Program Spotlight: The Client Advocacy Project Posted on October 3, 2010 By Lindsey Davis Hector Ruiz drove a bread truck in the South Bronx. Barely a year after they emigrated from Puerto Rico so his wife could get better medical care, she passed away. Mr. Ruiz was alone and rapidly plunging into the depths of a depression that ha ..Read More
Where is the Recovery for New York’s Working Poor? Posted on October 3, 2010 By Sarah Murphy At the beginning of the year, news reports stated: • The economy is beginning to bounce back. • The recession is over. • Banks are rebounding. • The private sector is hiring. • Consumer spending is up. The list goes on. But now, the o ..Read More
Facing the New School Year as a Homeless Child Posted on October 3, 2010 By Sarah Murphy Many children experience excitement at the beginning of the school year. Sure, they have to start to get up early and do homework, but at the same time, they look forward to seeing their friends again, talking about their summer vacations, and ..Read More
A Letter from Mary: Springing Into Fall Posted on October 3, 2010 The Coalition works with homeless children in a myriad of ways. In late August, our Camp Homeward Bound said “goodbye” to the last of our sleep-away guests. Early September brought our Back to School drive, when we put together 3,000 backpacks, loa ..Read More
UPDATE: Mayor Bloomberg Defends ‘Inhumane’ Study On Homeless Posted on October 2, 2010 by New York Daily News in Tina Moore Mayor Bloomberg Friday defended a city experiment that bars 200 struggling families from a taxpayer-funded program so researchers can study what happens to them. ..Read More
City Denies Aid to 200 Needy Families as Part of “Study” Posted on October 1, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE The NYC Department of Homeless Services has callously cut off prevention services for 200 at-risk families as part of a “study” of the Homebase program. The New York Daily News‘ Tina Moore reported on Thursday that, as part of an evaluatio ..Read More
Officials slam ‘callous’ Dept. of Homeless Services program that uses 200 families as test subjects Posted on October 1, 2010 by Tina Moore in New York Daily News ..Read More
City Aid Oversight Faulted Posted on October 1, 2010 by Michael Howard Saul in Wall Street Journal ..Read More
200 families on brink of homelessness being treated like ‘rats in lab experiment’ Posted on September 30, 2010 by Tina Moore in New York Daily News ..Read More
