Support, Safety and Success

Care for the Homeless opened Susan’s Place, a 180-bed transitional residence with an onsite medical and dental clinic on August 6, 2008. Susan’s Place is dedicated to serving medically frail and mentally ill homeless women, providing them with healthy meals, clean clothing, recreational activities and a broad range of primary health care and social services. Susan’s Place gives these women a safe and supportive environment and the services that will help keep them re-housed after we place them in permanent housing.

Susan’s Place emphasizes appropriate housing placement and transition to needed program services that allow maximum self-sufficiency for all Susan’s Place clients.

Susan’s Place residence has a dedicated staff that includes social workers, case managers, housing specialists, aftercare specialists, substance abuse counselors, and a recreational therapist. Our licensed medical and dental clinic has a primary care provider, social worker, psychiatrists, registered nurse, medical assistant, part-time dentist and part-time podiatrist.

Susan’s Place clients have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities including in-house education groups, recreational activities and support groups (Alcoholic Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous). The residence hosts a library and a computer lab that is used for educational pursuit as well as recreation and communications with others.

Susan’s Place is an active member of the vibrant Jerome Avenue community. Our first Open House in 2008 hosted by NY 1 Anchor Dominic Carter was attended by over 200 local community and business leaders, friends and other supporters.

If you need more information please contact:

Ines Calnek
Director of Susan's Place
Susan L. Neibacher Care for the Homeless Women's Center