For a second year, Family Promise received a $500,000 Gerstner Philanthropies Helping Hands grant. The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Fund at Vanguard Charitable awarded the grant, which will enable Family Promise Affiliates to provide direct assistance to families with...
NYC city agency bans sleeping overnight at youth drop-in centers In January, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development issued a ban on sleeping overnight at the city’s various overnight drop-in centers. Citing matters of compliance dealing with...
In honor of Black History Month, Family Promise is highlighting our community members and their efforts to ensure racial equity is addressed at all levels of Family Promise’s work. Community engagement and activism is in Claire Jefferson-Glipa’s DNA. “I come...
The fight for affordable housing and eradicating homelessness has been a mission several Black leaders have taken on. In celebration of Black History Month, here are six Black housing and homelessness advocates who have done incredible work over the past few years....
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) recently published federal report on homelessness is harmful and misleading. On December 19, 2022, HUD released Part 1 of its Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR), stating that on a single night in...
