Phone was stolen at a homeless shelter, need 250 to cover a replacement with my insurance

Hi, I live in a shelter in New York and am currently working on getting a job and getting a place to live. I just turned twenty, I lived in the TTI for about 5 years before turning 18, and didn’t have any support systems in place, so when I got out I had to work towards getting my GED and living situation all on my own etc etc.

I was working a job and saved up enough money to get a new phone, and because I had some cash in my account I decided to go with Verizon. I’m still paying off the phone, but it was recently stolen from me. Things were finally starting to look up, I had a nice amount of new interviews coming in and I was thinking I’d be out of here soon. Today someone stole my phone.

It dropped out of my pocket while I was in the bathroom and I didn’t realize over the sound of NYC shelter chaos, people blasting music, yelling at each other, etc. I was gone for three minutes according to CCTV footage, and I know who walked out of the bathroom and I know who took my phone, however he’s a much older man, and he’s a dopehead, and I don’t wanna risk jail time knowing I’m probably never gonna see this phone again anyway.

My phone is my life, it keeps me connected to people that are living their lives, people I’m close with, and allows me to keep moving forward in this hellish environment I’m in. It gives me the ability to pass time and cut out the small world I’m living in, and it allows me to build myself up when I’m working on professional ordeals.

I’m not helpless, I’m just broke. I’m not broken, I’m just poor. But all these things will contribute to a rapid deterioration of my wellness in mental health. I’m trying, I’ve been here since January of this year, I found out my first case manager was a child rapist through HomeFact, I’m just really going through a lot and not having my small circle of people who can help me through this is gonna be extremely rough.

If this is asking too much, please let me know. I’m just trying to get through the days here without curling up into a ball and choking.