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Please make your Check or Money Order payable to: African American Planning Commission and send it to the following address:

African American Planning Commission, Inc.
Attn: Development Department
P.O. Box 330-707
Brooklyn, NY 11233-0707

If you wish, you may instruct us to use your contribution in the area of most need or toward a particular program or project (e.g., mental health, substance abuse, employment services, child and infant care, continued case care, staffing), or you may have it completely designated toward a particular purpose such as the development of Affordable Housing for the homeless, for low-income families, for survivors of domestic violence, for the elderly, or the development of HIV/AIDS supportive housing.

Contributions to African American Planning Commission, a tax-exempt not-for-profit organization under Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing income and estate taxes.

On behalf of those we serve, we thank you for your support and generosity.

Please use the corresponding addresses below to contact us.

Corporate Affairs: 
For general inquiries about the African American Planning Commission or its programs and services, please contact our corporate office.

African American Planning Commission, Inc.
630 Flushing Avenue  
3rd Floor, Suite 316
Brooklyn, NY 11206-5026 
Phone: (718) 635-4235  

Normal Business Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Closed on Federal and legal holidays

Walter Campbell – Board Chair
Matthew Okebiyi – CEO

Other AAPCI Program Contacts:

Serenity House Mailing Address:

Serenity House Family Residence
P.O. Box 330-704
Brooklyn, New York 11233-0704

General Inquiries:
Phone: (718) 218-7254
Fax: (718) 218-7115

Gladys B. Pipkins, MSW – Program Director
Monica S. Lee, Assistant Program Director

Renee Steedley Residence Mailing Address:

Renee Steedley Residence
P.O. Box 434
Bronx, New York 10468

For General Inquiries:
Phone: (718) 618-7617
Fax: (718) 618-7827

Latetha M. Jackson, MSW – Program Director
Celida Jimenez – Assistant Program Director

Edwin’s Place 

For Supportive Housing services, please contact:

Pamela Anderson, MS, CASAC-T, – Program Director
Eddy Alteus, MSW – Acting Clinical Director
Phone: (718) 249-8652

For General Inquiries & Unit Rentals:
Phone: (718) 249-8650

Emergency Adult Shelters in Commercial Hotel Contacts: 

Brooklyn Way Men’s Shelter

Vacant – Program Director
Ayanna Souza, Director of Social Services
Erica Howard, B.Sc. – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (929) 295-0168

Delancey Street  Women’s Shelter

vacant – Program Director
Monisola Fakolujo – Director of Social Services
Genean Perine – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (718) 490-2949 

EconoLodge Men’s Shelter

vacant – Program Director
Treclyn Greene  – Director of Social Services
vacant – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (718) 734-7223

Kings Hotel Senior Women’s Shelter

Jeffrey Moye, MPA – Program Director
Yolanda Billingslea – Director of Social Services
Latoya Skyes – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (718) 916-8766

Beats Per Minute (BPM) Men’s Shelter

vacant – Program Director
Chris  Teesdale, Director of Social Services
Kevin Barlow – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (929) 295-0049

Sleep Inn, Gowanus Men’s Shelter

Saleh “Sal” Abuhamda, MSW – Program Director
Lawanda Brown – Director of Social Services
Alexis Gerrick – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (929) 667-0683 

La Quinta Men’s Shelter

Brittany Castillo, MSW, CASAC – Program Director
vacant – Director of Social Services
vacant – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (929) 475-1928 

Emergency Shelter for Asylum Seeking Single Adults Contacts: 

New Beginnings Men’s Shelter

Blaine Arthur, MBA, MPA – Program Director
VACANT, Director of Social Services  
Victoria Watson, B.Sc. – Case Manager Supervisor
Travis Green, B.Sc. – Case Manager Supervisor

General Program Inquiries:
Phone: (347) 381-5301

Email Contacts:

General Inquiries: Email 

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