Opened June 30, 2017 and funded by the New York City Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”), AAPCI  provides Emergency Shelter and Social Support Services in leased Commercial Hotels to homeless, low-income, working single adults. Our commercial homeless hotel program is geared toward homeless, working individuals who need some assistance in overcoming barriers to permanent housing and/or job retention.

The mission of AAPCI’s Single Adult Emergency Shelters in Commercial Hotel program is to provide safe, temporary  housing with the goal of moving all working, single, adult clients out of shelter and help them locate permanent and/or alternate housing within or outside the State of New York while maintaining their employment status. Our methodology is to offer on- and off-site supportive case management, employment and permanent housing services which empower our clients and reduce recidivism.

During their stay, each client is housed in a semi-furnished room which they share with another individual. The rooms are equipped with a bathroom and shower stall, two double beds with clean pillows, sheets, and blankets, a locker, and a writing desk. All clients are provided three catered meals a day. Each client has access to onsite social support services to address the concrete causes and effects of homelessness, and the importance of employment retention. Clients are educated on economic self-sufficiency, how to open and maintain bank accounts, the various options and differences between a Bank, a Credit Union, and a check cashing store, as well as how to find and maintain permanent housing.

AAPCI works collaboratively with leased-hotel management staff to maintain safe, clean, and secure facilities. All our contracted programs receive unannounced site visits/inspections from NYC DHS  and/or NYS OTDA inspectors. They visit to see, firsthand, the conditions of our facilities, to ensure that we are in full compliance with city and state regulations which govern the oversight of hotel shelters, and to ensure that residents are receiving mandated social services as per our contractual obligations. 

AAPCI’s programs are staffed by credentialed Social Workers, Case Managers, Housing and Entitlement Specialists, Employment/Vocational Specialists, and Substance Abuse counselors. Support staff include Shift Supervisors, Residential Aides and Security personnel. Our programs operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Referral to our program is made directly by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”).

On-site services and programs include:

• shared semi-furnished rooms
• three nutritious meals per day
• individual case management services
• individual and group counseling services
• connection to public benefits, including housing vouchers
• affordable housing search assistance
• vocational & employment counseling, including job retention strategies
• money management and financial counseling
• living skills workshops