Category: CFTH Blog

On Thursday Mayor Bloomberg filed a lawsuit against Comptroller Liu for rejecting two contracts for city homeless shelters earlier this month. The Coalition’s President Mary Brosnahan issued the following statement: The contracts rejected by Comptrolle ..Read More

Each summer our Bound for Success (BFS) after-school program turns into an all-day camp for 30 girls and boys living in an NYC homeless shelter. Every week we provide something new for the kids to learn about and experience in New York. In addition to helping ..Read More

A controversial study of the Homebase prevention program found that it did little to prevent homelessness and saved a mere $140 per family. But Mayor Bloomberg still stubbornly withholds permanent housing aid that would both reduce NYC’s record homeless shel ..Read More

Yesterday, New York State announced sweeping changes to the operation of state-run psychiatric hospitals, including the closure of 9 facilities and a transition to the use of more community-based facilities. Shelly Nortz, the Coalition for the Homeless’ ..Read More

Last week, the Coalition joined dozens of other groups, faith leaders, and council members to express support for the Community Safety Act, a council bill that would protect New Yorkers from discriminatory actions by the New York Police Department based on the ..Read More

AIG joined the Coalition as a Premier Corporate Sponsor in May 2013, generously funding three Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) vans and sending 10 homeless girls and boys to Camp Homeward Bound (CHB). Employees of the company have also leapt right into the ac ..Read More

Carnival Night for Kids is always a magical event for kids and adults alike, and this year was no different. Despite weeks of incessant rainfall, on June 12th the skies miraculously cleared and gave us a beautiful summer evening of sunshine and warm breezes. V ..Read More

By Annabel Strauss “I’m sorry, school’s over. We can’t help you.” This is the line I heard over and over again last week, as I called schools in NYC trying to get them involved in the 20k Kids Campaign. As the development intern at the Coalition for ..Read More

The Young Women’s Giving Circle (YWGC) is a student-run service group facilitated by the Fresh Air Fund. Every year, the students choose an issue and spend months volunteering, studying, and fundraising around the cause of their choice.   This year, the ..Read More