"I felt like the world had turned its back on me," said Kibreeya Jones,as she tried to keep her toddlers safe and warm. She tried to get her supervisors to schedule her to work only while her kids were in pre-school. But she couldn't tell them that...
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Support UNITY Today on GiveNOLA Day! At age 23, KyShanaeh Johnson has been homeless or on the edge of homelessness her entire life. But thanks to support from community donors like you, UNITY of Greater New Orleans – the organization leading efforts to reduce homelessness in...
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,...