Keep the Lights On Local_College or University In the next year we

In the next year we expect to mobilize activists on such critical issues as improving access to benefits for low-income seniors

By actively working with local legal aid offices and lawyers

NYOF’s outreach workers will visit the child’s school regularly to check on them and ensure they are receiving a quality education

and miss out on school and jobs

Keep the Lights On Local_College or University In the next year weProblem Power outages immediately following a natural disaster can have deadly effects. Community clinics are not as equipped to cope with disasters as government funded hospitals, yet they, too, must continue to operate during the acute phase of an emergency. During a disaster, community clinics often become the makeshift community center, as we witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Enabling them to provide emergency services will help