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2/16/2021

Request for Proposals for Racial Equity Training are now being accepted!

The Coalition for the Homeless has received a $10,000 grant from the Junior League of Louisville to pay for robust racial equity training that will be made available for free to members of the Homeless Youth Committee. Please review the RFP here and please pass this along to any colleagues that would be interested. The due date for proposals is Monday, March 8^th at 5:00pm. Any questions can be sent to Erin Rutherford at erutherford@louhomeless.org

Salvation Army FREE Culinary Skills Training

CLASSES September 23 – November 20, 2013 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 am – 2pm* APPLICATIONS Will be taken through September 13, 2013 Application can be picked up and turned in at the Center of Hope office. 911 S Brook Street INTERVIEWS Will be required before acceptance into the program. Interviews will begin the…

The Potter’s Field: Documentary by Edward Heavrin

The Potter’s Field — Director Edward Heavrin Kentucky Center for the Arts – Tickets $9 Tuesday, August 27th – 7:00 pm Bomhard Theatre$1 per ticket benefits The Coalition for the Homeless Kentucky Center: The Potter’s Field www.kentuckycenter.org What happens to the homeless when they die? The Potter’s Field documents high school students in Louisville, KY,…

Former UK Basketball Star Stomps Homeless Man

by Evan Sernoffsky, kgw.com staff WHAS11.com Posted on July 31, 2013 at 2:29 PM Updated yesterday at 11:15 PM PORTLAND – Former University of Kentucky forward and current Houston Rocket, 21-year-old Terrence Jones, was arrested early Wednesday in Old Town Portland after he was seen stomping on a sleeping homeless man’s leg, police said. A…

Homeless can reserve shelter space by phone

The Courier-Journal — July 12, 2013 For homeless people in Louisville, shelter is now a phone call away. The Coalition for the Homeless has established call centers accepting reservations at three emergency shelters in the city. “Before, clients would have to go to each individual shelter to see if they had a bed. If you went to…

Compassion In Action Campaign Kick-off

On June 20, the Coalition for the Homeless held a press conference kicking off a new community education campaign in the NuLu neighborhood. The Coalition represents 30 service providers in Louisville Metro who provide a variety of services to homeless families and individuals. The Coalition’s mission is to educate, advocate and coordinate services. The reason…

COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN

Do you work for the Federal Government? Do you care about the homeless? If so, we’d love to invite you to contribute to The Coalition for the Homeless through the Combined Federal Campaign. The Coalition for the Homeless is #70000 in the campaign. We have been the leading advocate for the homeless in Louisville for…

Coalition Supporting Young Adults (CSYA) Continues To Work

The Coalition Supporting Young Adults met again in March as a whole to learn what its Planning Team had been working on for several months. A new issue brief of “Voices of Young Adults” was presented this time highlighting the fact that the majority of young adults say no one is helping them with anything…

Homeless Rates in U.S. Held Level Amid Recession, But…

NYTimes: Homeless Rates in U.S. Held Level Amid Recession, Study Says, but Big Gains Are Elusive Overall homelessness remained the same from 2011 to 2012, but the federal government will likely be unable to end homelessness for at risk-populations and veterans by 2015, a Department of Housing and Urban Development report said. See full article.

Who Is Helping Our Young Adults?

Voices of Louisville’s Young Adults | March 26, 2013 Issue Brief #2 Who Is Helping Our Young Adults? They Told Us: “No One” Who can young adults in crisis without support turn to for help? When young adults were surveyed about who they turned to for help in reaching their goals or fulfilling their basic needs, an…

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