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Craft Beer Throwdown (Thurs, 9/7)

[button link=”https://louisvilletickets.com/events/1st-annual-craft-beer-throwdown” type=”button” bgcolor=”#FCB514″ textcolor=”#444F51″ target=”_self” lightbox=”false” tooltip=””]GET TICKETS[/button] Please join us at the first annual Craft Beer Throwdown on Thursday, September 7, from 6-10pm, in the beautiful Bowman Field Hangar (2700 Gast Blvd, Louisville, KY 40205)! Six local breweries will offer a taste of a new craft brew at the event, and each will …

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Louisville One of Five Communities Accelerating Youth Homelessness Efforts

Louisville, KY (May 30, 2017) – Building on the success of three cities that made remarkable progress last Fall, the Coalition for the Homeless is proud to announce that Louisville, Kentucky was selected by Rapid Results Institute (RRI), A Way Home America, and HomeBase as one of five cities to launch a 100-Day Challenge to accelerate …

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How to Help Homeless Young Adults in Louisville

In 2017, the Coalition for the Homeless and our partners launched a new Rx: Housing initiative to end homelessness among unaccompanied young adults.  Alarmingly, the Coalition noticed that, for three consecutive years, the number of homeless young adults in Louisville doubled annually, reaching a peak of 562 homeless young adults in 2013. In 2015, we counted 418 young …

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Coalition for the Homeless and Partners Aim to End Young Adult Homelessness in Louisville

The fastest rising group of the homeless population, both locally and nationwide, are young adults age 18-24. In 2016, 418 young adults age 18-24 were living in adult emergency shelter or on the streets, plus an additional 450 youth below the age of 18 were served by YMCA Safe Place of Louisville. In response to …

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Street Count 2017

[responsive] [/responsive] Each January, the Coalition for the Homeless conducts a Street Count to verify the number of people sleeping outdoors in our city. We rely heavily on volunteers for this effort; the more we have, the more areas we can cover, and the greater our chances are of getting an accurate count. The 2017 …

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Sixth annual Give-A-Jam (Tuesday, 12/20)

[responsive] [/responsive]BUY TICKETS TODAY for the best fundraiser of the holiday season: it’s the sixth annual Give-A-Jam to End Homelessness! Give-A-Jam will be held on Tuesday, December 20, at 6pm at the Clifton Center (2117 Payne St, Louisville, KY 40206). What Is Give-A-Jam? Give-A-Jam brings together dozens of talented local musicians, soups and stews crafted by eight …

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