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,...
Projects to be Ranked in the 2015 CoC Application to HUD UNITY staff have received and reviewed for completeness all renewal applications. The UNITY Evaluation and Project Selection Committee reviewed and selected new project sponsors for the bonus projects and for renewal projects needing a new project...
Act 693 of the 2014 Regular Legislative Session, effective August 1st, has created the Louisiana Legislative Auditor Hotline. Louisiana Revised Statute 24:523.1 requires state, local and quasi-public agencies to post a notice that provides information on how to report misuse of public funds to the...
UNITY is seeking nonprofit or governmental agencies to apply for grants to provide permanent housing and services to chronically homeless people with disabilities, and to young people age 18-24. Application deadline is October 20, 6:59 pm. RFP for Rapid Rehousing for Youth RFP 15-3 PSH Bonus RFP-2015-4 Reallocation PSH for...
In front of abandoned building where disabled client has lived for 6 years, UNITY releases report showing good and bad news when it comes to post-Katrina homelessness Click on the link for the full report. A Home for Every New Orleanian [caption id="attachment_3230" align="aligncenter" width="300"] UNITY client Mr. Abbott Rolland...
"I firmly believe that every community can and should end Veteran homelessness." -- UNITY of Greater New Orleans Executive Director Martha J. Kegel hoping to inspire all cities to take up the charge to end veteran homelessness! Click the picture or here for the rest of the story...
Cuts to domestic-violence programs and economic hardship are causing more families to seek help in the city's homeless shelters or to sleep in their cars or on the streets of New Orleans. Recently housed mother Trolean Tolliver was featured in a recent New Orleans Advocate...
UNITY has released a Request for Proposals to provide permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless in scattered site housing units in Greater New Orleans. All interested agencies are encouraged to apply. Follow the link for the full document which contains submission instructions. Deadline...
The Times-Picayune / Nola.com covered the winning pitch by Emily's Danielson (second from left) for the Greater New Orleans Foundation's "Pitch-It" innovation challenge. Read it here:...