UNITY wins Pitch-It contest!!
October 2, 2013
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:...
Recent News
UNITY to Present at GNOF’s Pitch-It Event on Monday, Sept. 30
September 27, 2013
Join UNITY of Greater New Orleans at the Greater New Orleans Foundation's Pitch-It event this Monday! UNITY was selected as a semi-finalist and will present our idea for a new coordinated assessment system utilizing a new SuperTool. Please come cheer us on and have some...
216 Housed in 95 Days
August 28, 2013
We have exceeded our goal of housing 200 chronically homeless people in 100 days! Read the NOLA.com article here. ...
See Jazz, Support UNITY!
August 24, 2013
[caption id="attachment_2400" align="aligncenter" width="871"] Monday night's guests are the legendary James Rivers, saxophonist Ed "Sweetbread" Peterson and drummer Gerald French. You can also book tickets online at www.thenojo.com[/caption]...
Housing the most vulnerable first
July 16, 2013
Ann Marie Oliva, director of HUD's Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) wrote that "giving priority to the chronically homeless within the New Orleans continuum of care "has made a tremendous impact on reducing the number of chronically homeless persons in their continuum." Stacy Horn...
85 housed – getting closer to 200!!!
July 16, 2013
We’ve housed 85!!! Check out the latest "200 Homes in 100 Days" newsletter here. The 200 Homes in 100 Days Campaign is an effort to house 200 chronically homeless people in Orleans and Jefferson parishes by September 1. ...
We’ve housed 26! On our way to 200
June 11, 2013
The latest newsletter from our 200 Homes in 100 Days Campaign, an effort to house 200 chronically homeless people in Orleans and Jefferson parishes by September 1. We've housed 26!!! Getting closer to 200....
200 Homes in 100 Days Newsletter
May 28, 2013
We are excited to announce the first edition of the 200 Homes in 100 Days Newsletter! Released every Monday, we will track our progress housing 200 chronic and vulnerable homeless people in permanent housing in 100 days, as well as highlight some exceptional success stories,...
New UNITY data, plus keynote by Irvin Mayfield
March 26, 2013
[caption id="attachment_2250" align="alignleft" width="230"] UNITY will announce a significant decrease in homelessness on Wednesday.[/caption] At UNITY's annual meeting --- on Wed., March 27 -- we will announce new data showing a decrease in homelessness over the past year. Join us! Wednesday, March 27 at 10 a.m. Holy Angels...