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Ending Veteran Homelessness — Weekly Newsletter Dec. 15th, 2014
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! ...
Mr. Griggs, a US Navy Veteran of 15 years, is finally home!
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...
Ending Veteran Homelessness Weekly Newsletter — Dec. 10, 2014
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!...
Ending Veteran Homelessness — Weekly Newsletter Dec. 4, 2014
153 homeless veterans housed!! We are in the home stretch! "The veterans we seek to house are people to whom we owe a profound debt. They served our country -- and thereby risked their lives -- so that the rest of us did not have...
Ending Veteran Homelessness Weekly Newsletter — November 25, 2014
149 homeless veterans housed!! But, we still need your help to become the first city in the nation to end veteran homelessness!! Bring a Veteran Home for the Holidays! Here’s how you can help! [caption id="attachment_2950" align="alignleft" width="500"] Help New Orleans become the first city in...
Ending Veteran Homelessness Weekly Newsletter — November 17, 2014
136 Veterans permanently housed!! Thanks to Housing Authority of New Orleans for this truly innovative way of helping to end all veteran homelessness! Check out this story about Mr. Riggs, the first beneficiary of this new program....
Request for Proposals to Provide Tenant-Based PSH
UNITY of Greater New Orleans, the lead agency for the homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) for New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, is seeking proposals for a Permanent Supportive Housing Project, which will provide leasing assistance and supportive services to 30 individuals and/or families with a...
Ending Veteran Homelessness Weekly Newsletter — November 10, 2014
They fought for our homes, now we're fighting for theirs! As of this Veterans Day, 119 veterans have been permanently housed in New Orleans! Thanks to our partner agencies for their hard work to make sure no veteran is homeless on the streets of New...
Ending Veteran Homelessness Weekly Newsletter — November 3, 2014
115 Veterans permanently housed as of today! Thanks to our partner agencies for their hard work to make sure no veteran is homeless on the streets of New Orleans by the end of this year! Check out this story about the collaboration between active duty...