Expanding community-based support services for at-risk families in new york city - garden of hope, INC. (GOH) is a new york city-based nonprofit that has served chinese-speaking immigrant families and…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Garden of Hope, Inc. $135,000 on August 31, 2026, under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647).

Garden of Hope will implement six interconnected program areas over 12 months ending August 30, 2027, to expand community-based support services for at-risk families in Flushing, Queens and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The funded activities address language isolation, digital illiteracy, food insecurity, family instability, and limited access to mental health care within the Chinese-speaking immigrant and broader Asian American and Pacific Islander communities that Garden of Hope has served since 2004.

Program areas include workforce development and digital literacy training, a food pantry serving 100 or more individuals per month, case management and public benefits navigation, trauma-informed family support groups and parenting workshops, and community-based mental health outreach and individual counseling. Garden of Hope projects serving at least 50 learning participants, 30 digital literacy completers, 100 case management clients, 50 family workshop participants, and 60 mental health clients, with approximately 1,000 food pantry distributions over the project year. This is a congressionally directed community project award.

Expanding community-based support services for at-risk families in new york city - garden of hope, INC. (GOH) is a new york city-based nonprofit that has served chinese-speaking immigrant families and the broader asian american and pacific islander (AAPI) community since 2004. With this congressionally directed community project award, GOH will implement six interconnected program areas over 12 months to expand community-based programming and services for at-risk families in flushing, queens and sunset park, brooklyn. Funded activities address the compounding barriers faced by GOH's service population, including language isolation, digital illiteracy, food insecurity, family instability, and limited access to mental health care. Program areas include: workforce development and digital literacy training; a food pantry serving 100+ individuals per month; case management and public benefits navigation; trauma-informed family support groups and parenting workshops; and community-based mental health outreach and individual counseling. GOH projects serving at least 50 learning participants, 30 digital literacy completers, 100 case management clients, 50 family workshop participants, and 60 mental health clients, with approximately 1,000 food pantry distributions over the project year.