New & Expecting Moms Assistance
We support new moms with advocacy and community, including school, job, and benefits enrollment, therapy for postpartum depression, donations, and a “mama support group” led by a bilingual facilitator. We have hosted baby showers, distributed monthly cash assistance, and created a peer group for community and support. We provide childcare at all of our community events, to allow all moms to participate and invest in their own development. We support member travel to appointments, events, and office visits.
We host quarterly diaper giveaway events, where we have the opportunity to provide diapers to Brave House moms as well as meet new moms and introduce them to our organization. We also provide materials like books, breast pumps, baby clothing, formula, and strollers, and walk members through skills like making baby formula.
The Pregnancy and Motherhood section of our private mobile App helps new and expecting moms locate other immigrant-friendly resources in the community tailored to them, such as safe housing only for pregnant women, health insurance for newborns, and GED enrollment. Our Community Messaging section and mom group chats allows for moms to connect, ask and share advice, get to know each other, and celebrate new moms entering the community.
We host quarterly diaper giveaway events, where we have the opportunity to provide diapers to Brave House moms as well as meet new moms and introduce them to our organization. We also provide materials like books, breast pumps, baby clothing, formula, and strollers, and walk members through skills like making baby formula.
The Pregnancy and Motherhood section of our private mobile App helps new and expecting moms locate other immigrant-friendly resources in the community tailored to them, such as safe housing only for pregnant women, health insurance for newborns, and GED enrollment. Our Community Messaging section and mom group chats allows for moms to connect, ask and share advice, get to know each other, and celebrate new moms entering the community.
Community Events |
We host 3-5 community events per month, to foster community, listening to the feedback from our members. Community events are led by volunteer facilitators and members themselves. We also connect members with monthly fun events happening throughout the city through the “NYC Events” tab of our Mobile App.
Our events include workshops on art, nutrition, meditation and financial literacy as well as fun get-togethers such as, baby showers, ice-skating, rock climbing, meditation, astrology workshops, and bowling, virtual game nights, and visits to the beach, the Bronx Zoo, and the Museum of Ice Cream. See more of our events here.
Our events include workshops on art, nutrition, meditation and financial literacy as well as fun get-togethers such as, baby showers, ice-skating, rock climbing, meditation, astrology workshops, and bowling, virtual game nights, and visits to the beach, the Bronx Zoo, and the Museum of Ice Cream. See more of our events here.
Mutual Aid & Member Lounge
We offer an in-house donation closet which provides free groceries, clothes, shoes, baby’s clothes, diapers, baby food, and more to our members. We also provide emergency aid through emergency rental assistance and food assistance. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic we mobilized our community to provide our members with hot meals, care packages, emergency funding, connection to local health care services, and a supportive community.
Members can visit our office Monday through Friday between 9-5 to use our Member Lounge, a space to relax, do homework, read a book, and more. This is a space outside of school, work, and home, available to members.
Members can visit our office Monday through Friday between 9-5 to use our Member Lounge, a space to relax, do homework, read a book, and more. This is a space outside of school, work, and home, available to members.