Safety Net

The Coalition's periodic newsletter, Safety Net, includes articles about important public policy issues, our direct-service programs, homeless and formerly-homeless New Yorkers, and our staff and volunteers.  The newsletter is available for download here.

Safety Net, Winter 2010

• A Night on the Route: Seeing the Changing Face of Hunger
• A Letter from Mary
• Toy Drive and Kids Holiday Party a Success
• Protecting the Right to Shelter: Challenging the Capacity Crunch
• 15th Annual ARTWALK NY Raises More Than $700,000
• Women Mean Business Luncheon to be Held April 8, 2010
• Heroes for the Homeless 

Safety Net, Autumn 2009

• Lost Decade: The Legacy of Bloomberg's Homeless Policies
• A Letter from Mary
• Spotlight on the Board: Rich Russo
• New Rules to Eject Homeless Families from Shelter
• Timothy's Law Made Permanent
• 15th Annual ARTWALK NY to be Held Tuesday, November 17
• ARTWALK Junior Committee Hosts Hamptons Benefit
• Project: Back to School Helps Homeless Children Prepare for Start of School Year

Safety Net, Summer 2009

• Where are they now? The Coalition's Kids Grow Up
• A Tribute to Coalition Board Chair, Lou Lowenstein
• Charging Homeless Families "Rent" for Shelter
• New York Cares Volunteers Support the Coalition
• Book Launch Benefits Coalition
• Women Mean Business Luncheon Raises $150,000 for First Step
• Carnival Night Raises Funds for Youth Services Programs

Safety Net, Spring 2009

• First Step Reflects on Our New President
• A Letter from Mary
• Making the Holidays Happier for Homeless Kids
• The Economic Recession and Surging Family Homelessness in New York City: What City Officials Can Do to Stem the Tide of Rising Homelessness
• 14th Annual ARTWALK NY Raises Nearly $700,000
• Save the Date: Women Mean Business Luncheon; Carnival Night for Kids
• Click here for full essays from our First Step Class

Safety Net Archive