Today’s Read: Shelter System Under Strain Posted on August 23, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Record homelessness and increasing strains on the shelter system are not flying under the radar as perhaps Mayor Bloomberg would hope. Instead the problem is getting front and center attention from the media, advocates, shelter residents, and neighbors. Today ..Read More
Shelter System Strains Posted on August 23, 2012 by Michael Howard Saul in Wall Street Journal ..Read More
City homelessness at record high, cutbacks blamed Posted on August 23, 2012 by Cyril Josh Barker in Amsterdam News ..Read More
Rising Demand Strains New York Homeless-Shelter Network Posted on May 24, 2012 in Chronicle of Philanthropy ..Read More
Today’s Read: Social Impact Bonds Posted on August 22, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER A new idea getting a lot of attention in the media these days is something called “social impact bonds.” From The Nation: Earlier this month, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the first-ever “social impact bond” in the United States. The bon ..Read More
Today’s Read: Working Full Time and Living in Poverty Posted on August 21, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Imagine working full time and still living $3,000 below the federal poverty line. This is reality for the over 600,000 New Yorkers earning minimum wage. These folks earn just $15,080 a year. In order to afford a two bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent, t ..Read More
Today’s Read: Solutions to Homelessness Within Reach Posted on August 20, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Council member Annabel Palma, and our own Mary Brosnahan co-authored a letter to the editor in the NY Times today in response to an article on record homelessness. They are calling on the administration to enact the Cit ..Read More
A Rise in Homelessness Posted on August 20, 2012 by Christine Quinn,Annabel Palma and Mary Brosnahan in Letter to the Editor ..Read More
Inocente Posted on August 17, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Inocente Izucar is a formerly-homeless teenager living in San Diego. As a child Ms. Izucar moved more than 30 times in nine years — sleeping in crowded quarters beside her three younger brothers under one temporary roof after another, and sometimes even out ..Read More