Louisville Groups Rally for Housing, Not Handcuffs, to End HomelessnessDuring the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, Louisville groups gathered to call for local solutions to homelessness On Monday, April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Johnson v. Grants Pass to decide whether it’s cruel and unusual punishment to penalize people for sleeping outside when they …
Jefferson County, KY will receive a total of $321,601 in federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Funds can be used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Jefferson County. A local board will review applications and make recommendations to …
The Coalition for the Homeless no longer utilize volunteers for our annual point-in-time (PIT) count in January (formerly known as the “Street Count”). Louisville’s annual count is now conducted by agency outreach workers over the course of a week. However, Kentucky Housing Corporation conducts the PIT count for all of the counties surrounding Louisville, and …
The Safer KY Act was introduced in the Judiciary Committee on Friday in Frankfort. We saw the bill for the first time at the start of that committee meeting. When introducing the bill, Representative Jared Bauman said that he hopes it will create “a foundation of unstoppable prosperity.” But any strong foundation has to be …
The Louisville/Jefferson County Continuum of Care is posting the following documents for review ahead of the September 28, 2023 submission deadline: FY23 Approved Continuum of Care Consolidated Application and FY23 Approved Project Priority Listing. Please direct any questions to Brandi Scott at bscott@louhomeless.org.
The CoC is required to notify, in writing outside of e-snaps, all project applicants who submitted their project applications to the CoC by the local CoC-established deadline whether their project applications will be accepted and ranked on the CoC Priority Listing, rejected, or reduced by the CoC no later than 15 days before the FY 2023 application submission deadline. The CoC Board of Directors …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tenth Annual Bourbon Mixer Raises $160,000 for Coalition for the Homeless Louisville, KY (August 30, 2023) – The Whisky Chicks and Bourbon Brotherhood hosted the tenth annual Bourbon Mixer presented by Homes of Tradition on Saturday, August 19, at The Olmsted. The theme was Bourbon Disco, and the lively event had music, …
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Louisville’s shelters are regularly full, while over 500 unhoused people have nowhere else to go on any given night. The unfortunate reality is that—without a significant, immediate investment in shelter—unhoused people will continue to camp in public spaces in Louisville for the foreseeable future. This reality is fueled by rising rents and the lack of …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian U’Sellis, Coalition for the Homeless, (502) 439-8964 Limited Tickets for Pappy Van Winkle and Weller RafflesAll proceeds benefit the Coalition for the Homeless to get Louisvillians off the streets and into housing Louisville, KY (July 12, 2023) – In honor of the tenth annual Bourbon Mixer, the Whisky Chicks and Bourbon Brotherhood …
After months of consideration, the Coalition for the Homeless is announcing a change in the hours for our Coordinated Shelter Access team who manage emergency overnight shelter reservations in Louisville. Effective Saturday, July 1, the CSA team’s hours will be modified as follows: Again, these hour changes will be effective on July 1. We are taking the next three …
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