Wednesday’s Child, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization, whose mission is to recruit adoptive families for older foster children, to help provide support for the children while they wait and to provide encouragement and support to adoptive families. Over 30 years ago, our organization grew out of the WLKY weekly news feature which highlights older…
People Against Trafficking Humans (PATH) Coalition of Kentucky works to combat human trafficking occurring in Kentucky and across the world. PATH’s mission involves two goals: (1) To provide education to the community with the intent to increase awareness related to the occurrence of human trafficking; and (2) To provide support services and safe and secure…
The Coalition is seeking three new employees. Please see the details below and follow the instructions in each job description to apply! Housing Manager The Coalition for the Homeless is seeking a full-time, salaried employee to lead housing management activities for homeless persons accessing supportive housing. Duties include conducting calculating and collecting rents, tenant counseling,…
The NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability) is out as of July 14, 2017. You can find it here. Here are some recommendations from Mary Frances Schafer, Director of Community Coordination, regarding next steps! Read the NOFA thoroughly, then use your log-in credentials to get in to ESNAPS as soon as possible. If you have any…
If you are working to house homeless clients in Louisville, click here to view the steps and the form for applying for resources from the Rx: Housing fund. And thanks for your hard work!
One of the most frequent questions we get asked is why there isn’t enough affordable housing to accommodate the need for hard-working low-income Louisvillians. One of the important reasons is that it is extremely difficult for developers to cover their costs when they are building affordable housing without additional subsidies. The National Housing Conference has just…
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, 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…
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 to the hard work of our partner agencies. Did you know that there were 7,380 Louisvillians who were homeless at some point in 2014, including nearly 1,400 children and…
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…