Rally Point Kentuckiana is bringing our community together to rally around our heroes for a day dedicated to helping veterans and three veterans charities: Active Heroes, the Coalition for the Homeless, and Where Opportunity Knox. There are two events being held on June 23, 2016: The Veterans Resource Fair will be held on Thursday, June […]
Rally Point Kentuckiana (6/23) Read More »
The Coalition is pleased to report our annual homeless census numbers. We counted 6,737 homeless Louisvillians in 2015, which represents a 12.4% drop in homelessness over just one year. What’s more is that homelessness has dropped by 23% over the past four years in Louisville. We have had this success because of the efficient, collaborative
Louisville Homeless Numbers Drop For Third Year Read More »
Louisville, KY (May 9, 2016) – On Monday, the Louisville Continuum of Care (CoC) received notice of a total annual award of $9,060,310 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which will support many critical permanent housing projects in Louisville. Unfortunately, Louisville lost $1,185,867 in renewal funding this year, specifically transitional housing
Federal Funding for Louisville Homeless Projects Decreases Read More »
The mission of the Coalition for the Homeless is to prevent and end homelessness through advocacy, education, and coordination of 30 member agencies. In recent years, our collaborative efforts have led to a 50% decrease in chronic homelessness, as well as an end to homelessness among Louisville’s veterans. The Coalition for the Homeless Associate Board was
Join our Associate Board Read More »
Love the thrill of March Madness? Want to support the efforts of the Coalition for the Homeless? You’re in luck: the Coalition is one of only 64 nonprofit teams to be selected for Louisville’s second Brackets For Good tournament! If we win, we get $10,000 to end homelessness for the chronically homeless this year, as well as
Coalition selected as Brackets for Good nonprofit! Read More »
Watch our 2016 Take A Stand video to hear from a couple of courageous formerly homeless veterans who now have a place to call home, thanks
The Coalition for the Homeless is excited to announce that we’ve rescheduled two Corporation for Supportive Housing training sessions that had to be cancelled at the end of last year. Medicaid and Supportive Housing will be held on Wednesday, February 3, from 1-3 p.m. at the Home of the Innocents, and will cover the best practices
2/3: Medicaid and Supportive Housing Read More »
The Coalition for the Homeless is excited to announce that we’ve rescheduled two Corporation for Supportive Housing training sessions that had to be cancelled at the end of last year. Supportive Housing 101 will be held on Thursday, February 4, from 9-10 a.m. at Louisville Urban League, Inc. and is perfect for nonprofit and for-profit developers, managers, and
2/4: Supportive Housing 101 Read More »
Please join the Coalition for the Homeless for a special training session: “Creating LGBTQ Friendly Housing and Shelter.” We determined that this training was needed after an assessment last year, and are providing three separate dates for you to receive over four hours of comprehensive training. Please see the below flyer and email Natalie to sign
Creating LGBTQ Friendly Housing and Shelter (1/11, 1/12, 1/13) Read More »
[responsive] [/responsive] See this message from the President and First Lady about the efforts across the country to count homeless people this week. 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
Annual Street Count (1/28/16) Read More »
