JANUARY 07, 2015 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that New Orleans is the first major city in the nation to end homelessness among Veterans as part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. Members of the New Orleans...
It took a herculean effort by hundreds of awesome people to make the impossible possible: New Orleans has become the first city to effectively end veteran homelessness!!!!! At 6 pm on Jan. 2, we moved the 227th homeless veteran on our master list into an...
Food and drink provided! Come hear from a few of our veterans who have recently moved out of homelessness and into their new homes at The Sacred Heart Apartments, 3222 Canal Street. Parking available in front lot. Enter through door on S. Rendon St. ...
197 Veterans Housed!!! Thanks to the collaborative efforts of many agencies, we were able to open The Sacred Heart Apartments this past Friday! Sacred Heart is a key in our efforts to ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2014! Would you like to know how...
Volunteer registration for the 2015 Point In Time count has begun and will end on Monday, January 16, 2015. WE NEED YOU! The Point In Time Count is not possible without your time and commitment. Every year, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, as the lead agency...
"Dalpiaz, a United States Army veteran, received a holiday present came courtesy of UNITY of Greater New Orleans, which teamed with Catholic Charities and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to move some of the city’s most vulnerable homeless veterans into a new apartment complex...
169 homeless veterans now have the keys to their new homes!! New Orleans is so close to our goal of ending veteran homelessness! Check out these great stories in this weeks newsletter! ...
This blog was written by Sara Siegfried, Jesuit Volunteer Corp volunteer with UNITY of Greater New Orleans. Sara is playing a major role in helping New Orleans end veteran homelessness. This is Ray Charles Griggs, Sr. I encountered Mr. Griggs two weeks ago while doing intake...
FINAL PUSH TO HOUSE ALL HOMELESS VETERANS! 159 veterans housed as of this week!! Check out these two stories about veterans who were permanently housed and thriving in their new homes!...