Last month, millions of low-income Americans were put at risk of food insecurity after their access to critical benefits like SNAP came into jeopardy. Among those impacted were hundreds of residents of The Doe Fund’s affordable and supportive housing, who have finally achieved stability after experiencing homelessness, substance abuse, and other hardships. In response, we…
On July 23rd, The Doe Fund celebrated more than 100 individuals overcoming homelessness to achieve full time employment, permanent housing, and lasting stability at its Ready, Willing & Able Graduation Ceremony. The event was hosted at St. Agnes Church, in the same space where the first Ready, Willing & Able programs began in 1990. Its…
Jonathan Ben-Menachem’s article “It’s Feudalism, Pure Exploitation” is Pure Sensationalism. The Doe Fund operates three transitional homeless residences in New York City housing 637 adult men. Of those, 410 voluntarily participate in our 30 year old, award-winning Ready, Willing & Able program. Upon enrolling, they sign a contract agreeing to work, be randomly drug tested,…
Dozens gather to remember the homeless of New York City, including “Mama Doe,” whose death inspired The Doe Fund. NEW YORK, NY—On Christmas Day at 11:00 A.M., New York City-based nonprofit The Doe Fund will host its annual Mama Doe Memorial at Grand Central Terminal. The Mama Doe Memorial is an annual tradition that…
The Doe Fund’s work in affordable and supportive housing was recently featured in the Spring 2017 issue of Affordable Housing News. View the article below. Affordable Housing News
NEW YORK, August 3, 2016–The Doe Fund continued its stand against the presence of K2 in New York City with a community march in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on August 2. Beginning and ending at the corner of Lewis Avenue and Broadway, the march route encompassed much of the so-called “zombieland” created by a prevalence of K2…
NEW YORK, July 15, 2016–The Doe Fund held a demonstration on July 14 outside Big Boy Deli in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, calling for an end to the store’s sale of synthetic marijuana, frequently referred to as K2 or ‘spice.’ More than 50 of The Doe Fund’s ‘men in blue’ held signs demanding “No K2” and…
One Astoria resident recently wrote Council Member Costa Constantindes, to share a good deed that she witnessed from Jerome Fowlkes, a participant in the Ready, Willing & Able Program. “On May 31st, at the corner of 30th Avenue and 31st Street, I observed Jerome Fowlkes save a child. “He was on duty in Athens Square Park…
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