[responsive] [/responsive] See this message from the President and First Lady about the efforts across the country to count homeless people this week. Each January, the Coalition for the Homeless conducts a Street Count to verify the number of people sleeping outdoors in our city. We rely heavily on volunteers for this effort; the more […]
Annual Street Count (1/28/16) Read More »
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
Two December Training Sessions Cancelled Read More »
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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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.
Continuum of Care Consolidated Application and Project Priority Listing Read More »
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
Natalie Harris interviewed on WAKY Read More »
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.
HUD: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year 2015 Read More »
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
Employment Opportunity: Housing Specialist Read More »
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:
Give-A-Jam raises nearly $60,000 to end veteran homelessness! Read More »
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
First White Flag of the Winter Season Read More »
“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
38% of Kentucky Children Live in Poverty Read More »
