Rabbit Hole and Jefferson’s Reserve are the Stars of the Bourbon Mixer Event Raised $36,000 for Homeless Veterans Two of Louisville’s most spirited social groups, the Whisky Chicks and the Bourbon Brotherhood, joined forces once again to host the 3rd Annual Bourbon Mixer at the Gillespie on […]
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We owe a huge thanks to Rally Point: Kentuckiana and Summit Media/Q 103.1 for their tremendous generosity toward the Coalition for the Homeless, Active Heroes, and Where Opportunity Knox. Rally Point: Kentuckiana raised $40,830 total from their events (including $12,000 from Summit Media/Q103 at their inaugural golf scramble this month) for these three organizations for our
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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, 10/5/16, at Salvation Army (located at the old Male High School, 911 S. Brook Street). Stand Down/Project Homeless Connect is an annual one-day resource fair that connects 600 homeless veterans
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Louisville, KY (July 8, 2016) – NeighborWorks America is proud to announce that Natalie Harris, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, is one of 50 leaders selected for the NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program, conducted at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program, made possible in
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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
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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
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The mission of the Coalition for the Homeless is to prevent and end homelessness through advocacy, education, and coordination of 30 member agencies. In recent years, our collaborative efforts have led to a 50% decrease in chronic homelessness, as well as an end to homelessness among Louisville’s veterans. The Coalition for the Homeless Associate Board was
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Love the thrill of March Madness? Want to support the efforts of the Coalition for the Homeless? You’re in luck: the Coalition is one of only 64 nonprofit teams to be selected for Louisville’s second Brackets For Good tournament! If we win, we get $10,000 to end homelessness for the chronically homeless this year, as well as
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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
[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
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