people south of Canal Street.  Applications can downloaded directly. Click on web page. 

NYS-Empire State Development Corporation/NYC- Economic Development Corporation

http://www.nylovesbiz.com/wtc
/sfarg-program.htm

Online Guide to Financial Assistance for Businesses and Nonprofit organizations

Two very helpful online guides have been prepared to connect small businesses and nonprofits to various disaster grants, loans, wage subsidies, and professional technical assistance.  To access this guides, click on these web pages. 

Empire State Development Corporation

www.empire.state.ny.us
/911contact.asp

New York City Investment Fund

www.nycif.org
/emergencyassistance.htm

Help for Small Businesses Located below Houston Street/below Canal Street

Small Business and Workforce Retention Project:  must be located on or below Canal Street. This program offers wage subsidies, grants, loans and/or technical assistance. For more information, click on web page or call 212-473-0255 x 378.

SEEDCO

www.seedco.org/about/press
/pritems/050802.html

Small Grocers Initiative. Call Seedco at 212-473-0255. provides grants, loans and wage subsidies to small grocers and food related outlets located south of Houston Street

SEEDCO

http://www.seedco.org
/about/news
/index.html.

The New York City Investment Fund has established a Financial Recovery Fund to offer grants ranging from $25,000 to $250,000 for businesses located on Chambers Street or below (other eligibility restrictions apply) call 212-493-7760 or click on web page.

New York City Investment Fund

www.nycif.org
/recoveryfund

Grant Assistance for Lower Manhattan homeowners and renters

September 11^th 2001, Residential Grants: If you lived in the area below Canal Street running to Delancey Street, on September 11, 2001, you are eligible for a grant ranging between $1,000 grant. Family Grants: A one time family grant (1,500 to $750) for households with children is available if you make a one year commitment to living in zoned area.  The target area (below Canal Street running east to Delancey Street) is divided into three zones.  For an application, map of the zones and additional information, click on web site (information is available in Chinese and Spanish). You can apply online.

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

www.lmdcresidentialgrant program.com
/home.jsp

Financial Incentives for People Who Want to Own or Rent Housing in Lower Manhattan

Are you thinking of moving to the area below Canal Street. You may be eligible for a two year commitment based grant for monthly rent or mortgage payments.  Grants can be as high as $6,000 to $12,000 depending on area and amount of actual rent or mortgage/ maintenance costs payment. For an application, updates and eligibility requirements, click on website.

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

www.lmdcresidentialgrantprogram.com
/home.jsp

Mortgage or Rental Assistance For People Who Experienced a Financial Loss to Due to 9/11

If you suffered a financial hardship as a result of September 11^th, you may be eligible for mortgage or rental assistance. In order to qualify, your household must show at least a 25% loss of income as a result of the September 11^th disaster. You do not have to live below Canal Street to qualify. For more information on eligibility, click on the FEMA web site page for the World Trade Center Mortgage and Rental Assistance Questions/Answers.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

www.fema.gov
/diz01/d1391qanda.shtm

Terror threats, how to properly assess them, appropriate coping strategies

To find out what the Federal Government is doing to improve preparedness and combat bio-terrorism, click on web page.

US Health and Human Services

http://www.hhs. gov/hottopics/
healing/biological. html

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response.  Have you recently heard a report or rumor of a terrorist threat. If you are worried and want some verification of the reliability or chance of an incident happening, click on website.. How to get the facts on biological and chemical threats. Information is also available in Spanish.

US Center for Disease Control (CDC)

http://www.bt.cdc.gov

Teaching tolerance, and counseling for victims of bias attacks

Resources for educators on how to address emotional needs resulting from threat of bias attacks and to help students deepen their understanding of tolerance (especially in the post 9/11 World Trade Center disaster period).

Southern Poverty Law Center

www.tolerance.org
/teach/current/event.jsp?cid=262

Curriculum ideas for teaching about tolerance after September 11^th.

Montgomery County Public Schools

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us
/curriculum/socialstd
/9_11_Bookmarks.html

Online Resource guides

For more detailed information on resources and services available to New Yorkers, the United Way has prepared an excellent,  detailed online guide.

United Way of New York City/September 11^th Fund

www.uwnyc.org
/sep11/resource_list.html

A list of organizations, (description of services, telephone numbers) working in the Asian American community is available at this web page. 

Asian American Federation

www.aafny.org
/relief/911org.asp

Provider Training

If your human services organization is looking for free training to provide counseling services related to 9/11, click on these two web pages for schedule of training sessions.

Mental Health Association of New York City

www.mhaofnyc.org
/WTC.html#training

Project Liberty/NYS Office of Mental Health

www.projectliberty.state.ny.us
/providertraining.html. 

Met Council on Jewish Poverty/ Jewish Community Services/ Bi-lingual help in Russian

If you need the phone number of a Jewish community services organization that operates in your neighborhood, the Met Council web site has the numbers and addresses for all of their member network agencies. Met Council on Jewish Poverty also offers a wide range of services with bi-lingual help in Russian.1-212-453-9500.

Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty

www.metcouncil.org
/local.html