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Robin Hood is New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization. We work with nonprofits across all five boroughs to keep New Yorkers healthy, housed, fed, and employed. Because when one of us suffers, we all do.

What's at Stake

Right now, federal cuts are threatening programs residents of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn rely on to survive. Programs like SNAP (food stamps), Medicaid, and federal housing choice vouchers help tens of thousands afford basic necessities.

Strong communities need safe places to live, healthy food on the table, and lifesaving medical care.

Tell your representative that cuts to these federal programs hurt our residents and threaten the strength of our community; please protect funding for these programs as congressional talks on the tax & budget bill continue.

Contact your representative in Congress

LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Robin Hood polled over 250 of our nonprofit partners citywide—and 170 stand to lose a combined $840 million in federal funding. Watch this video, meet these nonprofit leaders, and listen to what’s at stake for our communities if these cuts go through. Hear their voices. Share their stories. Stand with them.

121,536

Residents of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamp benefits to feed their families

300,000

Residents of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn rely on Medicaid, a government funded health insurance program for low-income children and adults

24,800

Residents of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn use federal housing choice vouchers to afford housing

Resources

Whether you need groceries, diapers, or help accessing housing and health benefits, local nonprofits are here to support you and your family. Learn more, or reach out to get involved.