The Coalition for the Homeless, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Metro Louisville invite you to join us at Stand Down/Project Homeless Connect this year on Wednesday, 10/7/15. Stand Down/Project Homeless Connect is an annual one-day resource fair that connects homeless veterans and others with services they need. We are looking for volunteers to help […]
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The Coalition is pleased to announce our next two Blueprint University trainings (sponsored by the Dona O’Sullivan Fund to Fight Homelessness): one on trauma-informed care on July 9, and the next on strengths-based case management and housing on September 24. Please see the below flyer for more details and RSVP to Natalie at nharris@louhomeless.org. Thanks!
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LOUISVILLE, KY – The Coalition for the Homeless, together with their member agencies, is announcing the results of the 2014 Louisville Homeless Census. The reports indicate that the overall number of homeless people in our city has dropped and that shelter bed usage has increased. The 2014 Census shows that Jefferson County’s homeless service providers served
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After the tragedy of Kenneth Winfield’s death in Louisville just 11 nights ago, the Executive Directors and Board Chairs of the Coalition for the Homeless and St. John Center wrote this op-ed for the Courier-Journal. It’s a call to action for each of us, inviting us to work together to ensure that not one more person
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Please join us for a viewing of The Homestretch, a film about three homeless Chicago teenagers, at the Muhammad Ali Center on Wednesday, March 11. Doors open at 5:30 with refreshments, and the hour-long film starts around 6. Following the film will be a panel discussion about homeless youth in Louisville featuring our Executive Director
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The Coalition for the Homeless is now enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards program! After you register your card and select the Coalition for the Homeless as your nonprofit of choice, every time you shop at a Kroger and swipe your Kroger Plus card, the Coalition earns money. Please follow these simple steps to enroll
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The snow has finally melted, March is here, and all Louisvillians (or Kentuckians, depending on your team of choice!) know what that means: March Madness. But did you also know that the Coalition for the Homeless was one of 64 nonprofits selected to compete in the first annual Louisville Brackets For Good tournament? Better yet, if we
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Once again, our community is working hard to solidify permanent funding for the Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund. We need your help because this will only happen if the Metro Council sees the community’s support. Here are ways that you can get involved: 1) Contact Metro Council using the form online and write this: “I support
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We need your help to prevent abuse in payday lending in Kentucky. Senate Bill 32 (known as the “deferred deposit transactions bill”), sponsored by Republican Senator Kerr, would limit interest rates on payday loans to 36%, which is the rate cap for all other lending institutions. Currently the loans go up to 400% interest, which
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The Dona O’Sullivan Fund was created in Dona’s honor in order to provide training and other opportunities for front line case managers serving the homeless in Louisville. Thanks to the fund, three scholarships are being offered to the KHC/HHCK State Housing Conference on April 8-9, 2015. This Lexington two-day conference will provide lots of opportunities to
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