Care For the Homeless

Did you miss Care for the Homeless on AM 1600 WWRL this past Sunday? Care for the Homeless client leader David Broxton and Policy Director Jeff Foreman were featured on WWRL's Voices of Human Services radio show on Sunday, September 29, 2013. Invited to discuss our recent successful voter registration drive, David also shared his personal story of he overcome homelessness. "I had hit rock bottom. Care for the Homeless saved my life. Today, I'm living on the corner of good health and happiness." Did you miss the show? Want to listen to the interview again? Check out the podcast here (interview starts at 33:36). We thank the Human Services Council and AM 1600 WWRL for featuring Care for the Homeless.

The New York Nonprofit Press has selected Care for the Homeless as its Agency of the Month this September. We’re thrilled and honored by this recognition. In this in-depth profile, the NYNP covers our organization’s past, present and future. An excerpt: “Care for the Homeless began in 1985 as a three-year demonstration project,” explains Bobby Watts, CFH Executive Director.  “Two large foundations – Robert Wood Johnson and Pew Memorial Trust – were trying to figure out ways to provide healthcare and social services to the homeless.  This was when homelessness was just beginning to explode all across the country … In New York, unlike many other cities, there was no one central ‘skid row’ where the homeless congregated. As a result, the CFH model proposed sending teams of health care providers to work with homeless men and women wherever they could find them all across the city.  CFH’s teams set up shop on a rotating schedule in shelters, soup kitchens, food ...