ATD Fourth World USA has teams in New Mexico and New York. Our work spans diverse communities—from families in shelters and public housing in New York City, to rural Indigenous communities in New Mexico, as well as academic and civil society spaces linked to the United Nations.

In New York, we currently focus on housing justice, including participatory research and collective advocacy on homelessness and the right to housing, alongside community-based programs such as Story Gardens and Tapori in local schools.

In New Mexico, our work centers on education and learning, including Story Gardens, the “Stronger Together” parent–caregiver initiatives, Digital Storytelling projects, and Merging of Knowledge processes that bring together families, educators, and local institutions to improve how education systems respond to children and families experiencing poverty.

At the international level, ATD Fourth World USA plays an active role in advocacy at the United Nations, contributing to civil society forums, supporting the official October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty commemoration in the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and helping bring forward the voices of people with lived experience of poverty into global policy spaces.

Founded in New York in 1964, ATD Fourth World USA continues through long-term community partnerships, shared learning, and collective action aimed at addressing persistent poverty and injustice.