Cap-and-Gown Ceremony Marks Completion of Yearlong Program and Return to Society NEW YORK – Several hundred graduates of The Doe Fund’s award-winning Ready, Willing & Able program recently celebrated their successful completion of the organization’s transitional work program with a traditional cap-and-gown ceremony at The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Each of the more than 300…
THE DOE FUND’S CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM RECEIVES AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION CERTIFICATION READY, WILLING, & ABLE’S MOST POPULAR CAREER PATH PROVIDES LIFE-LONG OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT New York City-based nonprofit organization The Doe Fund is pleased to announce that its popular culinary arts training program has received a five-year extension of certification as an American Culinary Federation (ACF)…
THE DOE FUND RELEASES PLAN FOR HOMELESS SERVICES REFORMS IN NYC “THE RIGHT TO SERVICES,” A NEW ROLE FOR DHS, AND AN END TO FOR-PROFIT PROVIDERS AMONG CALLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM THAT BETTER SERVES NEW YORKERS IN NEED New York City-based nonprofit organization The Doe Fund has released a four point plan to better…
On January 28th, The Doe Fund released the following policy paper describing a four-point plan to reform New York City’s Homeless Services. A fully footnoted PDF version of the report is available for download on Scribd (below) or by clicking here. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REFORMS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES IN NEW YORK CITY A Four Point Plan…
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the New York City Commission on the Homeless, The Doe Fund has digitized, indexed, and released a PDF of its landmark report, “The Way Home,” from 1992. It is available for viewing and downloading below via Scribd or through a Dropbox download here. The Way Home
The Doe Fund Announces Support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Emergency Shelter Executive Order Founder Praises “An Unprecedented, Compassionate Action” as a Model for the Nation JANUARY 3, 2016 (NEW YORK) — New York City-based homeless services organization The Doe Fund announced its support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order mandating safe, accessible shelter for all…
For 30 years, The Doe Fund has provided a “hand up” instead of a hand out to New Yorkers in need. Learn more about the “men in blue” and their journey through Ready, Willing & Able in this two-minute documentary film. Donate to The Doe Fund today and support their journeys from homelessness and prison…
When discussing the early release of nonviolent offenders from prison, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton expressed reservations about the individuals who would benefit, stating, “some people are bad people…and we need to separate the bad people from the good people.” The Doe Fund’s founder and president, George McDonald, responded in the following open letter covered by the…
On November 29th, The Doe Fund celebrated its 30th Anniversary at its annual Gala. Founder and President George McDonald made the following remarks to commemorate the occasion and set the organization’s course for its next thirty years of work. Our city’s first homelessness crisis turned our streets into a purgatory of desperation and deprivation. But when we truly…
Ready, Willing & Able graduate Lawrence spent thirty-two years incarcerated in New York State. In his stirring remarks at The Doe Fund’s 30th Anniversary Gala, he describes his journey home and the role Ready, Willing & Able played in it. Not long ago, I was coming home late at night after my shift when I…
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