Patient Self Management Resources
Health Topics – Patient Education
Medline Plus www.Medlineplus.gov
Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov
Social Care Resources
Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
Free online resource directory offering information on more than 5,700 health and social services.
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
If you need emotional support, reach out to the national mental health hotline.
Lifeline is available 24/7/365. Your conversations are free and confidential.
Domestic Violence
NYC Family Justice Center:
Provides free and private help for victims and survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
Bronx: 718-508-1220
Brooklyn: 718-250-5113
Manhattan: 212-602-2800
Queens: 718-575-4545
Confidential text line: 844-997-2121 (Text with an advocate from the NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline)
Safe Horizon: Provides a network of programs across New York City working with survivors of all forms of violence, including racism.
Languages: Can assist in any language
NYC’s 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline, please call: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673)
Legal Services
HRA’s Office of Civil Justice (OCJ): HRA’s OCJ provides free legal representation, advice, and other legal assistance to New York City residents related to housing, immigration, and worker’s rights. Services are free regardless of immigration status. For legal advice, call 311, or email civiljustice@hra.nyc.gov.
The Legal Aid Society: The Legal Aid Society works throughout New York City to make sure everyone has access to justice regardless of “who they are, where they come from or how they identify.”
Legal Aid Hotline: 212-577-3300
Legal Services NYC: Legal Services NYC never charge clients for legal representation. They help to fight poverty and seek racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. They have neighborhood offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs.
Legal Assistance Hotline: 917-661-4500 (Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30am-4:00pm)
Family Legal Care: Family Legal Care works to increase access to justice for families confronting issues of child support, custody and visitation, guardianship, and domestic violence.
Family Legal Care Hotline: 212-343-1122