Sentences with phrase «homelessness than shelters»

OPINION: Housing First initiatives are better at combatting homelessness than shelters, and make more fiscal sense for taxpayers, too

Not exact matches

For more than four decades, Covenant House has offered a bridge from homelessness to hope, providing shelter, safety, and essential services to more than 1.5 million young people.

But, while it's clear that Housing First is much more effective than the emergency - shelter model in combatting homelessness, what is the fiscal impact?

Open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, Midway provides women and children experiencing homelessness with much more than shelter and meals including case management, support groups, job training, mental health services, and a Children's Program.

During her address at the forum co-sponsored by Care for the Homeless and Long Island University's Master of Public Administration program, James noted that as of April 17, there are more than 61,000 individuals sleeping in the city's shelter system, which includes 23,000 children — and said that homelessness «is at the highest level in New York since the Great Depression.»

Mr. de Blasio said he and Ms. Quinn had been looking for an opportunity to work together publicly on the issue of homelessness since she took her new position, and what better event than one where they handed out toys to children at a Win shelter on the eve of Christmas Eve?

But while de Blasio and Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks said investing in civil legal services was paying off big in terms monetary (it's cheaper to pay a lawyer than to house a family in a shelter) and human (in keeping families from homelessness), he wasn't ready to extend it to everyone appearing in housing court.

«More than 83,000 New York City school kids experienced homelessness at some point in the past year and an average of 23,000 children sleep in the City's homeless shelters each night,» said Borough President KATZ.

More dogs and cats die each year as a result of homelessness than any other cause of death, but shelter medicine can turn the tide for homeless pets.

In addition to finding homes for more than 25,000 shelter pets each year through its in - store adoption program in all PetSmart stores, PetSmart Charities of Canada provides funding to registered charities aligned with its mission through four key areas of grant support: Preventing Pet Homelessness; Helping Shelter Pets Thrive; Supporting the Bond Between People and Pets; and Providing Emergency Relief and Disaster Sshelter pets each year through its in - store adoption program in all PetSmart stores, PetSmart Charities of Canada provides funding to registered charities aligned with its mission through four key areas of grant support: Preventing Pet Homelessness; Helping Shelter Pets Thrive; Supporting the Bond Between People and Pets; and Providing Emergency Relief and Disaster SShelter Pets Thrive; Supporting the Bond Between People and Pets; and Providing Emergency Relief and Disaster Support.

We've granted more than $ 12 million to help pets in need, through four pillars of support: Preventing Pet Homelessness, Helping Shelter Pets Thrive, Supporting the Bond Between People and Pets, and Providing Emergency Relief.

She became convinced that animal homelessness in Michigan could be solved, including saving the more than 100,000 animals annually euthanized in shelters, if a different approach was taken.

More and more shelters, both public and private, are working harder than ever to go from dark, smelly, and depressing places that warehouse animals until they're killed, to friendly and inviting community centers with comprehensive programming and pet care services to help decrease pet populations, increase adoptions, prevent pet homelessness, and most importantly, save lives.