Diaspora Community Services

Founded in 1981, Diaspora Community Services (DCS) is a Brooklyn-based multi-service and multi-cultural 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing comprehensive support to low-income residents, immigrants, the chronically ill, and youth. Our programs and services address the root causes of the adversity our clients face and empowering low-income families and individuals to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency. From resettling Haitian refugees in the late 1980s to addressing the onset of the HIV crisis in 1990, DCS has focused on ensuring clients have access to much-needed benefits, counseling, education, housing, and referrals to our many qualified organizational partners. Programs and Services: Homeless shelters for young mothers and LGBTQ+ Youth empowerment programs Access to healthcare: medical benefits assistance, Uninsured Care Program Free STI, Hepatitis C, and HIV testing and prevention Condom Distribution Women centered HIV support and prevention Se...