FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 16, 2020Contact: Catherine McGeeney, Director of Communications: (502) 509-7818 Volunteers Needed for 2020 Homeless Street Count on January 30 LOUISVILLE, KY (January 16, 2020) – The Coalition for the Homeless has scheduled the 2020 Homeless Street Count for Thursday, January 30, from 4:30am-6:30am. The goal of the annual Street Count is to verify the number of…
Support life-saving affordable housing initiatives at the state level by calling your elected officials on Tuesday, February 4, 2020! Stay tuned for more information—including a list of bills—or email George Eklund, Director of Education & Advocacy, to learn how you can get involved.
Thanks to a hardworking group of volunteers, the second annual Heroes for the Homeless event will take place on Sunday, January 26, from 5-10pm at Levee at the River House (3015 River Road). The theme is superheroes vs. villains, and there will not only be a costume contest, but music, dancing, and an excellent silent…
The Coalition for the Homeless is seeking a regular full-time employee to be responsible for overseeing implementation and compliance with Louisville Metro’s Continuum of Care (CoC) policies, system performance measures and requirements. Duties include the implementation of a monitoring program for recipients of U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development CoC funding. This consists of…
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 we have, the more areas we can cover, and the greater our chances are of getting an accurate count. The 2020 Street Count…
LOUISVILLE, KY (November 21, 2019) – AT&T’s Believe Louisville program has just announced a generous gift of $50,000 in partnership with the Coalition for the Homeless and St. Vincent de Paul to help end homelessness among young adults and young families. Part of the donation will fund a critical building renovation at St. Vincent de Paul…
The ninth annual Give A Jam to End Homelessness is scheduled for Thursday, December 19, at Headliners Music Hall (1386 Lexington Road), from 7-11pm! The evening will feature performances by local musicians and artists, soups for sale, a bourbon basket raffle, and a cash bar. Doors open at 6pm. Tickets are available now: Stop by…
Thanks to Kia Louisville for the spotlight on the Coalition’s important work! Check it out here.
The Louisville/Jefferson County Continuum of Care has completed the application for the FY19 CoC competition, which can be found here: FY19 Full Application. The priority listing can be found here: FY19 Project Priority Listing. Please direct any questions to Mary Frances Schafer at mfschafer@louhomeless.org.
Here is the list of projects to be included in the 2019 CoC application. Please note that no projects were rejected.
The Coalition for the Homeless is thrilled to be one of only FOUR finalists for the 2019 Aetna Voices of Health competition to win $20,000 to end homelessness among young adults in Louisville! The nonprofit with the most votes at the end of the competition wins! You can vote for us four different ways every single…
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 School, 911 S. Brook Street). Stand Down/Project Homeless Connect is an annual one-day resource fair that connects 600 homeless Louisvillians with…
The Coalition for the Homeless is a nonprofit organization with a mission to prevent and end homelessness in Louisville through education, advocacy, and the coordination of our 30+ member agencies and dozens of other community partners. The Education & Advocacy Director is a new, full-time position that will drastically grow our capacity to fulfill our…
HUD has released the FY2019 Notice of Funding Availability for the Continuum of Care program. For more information, click here. Applications are due to the Coalition for the Homeless on August 23, 2019 via eSnaps. The CoC is open to and will consider applications from organizations that have not previously received CoC funding. If your organization is interested in submitting an application for…
The Coalition for the Homeless is looking for local community members and service providers interested in homelessness and the services available to those experiencing homelessness. To participate, join us monthly at the Louisville Metro Continuum of Care (CoC) meeting at 3:30 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Metro United Way; the next…