The countdown is on! Comunilife's El Hogar Residence is getting closer to opening in early 2026, and will provide 83 units of affordable and supportive housing for seniors in the Bronx.
Comunilife, Inc.
Mental Health Care
New York, NY 2,981 followers
Healthy Living In Community
About us
For 34 years, Comunilife (started in 1989) has been committed to improving the quality of life and creating a healthier tomorrow for New Yorkers with special needs in the Hispanic and broader communities, by providing culturally competent health and human services and a continuum of affordable and supportive housing. In 2020, Comunilife met the needs of more than 2,600 low-income and vulnerable New Yorkers. Roughly 90% of our clients have incomes below the federal poverty line; 90% are African-American or Latino; and 50% have Spanish as their primary (or sole) language. All struggle with profound challenges, i.e. chronic homelessness; HIV/AIDS and other major medical issues; serious mental illnesses and substance abuse. Comunilife’s affordable and supportive housing programs address the need for safe, affordable, service enriched housing for a low-income population that has difficulty maintaining stable housing. A majority of our housing clients have a history of homelessness and/or long-term hospitalizations. Many are living with mental illness, HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses. Comunilife has 2684 apartments/units in 12 supportive residences, 6 low-income apartment buildings and 1044 scatter site apartments in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. Our Medical Respite program provides short-term supportive housing and case management services to multiply-challenged patients leaving hospital care without a viable home in which to recuperate. Comunilife is a leader in the field of Latina adolescent suicide prevention. Our Life is Precious™ Program, which opened in 2008, provides non-clinical services to girls’ ages 12 to 17 in the Bronx (2008), Brooklyn (2009), Queens (2015), and Manhattan (2019). Activities include academic support, creative arts therapies, music lessons, wellness activities and concrete family services, are designed to reduce the risk factors associated with Latina adolescent suicide.
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http://www.comunilife.org
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- Industry
- Mental Health Care
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1989
- Specialties
- Mental Health Services, Housing, HIV/AIDS, Medical Respite, and Suicide Prevention
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462 Seventh Avenue, 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10018, US
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1020 Grand Concourse
New York, New York 10451, US
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32-45 Hunters Point Avenue
Long Island City, New York 11101, US
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113 Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11206, US
Employees at Comunilife, Inc.
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Beatriz Coronel
Assistant Vice President of Life is Precious//New York State Office of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Task Force Member//Suicide Prevention…
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Woody Victor
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Illyse Kaplan
Vice President of Development and Communications at Comunilife, Inc.
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Eileen Vega-Lamboy
elamboy@bhsg.com * Legal Staffing: Temp & Direct Hire * Managed Review Solutions * Project Management * Opportunity & Inclusion Advocate ✨2024…
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Goodbye Somos! One more day of rubbing elbows with people who make our great city & state run and a surprise guest to the island that electrified the conference… plus the Governor, Maj. Leader & AG Tish James!! So great spending time with: Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrión, Jr. & meeting Linda Baldwin; Commissioner Saloni Sethi, NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV); BX BP Hon. Vanessa L. Gibson, MPA (She, Her, Hers, Ella); Blanca Ramirez, Comunilife, Inc.; Dan Lehman, HELP USA; Michael Hickey; & seeing one of my fave former colleagues working it, Sabine Phineus.
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Thank you to all who supported Comunilife's 2025 Annual Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, October 29th. This inspiring event honored Dr. Audrey Erazo-Trivino “Empowering Change Through Community Impact”, David Schwartz "Empowering Change in Housing Innovation", and the Supportive Housing Network of New York "Empowering Change in Advocacy and Engagement". The Breakfast shined a light on the transformative power of compassion, resilience, and community. In a time when budget cuts threaten the very services that save lives, we know that working together, we can empower vulnerable New Yorkers to build a foundation that results in a healthy, happy life that is filled with possibilities. It is not too late to support Comunilife's 2025 Breakfast. Please donate today. https://lnkd.in/ehxT57vq We are happy to share some photos from the Breakfast: Empowering Change - A Beacon of Hope for Community, Health, and Housing. #Comunilife2025 Slate Property Group Supportive Housing Network of New York New York State Office of Mental Health
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Congratulations to Dr. Audrey Erazo-Trivino, PsyD (She/Her/Ella), our Associate Commissioner at the New York State Office of Mental Health for being awarded the “Empowering Change Through Community Impact” at last week’s Comunilife, Inc. 2025 Annual Breakfast Celebrating Beacons in Our Community! Audrey is a changemaker whose dedication and impact reflect the heart of the Comunilife mission, which is to provide vulnerable communities with housing and culturally sensitive supportive services.
