Since opening its doors in 2010, AAFY Inc.has provided safe housing, vocational training and job placement, mental health and addiction services, and life skills coaching to help individuals, especially Veterans, leave homelessness behind. To date, the organization has worked with more than 1000 individuals.
Always and Forever Young Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit. We consist of for programs, which are Veterans Of L.I. Initiative, MICAH Transitional Living For Homeless Men and Women, We can Build Re-entry program for parolees, and Touch Long Island our Community Outreach Program.
A great need exists for the housing, case management, and vocational services these programs provide. Only 10 percent of the general population can claim Veteran status, but nearly one third of the homeless adult population are Veterans.