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White Plains Local Assistance Programs

This page lists local organizations in White Plains, New York that provide free legal help, food and social services. Statewide programs are described on the New York page.

Legal Services of the Hudson ValleyFree civil legal assistance
Websitelshv.org
Phone(914) 949-1305
Address90 Maple Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley provides free civil legal help to low-income people in Westchester County. It helps with housing and evictions, family law, domestic violence, elder law, disability benefits, and public benefits. The statewide helpline is 1-877-574-8529.1

Pace Women’s Justice CenterFree legal help for survivors of abuse
Websitepace.edu
Phone(914) 422-4069
Address78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603
HoursMonday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

The Pace Women’s Justice Center provides free civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. Its walk-in legal clinic offers free legal information and consultation, with no appointment needed, and its Family Court Legal Program has an office inside White Plains Family Court. All services are free and confidential.2

Food

Congregation Kol Ami Food PantryFood pantry
Websitenykolami.org
Address252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10606
HoursTuesday and Thursday, 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

The Congregation Kol Ami Food Pantry gives out perishable and non-perishable food, hygiene products, and household goods to anyone in the community in need. No documentation is needed. No phone number is listed for the pantry; contact it by email at pantry@nykolami.org.3

Ecumenical Emergency Food PantryFood pantry
Websitetrinitylutheranchurchwhiteplains.org
Phone(914) 428-5770
Address2 Fisher Court, White Plains, NY 10601
HoursFriday, 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM

The Ecumenical Emergency Food Pantry is a volunteer-run pantry at the Thomas H. Slater Center. It distributes food every Friday morning to White Plains residents and people in surrounding areas.4

Social services

White Plains Community Action ProgramCommunity action agency
Websitewestcop.org
Phone(914) 428-7030
Address70 Ferris Avenue, Lower Level, White Plains, NY 10603

The White Plains Community Action Program, run by the Westchester Community Opportunity Program (WestCOP), helps low-income White Plains residents with emergency food, utility and energy assistance, rent and eviction prevention, and youth programs.5

Lifting Up WestchesterShelter, meals, and support services
Websiteliftingupwestchester.org
Phone(914) 948-3075
Address33 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10601
HoursMonday through Friday; food served 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Lifting Up Westchester runs Community Central and Grace’s Kitchen at 33 Church Street, with free hot meals on weekdays, plus two shelters in the city: Samaritan House for women at the same address and Open Arms for men at 86 East Post Road.6

Sources & notes
Data and figures on this page come from the sources and notes below:

Footnotes

  1. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Home page. ↩

  2. Pace Women’s Justice Center, Legal Services and Contact. ↩

  3. Congregation Kol Ami, Food Pantry. The pantry page gives the street address without a ZIP code and lists an email address in place of a phone number; the 10606 ZIP code comes from the congregation’s own documents on nykolami.org. ↩

  4. Trinity Lutheran Church White Plains, Community Connections. Other listings give Friday hours of 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM; call ahead to confirm. ↩

  5. Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Home page. The 70 Ferris Avenue address and the (914) 428-7030 phone rest on local listings, including Need Help Paying Bills and New York State 211; WestCOP’s own site does not publish a separate White Plains office page. Hours are omitted because listings conflict. ↩

  6. Lifting Up Westchester, Contact Us and Shelter Services. ↩

  1. Yonkers Local Assistance Programs, New York.
  2. Albany Local Assistance Programs, New York.
  3. Buffalo Local Assistance Programs, New York.
  4. Hempstead Local Assistance Programs, New York.
  5. Mount Vernon Local Assistance Programs, New York.

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