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The Network is deeply honored to receive the 2025 Empowering Change in Advocacy & Engagement Award from Comunilife, Inc. at their Annual Awards Breakfast this week. We are humbled to be recognized alongside such inspiring honorees and extend our sincere thanks to Comunilife for this meaningful honor.
Congratulations to the incomparable Blanca Ramirez and the phenomenal team at Comunilife, Inc. for hosting such a powerful and inspiring Annual Awards Breakfast. Special thanks to the Comunilife residents like Jorge and the Life is Precious soon-to-be graduates — your stories, resilience, and bright futures inspired us all. I was honored to accept the 2025 Empowering Change in Advocacy Award on behalf of the Supportive Housing Network of New York. I’m so proud of our extraordinary Network team- whose passion, brilliance, and heart drive our mission every single day: supporting our members, advancing sound and just policies, and fighting to protect and expand supportive housing at every level of government. Grateful as always to our Board of Directors for their steady leadership and vision. On behalf of everyone at the Network — thank you again for this tremendous honor, and congratulations to all of today’s honorees!
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The Network is deeply honored to receive the 2025 Empowering Change in Advocacy & Engagement Award from Comunilife, Inc. at their Annual Awards Breakfast this week. We are humbled to be recognized alongside such inspiring honorees and extend our sincere thanks to Comunilife for this meaningful honor.
Congratulations to the incomparable Blanca Ramirez and the phenomenal team at Comunilife, Inc. for hosting such a powerful and inspiring Annual Awards Breakfast. Special thanks to the Comunilife residents like Jorge and the Life is Precious soon-to-be graduates — your stories, resilience, and bright futures inspired us all. I was honored to accept the 2025 Empowering Change in Advocacy Award on behalf of the Supportive Housing Network of New York. I’m so proud of our extraordinary Network team- whose passion, brilliance, and heart drive our mission every single day: supporting our members, advancing sound and just policies, and fighting to protect and expand supportive housing at every level of government. Grateful as always to our Board of Directors for their steady leadership and vision. On behalf of everyone at the Network — thank you again for this tremendous honor, and congratulations to all of today’s honorees!
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elamboy@bhsg.com * Legal Staffing: Temp & Direct Hire * Managed Review Solutions * Project Management * Opportunity & Inclusion Advocate ✨2024 EWNJ Award (Exec Women of NJ) ✨2019 Diversity in Legal Profession - HBANJ
💟 It was truly an honor to sponsor Comunilife, Inc.’s annual breakfast awards ceremony. I am in awe at the work this organization continues to do for our communities around affordable housing, medical repite and Latina teenage suicide prevention. 💟 🏩🫶🏽 Congratulations to Blanca Ramirez, the staff at Comunilife, Inc. and the Board for a successful, touching and inspiring event. 👏🏼 ✨ 💖A heartfelt congratulations to the honorees. We are grateful for the work that you continue to do for our communities. 🙏🏼 Beacon Hill Legal experts at work
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Comunilife staff attended The Health & Housing Consortium's 15th Annual Convening last week! In the photo L to R are Chadwick Melton, Beatriz Coronel, Liz Tejada, LeShan Gaulman, Lucille McEwen, Julie Lawrence, Ann McHugh, Cindy Lambkin, Patricia Llanes, Brittany Thomas and Davin Davis.
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Comunilife, Inc. reposted this
Congratulations to the incomparable Blanca Ramirez and the phenomenal team at Comunilife, Inc. for hosting such a powerful and inspiring Annual Awards Breakfast. Special thanks to the Comunilife residents like Jorge and the Life is Precious soon-to-be graduates — your stories, resilience, and bright futures inspired us all. I was honored to accept the 2025 Empowering Change in Advocacy Award on behalf of the Supportive Housing Network of New York. I’m so proud of our extraordinary Network team- whose passion, brilliance, and heart drive our mission every single day: supporting our members, advancing sound and just policies, and fighting to protect and expand supportive housing at every level of government. Grateful as always to our Board of Directors for their steady leadership and vision. On behalf of everyone at the Network — thank you again for this tremendous honor, and congratulations to all of today’s honorees!
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Congratulations to our awardees that were honored this morning at our Annual Awards Breakfast! Dr. Audrey Erazo-Trivino, Associate Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health “Empowering Change Through Community Impact” David Schwartz, Co-Founder & Principal, Slate Property Group “Empowering Change in Housing Innovation” Supportive Housing Network of NY “Empowering Change in Advocacy and Engagement” #Comunilife2025 New York State Office of Mental Health Slate Property Group Supportive Housing Network of New York
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