Community Service Society of New York
The Community Service Society of New York is a 160 year-old institution that has been on the cutting edge of public policy innovations to support poor New Yorkers in their quest to be full participants in the civic life of the nations largest city. CSS employs a variety of tools advocacy, direct service, research and policy analysis, and strategic partnerships to forge consensus on appropriate policy interventions to facilitate the economic mobility of low-income New Yorkers.
Their legacy includes establishing the prototype for the free school lunch program, serving as the catalyst behind the citys first tenement housing laws, aiding victims of the Titanic maritime disaster and World Trade Center employees impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, creating the nations largest senior volunteer program and the curriculum that spawned the Columbia University School of Social Work.
The mission of the Community Service Society is to identify problems which create a permanent poverty class in New York
City, and to advocate the systemic changes required to eliminate such problems. CSS will focus on enabling, empowering and promoting opportunities for poor families and individuals to develop their full potential, to contribute to society, and to realize social, economic and political opportunities.
For more information, please visit http://www.cssny.org