PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS

Council on Homeless Policies and Services 225 West 34 th Street, Suite 808 New York , NY 10122

$20,000 Contact: Lauren Bholai-Pareti 212-268-0939

Project Title: Family Supportive and Service-Enriched Housing Initiative The Council on Homeless Policies and Services is comprised of 58 nonprofit service providers who contract with New York City to provide emergency and transitional housing programs to homeless New Yorkers. In partnership with the Supportive Housing Network of New York, a grant from the FAR Fund will enable the Council to continue its campaign to have the city and state governments allocate significantly expanded resources for supportive housing for families.

Fund for Social Change 135 East 15 th Street New York , NY 10003	$17,763 Contact: David Tobis 212-529-0110
Project Title: FAR Fund Fellowship Program: Philanthropy for Social Change The FAR Fund Fellowship is designed to expose individuals to social justice through philanthropy and social change. The third FAR Fund Fellow will be trained to develop a project to create supportive, self-directed housing for people with autistic spectrum disorders and other disabilities.

Henry Street Settlement 265 Henry Street New York , NY 10002

$15,000 Contact: Verona Middleton-Jeter 212-766-9200x224

Project Title: Self-Help The Henry Street Settlement is a multi-service organization that helps disadvantaged families improve their quality of life. Since 1893, Henry Street Settlement has been located on the Lower Eastside of New York . Its programs now reach all five boroughs of New York City . Self-Help will serve formerly homeless families using a case-management model. With support from the FAR Fund, Self-Help will continue to assist families with permanent housing once they leave the shelter system, by linking them with community-based services in their neighborhoods.

New York City Department of Homeless Services 33 Beaver Street , 17 th Floor New York , NY 10004	$27,000 Contact: Robin Binder 212-232-0572
Project Title: Living Your Life The New York City Department of Homeless Services, in partnership with public and private agencies, provides temporary emergency shelter for homeless people. A grant from the FAR Fund will allow the Living Your Life program to continue to provide aftercare services to formerly homeless families.

Picture the Homeless 170 East 116 th Street New York , NY 10029

$25,000 Contact: Lynn Lewis 212-427-2499

Project Title: Affordable Housing for Whom? Picture the Homeless, founded by two homeless men in 1999, is based on the principle that homeless people have civil and human rights regardless of their race, color or economic status. A major goal of its Affordable Housing for Whom? Campaign is to develop and implement alternative ways New York City can determine subsidized housing eligibility which will enable a larger group of vulnerable people to be eligible for subsidized housing. A grant from the FAR Fund will allow them to hire a full-time organizer.

South Brooklyn Legal Services 105 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11202

$25,000 Contact: Lauren Shapiro 718-237-5500

Project Title: Supportive Housing for Family Reunification The mission of South Brooklyn Legal Services (SBLS) is to seek equal justice for low-income people in Brooklyn by providing a broad range of legal advocacy and information. A grant from the FAR Fund will enable SBLS to continue its individual and systemic advocacy efforts to expand the availability of affordable housing for families seeking reunification after foster care placement. Goals include obtaining supportive housing through existing programs, advocating for more programs to develop the services that families need and eliminating systemic barriers to family reunification.

Supportive Housing Network of New York 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 250 New York , NY 10115

$20,000 Contact: Maureen Friar 212-870-3303

Project Title: Family Supportive and Service-Enriched Housing Initiative The Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY) represents 150 service providers of 18,000 units of supportive housing in New York State . SHNNY engages in advocacy, public education, resources sharing, policy analysis and promotes the best practices related to supportive housing. A FAR Fund grant will enable SHNNY to continue its collaboration with the Council on Homeless Policies and Services to obtain government funding for additional supportive housing in New York City