The Coalition will be open Monday Nov. 5, 2012

The Coalition will return to regular business hours Monday Nov. 5, however many shelters and intake centers remain evacuated. Please click here for important information about seeking shelter. Please find below information regarding where you can seek shelter ..Read More

Grand Central Food Program

The Grand Central Food Program by the Coalition for the Homeless serves between 800 and 1,200 hot meals to homeless and hungry New Yorkers every night of the year on the streets of Manhattan and the Bronx. In addition to providing food, our volunteers help con ..Read More

We appreciate our volunteers!

Volunteers are the life-line of the Grand Central Food Program. They are the ones who come out week after week, drive our vans, hand out food, talk with those needing services. Through snow and rain or in the beating sun, our volunteers are there to make sure ..Read More

The Latest Edition of Safety Net is Now Available Online!

Read the Autumn 2012 edition of Safety Net, the newsletter of the Coalition for the Homeless! What Can I Do to Help a Homeless Child? Mary tells of one easy way you can help a homeless child today — and increase empathy in your children. Back to School ..Read More

Today’s Read: Increasing Street Homelessness

We’ve focused a lot of our attention on the exploding shelter population, reaching over 45,000 people tonight, including 19,000 kids. But we can’t forget the many left to the streets, sustaining themselves whatever way possible, often through panha ..Read More

Welcome Dave Giffen!

COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ANNOUNCES DAVE GIFFEN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK – The Coalition for the Homeless announced that Dave Giffen, formerly Vice Chair of the Coalition’s Board of Directors, has taken the position of Executive Director of the ..Read More

A Life-Changing Experience

By Justin Friedman, Counselor, Camp Homeward Bound When I was thirteen years old, I hit a turning point in my life: I discovered music and playing the guitar. This wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t met a man named Joe Carbone who mentored me throu ..Read More

Aracelis Fabian

Aracelis Fabian is the Program Manager for the Scattered Site Housing Program. The Coalition’s Scattered-Site Housing Program gives 48 single adults and 18 families living with HIV/AIDS the dignity and security of safe, permanent housing. ..Read More