Sentences with phrase «served on a homelessness»

McDonald, a generous Cuomo donor, served on a homelessness commission spearheaded by Cuomo in the 1990s, and routinely defends his homelessness record.

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She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Homestretch, a nonprofit in Northern Virginia that helps transition families out of homelessness.

At Wiley, I also volunteered in the classroom and served on several Support Circle groups to help families transitioning out of homelessness.»

All are welcome, AND we are especially focused on serving people who are transitioning from homelessness; people living with HIV; people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse; and people with chronic mental health challenges.

Most recently, she served as Legislative Director for Council Member Rosie Mendez, where she was tasked with helping shape legislation and policy to address homelessness, improve health, regulate the recent spate of new construction, take on landlord harassment, and save taxpayer dollars by improving inefficiencies within city agencies.

Also mounting good campaigns are talented candidates with good ideas like Brian Kavanagh, former chief - of - staff for Council Member Gale Brewer, and aide to former Mayors Ed Koch & David Dinkins; Chris Papajohn who served on the American Civil Liberties Union's committee on disability law when they discovered that U.S. Post Offices are often not accessible to people with disabilities; Gur Tsabar, an aide to Speaker Gifford Miller, is articulate and well - informed on many issues, and authored an editorial in the April 14 Town & Village newspaper about unjust redlining of disabled New Yorkers due to budget concerns; Darren Bloch, a former Con Ed spokesperson who is a member of Community Board 6, is well - versed on housing and homelessness issues.

He founded HELP and chaired Mayor Dinkins» panel on homelessness, then served for four years as HUD Secretary.

Quinn also said that WIN is «very grateful to Governor Cuomo» — her return to public service after her failed bid for mayor was as an advisor to Cuomo and she serves on a state homelessness task force — and she praised him for finally giving his OK to release $ 2 billion in funding for the creation of more than 100,000 affordable and supportive housing units in the state over the next five years.

The USICH offers guidance and helps to break down bureaucratic barriers among different government agencies, which has served as a model for the statewide Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Their cheap motel rooms, hosted in a purple monstrosity semi-teasingly named The Magic Castle and negotiated week - to - week at best, serve as a temporary respite from homelessness, their inability to invest in a more permanent future rubbed in their faces daily by the tourists just passing through on their way to somewhere better.

Deeply engaged in the community, Dr. Jenkins serves on the boards of the United Arts of Central Florida, Winter Park Health Foundation, Economic Development Commission, YMCA of Central Florida, Central Florida Regional Commission on Homelessness, and Orange County Youth Mental Health Commission.

Now living in Summerville SC, she serves as a Commissioner on Mayor (Charleston, SC) John Tecklenberg's Commission for Homelessness and Affordable Housing.

In 2011 Jill was appointed by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock to serve on Denver's Homelessness Commission and the Denver Education Compact.

Prior to joining HCM, Cindi worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she directed communications and external affairs for its investments in education, public libraries, and family homelessness, while also serving on the Foundation's Leadership Team.

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

In addition, Mr. Rittereiser was appointed by the Governor to the State Advisory Council on Homelessness, where he serves to address the complex issues that affect our communities» most vulnerable people.

The Firm's pro bono representation allowed the House of Ruth to focus its scarce resources on the women and children it serves, who strive to overcome homelessness and abuse.

Pam actively supports her communities by serving on the boards of the Fairfax - Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness, the Council on Legal Education Opportunities, Inc. (CLEO), Shelters to Shutters, and N Street Village.

Panelists discuss how the CCDF serves children receiving federal assistance, focusing on state efforts that specifically benefit families experiencing homelessness.

The Head Start Program Performance Standards, updated in September 2016, include many new rules on serving children and families experiencing homelessness.

Training and technical assistance for providers and appropriate Lead Agency (or designated entity) staff on identifying and serving children experiencing homelessness and their families; and

States also must provide staff and child care providers with training and technical assistance on how to identify and serve children experiencing homelessness.