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One plate purchased can feed more than 100 homeless and hungry individuals.
We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.
We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
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As reports circulate that the Governor and the Legislature have agreed to expand involuntary commitment, a wide-ranging coalition…call for investment in proven solutions.
As mayoral candidates develop their platforms for the upcoming election, experts are urging all candidates to make ending homelessness a central campaign issue and to adopt the plan’s recommendations.
With a deal now made on discovery law reforms, lawmakers must turn their attention to another issue still up for negotiation — the involuntary commitment of people with severe mental illness…
The City Council enacted a bill Thursday that aimed to double the number of public restrooms in the city by 2035…
The City Council is voting Thursday on legislation that would require one public restroom for every 2,000 residents by the year 2035…
Marisol Casilla, First Step graduate from class 119, sharing her journey to career success across 11 years, with her sisterhood of First Steppers by her side along the way.
The Plaza Grand Ballroom buzzed with energy on Friday, April 4th, as over 300 professionals gathered for the Coalition for the Homeless’ hallmark spring event—the annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, now in its 29th year…
New York is in the midst of both a mental health crisis and homelessness crisis, which is playing out in a very public fashion — on the streets, subways, and other public spaces. But when it comes to proposing a solution to helping the thousands…
Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-NY, Community Service Society and other nonprofit groups have released a blueprint on how the next mayor can solve homelessness. They cite the pressing affordability crisis, the dismally low apartment vacancy rates and surging levels of food insecurity, as well as a 12% increase in the number of non-asylum-seekers in shelters last year.
