Why I Volunteer With The Grand Central Food Program Posted on October 29, 2014 by Arvind Singh Arvind Singh, a Senior Analyst at AIG, started volunteering with the Grand Central Food Program in 2004. Below, he shares why he has been such a steadfast GCFP volunteer for a decade. For almost 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity of volunteering as a dri ..Read More
CBPP Report: How Housing Location Can Create Opportunity for Children Posted on October 24, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Earlier this month, Barbara Sard and Douglas Rice from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released the Creating Opportunity for Children Report, which describes how improvements to federal rental assistance programs could substantially bet ..Read More
The Coalition Thanks Our GCFP Volunteers Posted on October 22, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone Every single night of the year, the dedicated volunteers of the Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) help the Coalition serve 1,000 hot, nutritious meals to our homeless neighbors on the streets of NYC. But at our Volunteer Appreciation Party on Friday, October 1 ..Read More
Coalition and Legal Aid Testify in Support of Local Law Int. 361 Posted on October 21, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Earlier this week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society testified before the New York City Council in support of Int. 0361-2014, a Local Law that would require the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to grant a presumpti ..Read More
Today’s Read: ‘Welfare-to-Work’ Has Failed, So New York City Is Trying Something New Posted on October 14, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena For nearly two decades, the Human Resources Administration (HRA) enforced punitive rules that coerced New Yorkers in need into dead-end training programs and mandatory work requirements in exchange for limited welfare aid, denying them the opportunity to ma ..Read More
Number of NYC Homeless Reaches New Record High Posted on October 9, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena New York City has set a new record, but one not to be proud of: the number of individuals experiencing homelessness every day has reached nearly 57,000, the highest since modern homelessness began. Tonight, well over 13,000 families with more than 24,000 chil ..Read More
Today’s Read: City Chips Away at Homeless Housing Costs Posted on October 8, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Every night well over 13,000 families with more than 24,000 children are affected by homelessness in New York City. Many of them reside in apartments with deplorable conditions used as temporary shelter, known as “cluster-site” units, for which t ..Read More
Thank You for Giving Kids a Head Start on the School Year! Posted on October 3, 2014 by Ruth Lindner As the summer came to a close, the Coalition for the Homeless was humbled by the enthusiastic support of so many businesses, organizations, schools and caring individuals who helped make the seventh annual Project: Back to School such a success. This year, ove ..Read More
Today’s Read: Cluster-Site Shelters Posted on October 2, 2014 by Sarah Murphy The Coalition has long derided the use of informal and often dubious deals between the City and private landlords to provide emergency shelter for families. Begun in the last years of the Giuliani Administration and expanded during the Bloomberg Administrati ..Read More
