Care for the Homeless Named “Agency of the Month” by the New York Nonprofit Press
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 ...