The Cooper Square Committee provides a variety of housing and social services to residents free of charge. CSC's primary service area is from 14th Street to Delancey Street and from 3rd Avenue/the Bowery to 1st Avenue.
http://www.coopersquare.org/index.html
Also serving the LES is GOLES:
GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side)
525 E. 6th St. (btwn. Aves. A & B) Lower
East Side tenants only, 212-533-2541.
other areas: http://www.tenant.net/Tengroup/Metcounc/help.html