Category: CFTH Blog

At the Coalition, we’re lucky to have many amazing sponsors that help us ameliorate the suffering of homeless men, women and children everyday. One of our biggest supporters, AIG, has been a Premiere Corporate Sponsor for three years in a row, providing 90,0 ..Read More

The Bloomberg administration prided itself on using data to inform policy. But a recent Op-Ed from a top member of his administration on the current homelessness crisis deliberately ignores the data and the important story they tell. For starters: The number o ..Read More

Homelessness has been getting significant media attention lately, with many New Yorkers wondering how to end the suffering of our most vulnerable neighbors. The answer, according to decades of research, is supportive housing. This model pairs on-site supportiv ..Read More

New Yorkers are continuing to express concern about the ongoing crisis of homelessness, which is undeniably impacting the lives of all who live here. More than 58,000 people will sleep in shelters tonight, and thousands more struggle to survive on the streets, ..Read More

The use of “cluster-site shelters” by the City to shelter homeless families in privately owned, often-dilapidated buildings is expensive, unsafe and rife with problems. The Coalition has been urging Mayor de Blasio to transition away from this model – an ..Read More

It’s difficult for any of us to walk down the streets of our city this summer and be confronted by the visible suffering of our homeless neighbors. There are so many who need help, and it’s hard to know what to do. One way to help is to urge elected offici ..Read More

For the students of the Coalition’s Bound for Success (BFS) program, the learning doesn’t stop when the school year ends. Every weekday from 9 am – 3:30 pm, these homeless boys and girls spend time together at the BFS Summer Day Camp laughing, playing, l ..Read More

Last weekend we were excited to honor our amazing Grand Central Food Program volunteers with a “Thank You Picnic” in Central Park. Everyone had a great time swapping stories and sharing food – which is really what they do best. Our amazing GCFP voluntee ..Read More

Last week marked the beginning of a new chapter for 26 women in the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program. After 14 weeks of intensive computer training, professional internships, resume writing, mock interviews and job applications, First Step student ..Read More