How to Help the Record Number of Homeless Students

Tonight, nearly 24,000 children will sleep in New York City shelters. Tomorrow, thousands of them will head to school, where they often struggle to keep up with their stably housed classmates while coping with the trauma of homelessness. A new report from the ..Read More

Community Rallies Around Shelter in Brooklyn

For all the poor press shelters get, The Kensington, named after the Brooklyn neighborhood in which it sits, is a source of optimism. But there were concerns in the beginning. Catherine Barufaldi, a volunteer at The Kensington, said many in the neighborhood we ..Read More

Darlene Love at the 2017 Women Mean Business Luncheon

Academy Award Winner, Grammy Winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Darlene Love delivers the Keynote Speach at the 23rd annual Women Mean Business Luncheon benefiting the First Step Job Training Program for homeless and low-income women on April 25, ..Read More

Zuheilly

First Step Graduate Zuheilly, Class 133, tells her inspiring story at the 23rd Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon held on April 25, 2017 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. Support First Step ..Read More

Elina

Elina is just one of the brave graduates of the Coalition for the Homeless’ First Step Job Training Program. This video was shown at the Coalition for the Homeless’ 23rd annual Women Mean Business Luncheon on April 25, 2017 at the Pierre Hotel in NYC. ..Read More