Category: CFTH Blog

Today we released a report on record homelessness and its impact on children. Here are the highlights: – For the first time ever, the number of homeless children has reached 19,500, an increase of 18 percent over last year. Current trends suggest the nu ..Read More

The number of homeless men, women, and children living in shelter is over 45,000—a record high. The number of shelters in the City is up to 234. The average length of stay in shelters is at 337 days, up three months over last year. All around, the indicator ..Read More

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 rich got richer and the poor got poorer in New York City last year as the poverty rate reached its highest point in more than a decade, and the income gap in Manhattan, already wider than almost anywhere else in the country, rivaled disparities in sub-Saha ..Read More

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

Last week, newly-released Census Bureau data showed that the poverty rate in America remained steady at 15 percent. In New York State, the poverty rate also remained unchanged from 2010, although at 16 percent, it is slightly higher than the national average a ..Read More

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

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

Today, the Census Bureau released updated data on the persistence of poverty in America. Data confirm that the poverty rate remained at 15 percent—unchanged from 2010. That translates to 46.2 million people living in poverty in 2011, including 16.1 million ..Read More