Category: CFTH Blog

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

Today’s New York Times includes an amazing editorial spotlighting the historic crisis of New York City homelessness, the failures of Mayor Bloomberg’s flawed policies, and the challenges ahead for the next mayor. The editorial, entitled “The Forgotten ..Read More

By Liz Henderson, First Step Program Manager   First Step is designed to help homeless and formerly homeless women succeed in the workforce. We approach employment education comprehensively by teaching hard skills, such as computer literacy, resume and pr ..Read More

While thousands of families are still dealing with the fallout from Hurricane Sandy, this week City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed legislation to help prepare for future disasters. Her proposed plan was developed in response to multiple problems t ..Read More

By Juan De La Cruz, Program Manager, Grand Central Food Program The Coalition’s Grand Central Food Program is out every night of the year handing out 1,000 warm, nutritious meals to homeless men, women and kids on the streets of NYC. We believe no on ..Read More

In a significant victory for hundreds of Hurricane Sandy survivors, yesterday a New York State Supreme Court justice ruled that the City must continue to provide hotel assistance beyond May 31st to the nearly 400 households still displaced by Hurricane Sandy. ..Read More

…Poverty in this country is now likely to define many children’s life trajectories in the harshest terms: poor academic achievement, high dropout rates, and health problems from obesity and diabetes to heart disease, substance abuse and mental illness. [Ne ..Read More

Amidst all-time record NYC homelessness, the Bloomberg administration released its latest flawed “guesstimate” of street homelessness, claiming that the numbers have declined despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The City’s latest HOPE survey es ..Read More