We regret to inform you all that both Coalition training sessions scheduled for this week (Medicaid and Supportive Housing on 12/1 and Supportive Housing 101 on 12/2) have been cancelled due to a death in the family of our trainer. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. Both training sessions will be rescheduled for another…
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…
The Louisville Metro Continuum of Care has completed our consolidated application for CoC funding, as well as our project priority listing, and both are linked below. CoC Consolidated Application FY15 CoC Project Priority Listing FY15 Please contact Mary Frances Schafer with any questions.
Natalie Harris, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, was recently interviewed on WAKY. She spoke about the history and work of the Coalition, the change in Louisville’s approach to ending homelessness, some of our key programs, and what you can do to help! Listen to the full show here, or tune in to WAKY…
Attention, Louisville Continuum of Care! HUD has released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Continuum of Care Program Competition here. The FY 2015 CoC Consolidated Application and Project Applications are now available in e-snaps. For project applications, the final submission deadline is midnight on Saturday night, October 17, 2015….
The Coalition for the Homeless is seeking a part-time, salaried employee to work up to 30 hours per week on housing management activities. Hours are flexible. Duties include conducting housing inspections, mediation with property owners on behalf of program participants, tenant counseling, managing leases and managing paperwork for leases, and general administration of HUD funded…
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:…
Today is Halloween. For many people, adults and children alike, tonight will bring costumes and candy (and hopefully more tricks than treats!). But as the temperatures drop, we anticipate that tonight will be a different kind of night for homeless Louisvillians: a very cold one. If the temperatures drop below 35 degrees, as they are…
“In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in.” A new study from UNICEF shows that 32.2% of American children live in poverty. When compared to other wealthy countries, child poverty in the US is sixth-highest–and the number has gotten higher. According to UNICEF and this…
Today, we met at Mayor Greg Fischer’s office to develop a concrete, achievable plan to end veteran homelessness. We are so grateful for the leadership of Mayor Greg Fischer, Congressman John Yarmuth, Heather French Henry (Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs), and so many of our partner organizations. This is a phenomenal, compassionate city! Stay tuned…