Overview

• Ace’s Place officially opened on August 5 in Long Island City as the nation’s only city-funded shelter dedicated to transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals experiencing homelessness
• The facility satisfies a court settlement requiring at least 30 beds for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in each city shelter and expands capacity to 150 beds
• New York City has allocated $65 million through 2030 to support operations, reflecting a major municipal investment in LGBTQ+ social services
• Onsite services include psychiatric care, culinary and GED classes, job placement and vocational training, and individualized case management
• The shelter is named in honor of Sean Ebony Coleman’s late mother, nicknamed Ace, and aims to address the fact that nearly a third of transgender Americans have faced homelessness