Today’s Read: Social Impact Bonds Posted on August 22, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER A new idea getting a lot of attention in the media these days is something called “social impact bonds.” From The Nation: Earlier this month, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the first-ever “social impact bond” in the United States. The bon ..Read More
Today’s Read: Working Full Time and Living in Poverty Posted on August 21, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Imagine working full time and still living $3,000 below the federal poverty line. This is reality for the over 600,000 New Yorkers earning minimum wage. These folks earn just $15,080 a year. In order to afford a two bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent, t ..Read More
Today’s Read: Solutions to Homelessness Within Reach Posted on August 20, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Council member Annabel Palma, and our own Mary Brosnahan co-authored a letter to the editor in the NY Times today in response to an article on record homelessness. They are calling on the administration to enact the Cit ..Read More
A Rise in Homelessness Posted on August 20, 2012 by Christine Quinn,Annabel Palma and Mary Brosnahan in Letter to the Editor ..Read More
Inocente Posted on August 17, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Inocente Izucar is a formerly-homeless teenager living in San Diego. As a child Ms. Izucar moved more than 30 times in nine years — sleeping in crowded quarters beside her three younger brothers under one temporary roof after another, and sometimes even out ..Read More
Inocente Posted on August 17, 2012 Inocente Izucar is a formerly-homeless teenager living in San Diego. As a child Ms. Izucar moved more than 30 times in nine years — sleeping in crowded quarters beside her three younger brothers under one temporary roof after another, and sometimes even out ..Read More
Dreaming of a Life as Vivid as Her Art Posted on August 17, 2012 by ROBIN POGREBIN in New York Times ..Read More
Today’s Read: Story of the Mayor’s Indifference Posted on August 16, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Even as the Bloomberg administration continues to turn away families at the front door of the shelter system, the City has still managed to reach new record numbers in shelter. NY1 reports on the growing problem of record homelessness and the individual live ..Read More
Homeless Families Struggle To Find Shelter Posted on August 16, 2012 by Courtney Gross in NY1 ..Read More