"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...
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....
[caption id="attachment_2902" align="alignleft" width="358"] "I am a six year Air Force Veteran, but I've been homeless for 20 years. Can you imagine what I've had to endure?"[/caption] "Building gets new life housing homeless" -WWLTV Reports A dedication ceremony was held on September 30th for The Dr. Everett...
Jaquetta White from The New Orleans Advocate covered UNITY's 2014 Point in Time count announcement, conducted in partnership with the City of New Orleans, as noted on the mayor's press-release feed, here. White wrote in her Friday, May 2nd Advocate piece about a few UNITY...
Over a few months' time, Times-Picayune reporter Richard Webster and photographer Ted Jackson followed two recently housed, chronically homeless UNITY clients: Philip "Doctor Love" Turner and Manuel "K9" Justin (pictured). In this comprehensive article and video, the journalists conclude that collaboratives like UNITY have begun...
The unprecedented "500 Homes for the Holidays" campaign partners found new ways to work together to house a stunning number of chronically homeless and vulnerable people in 7 months' time....
I couldn't tell you the first time I ever met the Mayor of the Square. I was probably standing in the shade from the Cabildo in Jackson Square, listening to the square's ad hoc brass band along with wandering tourists and locals passing through the...