Care For the Homeless

Right at Home Brooklyn native Dr. Nickisha Berlus began her career as a provider with Care For the Homeless (CFH) on November 5 th , 2018. Since then, she’s been practicing at CFH’s Health Center at the Bushwick Family Residence in Brooklyn, NY. There she serves families and children who are mostly under-insured or uninsured. As much as she loves serving her community, family medical care wasn’t always Dr. Berlus’ first choice. “I initially went into medicine to go into surgery,” Dr. Berlus reminisced, “but when I was at Robert Wood Johnson in Camden, NJ, I did the Hot Clinic Health Outreach program.” The program was designed for medical students to follow patients who were similarly under-insured or uninsured, to the various emergency rooms 1  and specialty clinics   they would frequent. Dr. Berlus commented, “It was my patient at the Hot Clinic that deterred my original professional route. I was in my 4 th year of school, she was in her mid-50s, ...

Yes, ALL of you Donors like you make our work possible. This month, we wanted to say a special note of thanks, and then, we realized we had more than one thing to say.  Here are the top 5 reasons why we love you:  5.  Your support is critical, funding program expansions like our new  Mobile Health Clinic .     4. You  inspire  others to give, volunteer, and advocate.  3. You are  passionate  about transforming the lives  of homeless  families .      2. The impact of your support is felt in your  communities .    1.  You give more than money; you provide  hope  to  more than 8,000 homeless men, women, and children. Photo by Nancy Ribeck Thank you for making our work possible.

"It's too hot!" That's what many New Yorkers are saying this week as the summer heat has descended on our city and made for a less-than-comfortable commute and a rush to get inside their apartments or workplaces to have a reprieve from the warm weather. But imagine you don't have either of those places to go and you are stuck outside in this heat. That's what's facing homeless New Yorkers this summer. We've compiled a short list of the items you may not think are needed but can make a huge difference in the day-to-day struggles of being homeless in the heat. Wash cloths  Most people don't realize just how important something like wash clothes can be for a person who is homeless. More than just for the shower, the ability to feel confident there isn't sweat dripping down your forehead is something we all want. If you are going in for a job interview, the last thing you want is to be worried about the heat causing you to sweat. Clothing Li...