Hamilton Madison House Careers in New York, NY

During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, thousands of European immigrants settled in the crowded tenements of the Lower East Side, facing extreme poverty, dire living conditions and rampant disease. Madison House was founded in 1898 and Hamilton House in 1902, part of a wave of settlement houses established to, for the first time, embrace the blossoming immigrant community and provide area residents with social services and educational programs. In 1954, Hamilton House and Madison House joined forces to welcome, support, nurture and empower the diverse populations of the Lower East Side, which have continued to evolve today, including immigrants from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. We take pride in the thousands of lives we have helped to improve since 1898.