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Stand Down 2019
Did you miss Stand Down in 2019? Curious about what it entailed? Please see this video from Louisville Metro TV. The Coalition for the Homeless, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Metro Louisville invite you to join us at Stand Down/Project Homeless Connect on Wednesday, 10/2/19, at Salvation Army (located at the old Male High …
2019 Street Count results
Louisville, KY (January 31, 2019) – Between 4:00am and 6:00am this morning, in spite of the frigid temperatures, approximately 325 volunteers divided into 4-person teams to blanket the city to complete the 2019 Homeless Street Count. The Street Count is coordinated by the Coalition for the Homeless with support from the Centerstone Kentucky street outreach team. The count is conducted each year in January to verify the number of people sleeping outdoors in Metro Louisville. …
New Program Assists Homeless Families in Louisville
Louisville, KY (October 30, 2018) – In an effort to address the severe lack of emergency shelter beds for approximately 70 homeless families on the waiting list, the Coalition for the Homeless began implementing a new program in July aimed at diverting and reducing family homeless in the community. So far, the Family Prevention and Diversion program has …
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Street Homelessness RFP
Below, please find a request for proposals to assist Louisville in gaining an understanding of the increasing numbers of persons living on the streets and other locations not meant for habitation, and in developing recommendations for the best local solutions to this concern. Additionally, you will find data on the numbers of homeless and sub-populations …
[give]502 awards $20,000 grant to Coalition for Host Homes Pilot Project
[give] 502 awards $20,000 grant to Coalition for the Homeless (Louisville, KY) — [give] 502, a giving circle of nearly 40 young professionals and component fund of the Community Foundation of Louisville, has awarded the Coalition for the Homeless a 2017 grant of $20,000 for its “Host Homes Pilot Project to End Youth Homelessness.” This …
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Louisville Reaches “Functional Zero” for Homeless Veterans
Since January, the Coalition for the Homeless–under the leadership of Mayor Greg Fischer with over a dozen nonprofit and governmental partners–has worked to coordinate an end to veteran homelessness locally. This initiative is known as Rx: Housing Veterans. We are thrilled to share that Louisville has officially reached functional zero for homeless veterans. The US Interagency Council on …
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Homeless Census Shows 14% Drop in Homelessness
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 …
Give-A-Jam raises nearly $60,000 to end veteran homelessness!
The fourth annual Give-A-Jam to end homelessness was held on Thursday, December 18. Hosted by the Clifton Center, Give-A-Jam was created in 2010 by John Harris, Executive Director of the Clifton Center, and his wife Natalie Harris, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless. Together, they wanted to create a new type of event: …
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