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QCH Stands with Childcare Providers in Call for Better Child Care System

On Monday, May 9, child care providers, parents and families across the country are hosting A Day Without Child Care: A National Day of Action.

Queens Community House Hosts Career Panel for LGBTQ+ Youth

NEW YORK (April 2022) – On April 22, Queens Community House (QCH), one of the borough’s largest social service organizations, hosted an in-person career panel for LGBTQ youth at Grove 34 in Astoria.

Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz Joins Queens Center for Gay Seniors Hybrid Exercise Class

NEW YORK (April 2022) – On April 20, Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz joined older adults at the Queens Center for Gay Seniors (QCGS) in Jackson Heights for their weekly hybrid exercise class.  

Senator Chuck Schumer Attends Queens Power Rally of 1,200 Residents to Address Affordable Housing and Transit Issues

NEW YORK (March 2022) – On March 27, over 1,200 Queens residents, elected officials, Queens Power leaders and supporters gathered at Rufus King Park in Jamaica for the Queens Power Rally to address the borough’s need for affordable housing, the mental health crisis, and transportation issues

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Secures Funding for Queens Community House to Support Alternative High Schools

NEW YORK (March 2022) – On March 10, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she secured funding for Queens Community House (QCH), one of the borough’s largest social service organizations, to support their alternative high schools.

Queens Community House Joins Rally of 1,500 New Yorkers to Ask Mayor for Fair Pay for Nonprofit Workers

NEW YORK (March 2022) – On March 10, 120 nonprofit workers from Queens Community House (QCH), one of the borough’s largest social service organizations, joined the Just Pay rally to call for the NYC Mayor and City Council to end government-sanctioned poverty wages for human se

Queens Community House Steps Up As Eviction Moratorium Expires

On January 15, the statewide eviction moratorium expired, more than a year and a half after it was established to protect tenants impacted by the pandemic.

QCH Aims to Enhance Older Adult Services After Being Awarded Five Fully Funded Older Adult Centers

QCH has been awarded five fully funded Older Adult Centers (OAC): Forest Hills OAC, Rego Park OAC, Pomonok OAC, Kew Gardens Community Center, and Queens Center for Gay Seniors. 

QCH Comment on Commissioner Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez’s Announcement of Increase in Home-Delivered Meals Reimbursement Rate

“We strongly applaud the announcement made today by Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Commissioner of the NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA), at a hearing before the City Council’s Committee on Aging, that DFTA and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be increasing the per meal rate

Double Your Impact on the Community for #GivingTuesday

As many of you know, #GivingTuesday is a globally recognized day of generosity.

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