$1B mental health care plan includes 500 more psychiatric beds by 2024, Hochul says
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday provided an update on the state’s $1 billion investment in mental health care, saying it’s moving well ahead of schedule. New Yorkers learned about what services have been made available, and what’s still to come. Click here to read the full article
Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on Efforts to Address Mental Illness and Street Homelessness
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The 2023 Nonprofit Power 100
Nonprofit organizations by definition aren’t in the business of making money, but many of them deliver an outstanding return on investment. Nonprofits carry out critical activities that are either outsourced or ignored by government: providing shelter to homeless people, feeding people, caring for marginalized youths and older adults, supporting formerly incarcerated people. Plus, they give […]
Homeless parents entering the shelter system looking to reunite with their children have got a long hard road
Amalia Montanez was separated from her daughter when homelessness forced her into New York City’s shelter system. Her daughter, at the same time, was placed into foster care. Seven years later, Amalia and her daughter were eligible for reunification. However, the process to be reunited has proven difficult. Click here to read the full article
HPD Selects Project Team For Low-Income Housing Development At 542 Dean Street In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has selected a trio of companies to convert an existing parking lot into a low-income housing property for seniors and the formerly homeless. Located at 542 Dean Street in Prospect Heights, transformation of the city-owned lot will be led by Jobe Development Corp., Mega Group Development, and […]
Institute for Community Living Nevins Street Apartments Celebrates a Year of Changing Lives, by Nathan Weiser
A year ago, Yumedys Gonzalez was one of the more than 22,000 New Yorkers living in a shelter. And like so many, she clung to the dream of one day having her own home. Nevins Street Apartments, which reopened in May 2022 at 50 Nevis Street in a new 10-story, $72 million downtown Brooklyn development, […]
City-Owned Parking Lot to Become Affordable Housing in Prospect Heights
Department of Housing Preservation and Development selects minority and women-owned business teams to convert a parking lot into housing for low-income, homeless seniors. Click here to read the full article
We’re Living Through a Housing Crisis. This Brooklyn Neighborhood Has the Answer | Opinion
The National Alliance to End Homelessness reported that the number of chronically homeless individuals reached record highs in 2022. There are also nearly 60 million Americans living with a mental health challenge, including 14 million with a serious mental health condition, according to the National Institute of Mental Health These issues are decades in the making, with roots in […]
City taps minority- and woman-led development teams for low-income Brooklyn housing project
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development on Tuesday announced plans to partner with three companies, one of which is minority-led and the other helmed by a woman, in converting a 17,145-square-foot Fort Greene, Brooklyn, parking lot into affordable housing for low-income seniors and homeless New Yorkers. Click here to read the full article
Report: Parents in shelters have no direct way to reunify with children in foster care
A new report by the Institute for Community Living sounds the alarm on an issue within the foster care system. It says parents living in adult shelters have no direct path to reunifying with their children in foster care. Securing permanent housing is one of the biggest obstacles. Click here to read the full article
