Join us on Monday, September 22, at Flanagan’s on Baxter Avenue for a fundraiser for the Dona O’Sullivan Fund to Fight Homelessness. 100% of the proceeds for that day will go directly to this important fund, which generously supports the Coalition and our member agencies. Hope to see you all there!
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We are so thrilled to have Mayor Greg Fischer’s support and leadership as we strive to end veteran homelessness in Louisville! See this story in the Courier-Journal for the complete story on how we plan to work together to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.
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The Courier Journal has published interesting article on the increasing number of homeless young adults in our community. Click the link below to read it. LINK
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by Evan Sernoffsky, kgw.com staff WHAS11.com Posted on July 31, 2013 at 2:29 PM Updated yesterday at 11:15 PM PORTLAND – Former University of Kentucky forward and current Houston Rocket, 21-year-old Terrence Jones, was arrested early Wednesday in Old Town Portland after he was seen stomping on a sleeping homeless man’s leg, police said. A
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The Courier-Journal — July 12, 2013 For homeless people in Louisville, shelter is now a phone call away. The Coalition for the Homeless has established call centers accepting reservations at three emergency shelters in the city. “Before, clients would have to go to each individual shelter to see if they had a bed. If you went to
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On June 20, the Coalition for the Homeless held a press conference kicking off a new community education campaign in the NuLu neighborhood. The Coalition represents 30 service providers in Louisville Metro who provide a variety of services to homeless families and individuals. The Coalition’s mission is to educate, advocate and coordinate services. The reason
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Do you work for the Federal Government? Do you care about the homeless? If so, we’d love to invite you to contribute to The Coalition for the Homeless through the Combined Federal Campaign. The Coalition for the Homeless is #70000 in the campaign. We have been the leading advocate for the homeless in Louisville for
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The Coalition Supporting Young Adults met again in March as a whole to learn what its Planning Team had been working on for several months. A new issue brief of “Voices of Young Adults” was presented this time highlighting the fact that the majority of young adults say no one is helping them with anything
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NYTimes: Homeless Rates in U.S. Held Level Amid Recession, Study Says, but Big Gains Are Elusive Overall homelessness remained the same from 2011 to 2012, but the federal government will likely be unable to end homelessness for at risk-populations and veterans by 2015, a Department of Housing and Urban Development report said. See full article.
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Voices of Louisville’s Young Adults | March 26, 2013 Issue Brief #2 Who Is Helping Our Young Adults? They Told Us: “No One” Who can young adults in crisis without support turn to for help? When young adults were surveyed about who they turned to for help in reaching their goals or fulfilling their basic needs, an
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