Allysha Bryant, LMSW, CAPM, CASAC-T, is a social worker, educator, researcher, and community-based program leader focused on housing stability, behavioral health, and equitable systems change. She currently serves as Program Director for NY Connects Brooklyn at Presbyterian Senior Services, where she supports older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, and underserved communities in navigating complex housing, healthcare, and public benefit systems. 

As a member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Bryant brings both frontline systems expertise and lived understanding of the barriers many families face when trying to secure stable housing, supportive services, and long-term community stability. Her work is grounded in the belief that people closest to the challenges should help shape the solutions. 

Bryant is also a PhD candidate in Social Welfare at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, where her emerging research explores mutual aid, community resilience, behavioral health equity, and sustainable support systems within historically marginalized communities. In addition to her academic and program leadership work, she is the Founder of Fulcrum Community Partners, an equity-centered consulting practice supporting nonprofits and community organizations in program development, strategy, and capacity building. 

Her advocacy and public scholarship focus on housing access, systems navigation, and community sustainability, with writing featured in City Limits and National League of Cities. Bryant is passionate about building systems that are not only responsive in times of crisis, but sustainable, community-rooted, and accountable to the people they serve.