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…ing’s Secret Garden domestic violence shelter shares insights and tips on topics related to domestic violence and the services and support offered at Barrier Free Living. Coming Soon: a special Zoom event celebrating the new Secret Gar…

…he shadow pandemic.  Victims forced to shelter in place with their abusers.  The other shadow pandemic that is presently writ large in our country is Racism.  All of these pandemics are interconnected. Black lives matter, and we join…

…dom House, our domestic violence crisis shelter. The Deaf Services team includes deaf, ASL fluent social workers and case managers. All services are free and confidential for women and men ages 16 and over who have experienced emotional,…

… working staff at Barrier Free Living's shelter and programs. No stranger to giving back, John has volunteered over the years at New York's Anti-Violence Project and with Clay Studio, an after school program for low income families in Ph…

…Freedom House (FH) is BFL’s emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors with or without disabilities. Freedom House accepts women, children, and men.  Its programs include individual counseling for adults and children, support grou…

…iving's Freedom House domestic violence shelter (212) 400-6470 (virtual tour), Secret Garden domestic violence program Hotline: (212) 533-4358 and the Deaf Services Team (646) 807-4013 and Barrier Free Living Apartments supportive housing…

…is to individuals living and working in shelters and assisted housing programs." Medical student volunteers from Weill Cornell Medical College will provide residents and staff with current COVID-19 related statistics and knowledge using a …

…Freedom House (FH) is BFL’s emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors with or without disabilities. Freedom House accepts women, children and men.  Its programs include individual counseling for adults and children, support group…

… at our Freedom House domestic violence shelter, Secret Garden domestic violence program and Barrier Free Living Apartments supportive housing program. We are closely monitoring the changing situation, working with our partners in the do…

…ing’s Secret Garden domestic violence shelter shares insights and tips on topics related to domestic violence and the services and support offered at Barrier Free Living. Today, Sara guides us through a grounding exercise to help with …

…�Our concern at this point is that with shelter in place, with the kind of economic tensions that people are under, that domestic violence tends to go up threefold in these kinds of situations,” said Paul Feuerstein, BFL CEO. “We’re t…

…ing’s Secret Garden domestic violence shelter shares insights and tips on topics related to domestic violence and the services and support offered at Barrier Free Living. …

…dividuals who are in need of accessible shelter can call Barrier Free Living's Freedom House Domestic Violence Shelter at (212) 400-6470.  Individuals in need of community based domestic violence services including safety planning and cr…

…rams, Freedom House domestic violence shelter, Secret Garden, and Barrier Free Living Apartments. This year, we have nearly 100 employees serving approximately 1,500 adults and children. Our teams provide counseling, case management,…

… crisis can be especially dangerous. Shelters will remain open during this time, including Barrier Free Living's Freedom House domestic violence shelter (take a virtual tour of Freedom House) or call (212) 400-6470. Survivors can also…

…e BFL Freedom House domestic violence shelter, award-winning BFL Secret Garden domestic violence counseling program, and BFL Apartments that offers permanent homes with support services to survivors with disabilities and their familie…

…iving's Freedom House domestic violence shelter. Barrier Free Living's team works with survivors of domestic violence with disabilities at our three programs through the year. Angela, a resident of our Freedom House domestic violence she…

…y.  Freedom House is BFL’s emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors with or without disabilities. Freedom House accepts women, children and men.  Its programs include individual counseling for adults and children, support group…

… father and picked up the phone to find shelter. I was accepted at (Barrier Free Living’s) Freedom House (domestic violence shelter) and my new life began. Freedom House I entered Freedom House with my children and was greeted with …

…g’s Freedom House domestic violence shelter.  Sara is a licensed social worker who received a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in 2015.  Sara has been a social worker at Freedom H…

…Freedom House (domestic violence crisis shelter), BFL Apartments (supportive housing) Secret Garden (Community based domestic violence program a roster of Occupational Therapy Interns in training.  OT Manager provides weekly direct supervi…

…rvisor at Palladia (a domestic violence shelter) in 2011. In 2014, she became program director at Community Access. “The program was on 3rd Avenue. It was a supportive housing site, in some ways similar to Barrier Free Living Apartment…

…cluding our emergency domestic violence shelter Freedom House, Secret Garden or BFL Apartments. (View a virtual tour of Freedom House here.) This connection to the LGBTQ community also sheds light on some startling facts that we addre…

…ing’s Freedom House domestic violence shelter launched a new art therapy group for residents (watch a virtual tour of Freedom House here). The group, created by a current MSW intern at Freedom House hopes to “offer a space for reside…

… Our Freedom House domestic violence shelter works with The Shine Foundation, which holds regular financial literacy workshops for residents through the year (view a virtual tour of Freedom House here.) The agency also launched a Fi…

…’s) Freedom House domestic violence shelter.” ( View a virtual tour film of Freedom House here.) The therapist connected Denise to Freedom House, where she found safety and began to see her life choices going forward. “It …

…iving's Freedom House domestic violence shelter team this past year as Director of Social Services. Julissa has a Master's degree in Social Work from Hunter College and she’s been working in social services for the past decade. Currently,…

When Jennifer Davis took a leap to pursue social work in 2014, it was the voice of a Barrier Free Living resident that guided her. “My (graduate school) statement of purpose started with a quote from a resident at Barrier Free Livi…

…ing’s Freedom House domestic violence shelter. Sara is a licensed social worker who received a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in 2015. Sara has been a social worker at Freedom House…

…eedom House domestic violence emergency shelter our staff is comprised of licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, and Case Managers. The team is trained in trauma informed care,  and also on how to assist someone if they decide …