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In the Bronx, you can see incredible diversity: not just in culture and language but also in story, circumstance and need. The Bronx is also a community which has experienced generations of poverty in one of the most expensive cities in the world. This puts our neighbors at greater risk for a host of challenges, including food and housing insecurity, disadvantages in accessing employment and education, and poor medical and mental health outcomes. 

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We Help

POTS offers a mosaic of services which come together to create a pathway forward for all who seek help. Through our comprehensive and personalized approach, we listen to the needs of our community and we seek to provide clients with the widest variety of services possible under one roof to help them in their journey to stability.

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POTS offers a variety of comprehensive and personalized services to fight poverty and hunger in The Bronx, at no cost to clients.

We have three programmatic pillars:

Dignity and wellness

These services include mailroom, a hot shower, haircuts, and access to medical and dental services.

Food Security

We offer a nutritionally balanced lunch from our Community Dining Room and fresh groceries from our food pantry.

Long-Term Stability

Services include support in applying for public benefits, guidance for long-term personal growth and a legal clinic.

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What We Stand For

POTS holds true to its organizational values of Community, Hospitality, Respect, Empowerment, and Justice, which motivate our mission to be a loving community in the Bronx that nourishes the basic needs and hungers of all who come to its door. The organization and its ongoing growth is driven by the complex needs of our community and the knowledge that, for many people, POTS is their last and only hope.
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Our

Community

In the Bronx, you can see incredible diversity: not just in culture and language but also in story, circumstance and need. The Bronx is also a community which has experienced generations of poverty in one of the most expensive cities in the world. This puts our neighbors at greater risk for a host of challenges, including food and housing insecurity, disadvantages in accessing employment and education, and poor medical and mental health outcomes. 

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