 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Daily
Report Critical Activities Report Equal Opportunity Affairs Request For Proposals Volunteer Information |
|
||||||||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
 |
||
|
*The number of single adults living in shelter has been reduced by 21%, from 8,432 to 6,640, from June 2004 to August 2008. *From August 2007 to August 2008, the number of adult families in shelter on an average night dropped 16%, from 1,385 to 1,169. |
|
| 
| | |
 | |||
|
  |
 City Moves Over 850 Individuals From Street To Housing Through Innovative Outreach Gerald P. (right), who had been homeless for 22 years, stands with Alex Abell, the DHS contracted NYC Street to Home outreach worker who convinced him to enter housing. In the first year of DHS’ new outreach program, more than 850 people have moved from the street into housing.  Read More |
|
 | |||
|
 |
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Settlement With the Legal Aid Society Ending 25-Year Litigation and Court Oversight of Homeless Family Services System Read More |
|
|
| |||
|
 |
30 Clients Graduate From Work Advantage Financial Education Classes 30 graduates were taught by the non-profit organization Credit Where Credit is Due, learning about the basics of budgeting, saving and credit in a five week intensive course, specially designed to meet the needs of Work Advantage participants. Read More |
|
|
| |||
|
 |
NY’s Rental Assistance Program Exceeds Expectations Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Commissioner Robert V. Hess today highlighted that more than 4,000 families and individuals signed leases in progressing toward permanent housing through the Advantage NY program, which commenced in April, 2007. Read More |
|
|
| |||
|
 |
Knicks City Dancers Teach Children in Shelter Their Dance Steps The Knicks City Dancers dance in front of 18,000 basketball fans at one of the world's most famous sports arenas, Madison Square Garden. But on May 3, three members of the Knicks’ official dance team performed for one of their most energetic and engaging audiences - children at the LIFE Center, a family shelter in Manhattan. (photo at left courtesy of MSG PHOTOS) Read More |
|
|
| |||
 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||
(For October 8, 2008)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||
|
Uniting for
Solutions Beyond Shelter is an action plan that brings together the
business, nonprofit, and public sector communities to address the challenging
issue of homelessness at its core.Read More |
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
Read More |
|
|
 |
 Site
Map |
 |
|