Voices of Youth Count is a youth-centered national initiative that will expand our knowledge of the experience of unaccompanied homeless and runaway youth so we can better advocate for services, target resources, and work to end youth homelessness. On June 23, Voices of Youth Count will...
Please join UNITY of Greater New Orleans for our kick-off planning meeting for the Orleans Parish Voices of Youth Count on May 17, 2016. The Orleans Parish community has agreed to be one of the 22 communities actively partnering in the Voices of Youth Count...
SPPA meeting will be held as follows: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:00 to 11:00 AM UNITY of Greater New Orleans 2475 Canal Street First Floor Annex New Orleans, LA 70119...
A few months ago, because of your support, this young homeless mother and her two daughters moved into their own apartment. The route that KyShanaeh Johnson, 23, followed into homelessness is fairly typical. She had lost her steady job as a front-desk clerk at a hotel...
Two years ago, New Orleans became the first U.S. city effectively to end homelessness among military veterans, drawing the praise of Michelle Obama, who termed it a "call to action to our entire country." Now, advocates want to use those same strategies to reduce or...
On Jan. 2, 2015, in response to First Lady Michelle Obama’s Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, the UNITY Homeless Continuum of Care of more than 60 agencies partnered with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to make New Orleans the first city to effectively...
The UNITY collaborative has driven down homelessness by 85 percent since Katrina by housing families like the Newtons, who sought UNITY’s help after elderly relatives died in the storm, leaving the young family with no one to turn to. When his family became homeless, Dyrick Newton,...
The April Service Providers and Professionals Association Meeting is cancelled. We encourage everyone to attend UNITY’s 24th Annual Meeting & Luncheon on April 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lakeview Christian Center....
Have some gently used household goods laying around the house? Please bring them to Point-In-Time to donate to UNITY clients moving into their own homes from the streets! We will have boxes to collect basic essentials for our clients. Don’t have anything to donate or don’t have...
UNITY is looking for volunteers for the upcoming 2016 Point in Time Count (1/25/16 and 1/26/16) and with the Homeless Housing Initiative (gathering items for the UNITY Warehouse). AND WE NEED YOU! If you are interested in receiving information on ways you could volunteer please complete this form or click...