The Time is Now: Invest in Hotels As a Permanent Housing Solution
We have the solution to NYC’s deepening housing crisis. It’s time to convert closed hotels into permanent affordable SRO housing.
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How Morgan Stanley Volunteers Helped 60 Men in Blue
Whether they’re participating in mock interviews or donating equipment highly specific to our needs, we’re proud to have corporate supporters who are far more involved than simply cutting a check to make a CSR quota. Time and time again, these companies have shown a deep, personal investment in seeing each man in Ready, Willing &…
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The Doe Fund Opens Affordable & Supportive Housing for Veterans
The Muller Residences at 555 Nereid Avenue brings 90 units of affordable and supportive housing to the Bronx, with 54 reserved for veterans experiencing hardship. NEW YORK, NY— The Doe Fund announces that it has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the Muller Residences, its latest affordable and supportive housing development. Located at…
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The Doe Fund Receives TCO for Biggest Affordable & Supportive Housing Residence Yet
At 255 units, 1325 Jerome Avenue is the largest residence in The Doe Fund’s growing portfolio of affordable and supportive housing. NEW YORK, NY— The Doe Fund has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for its new affordable and supportive housing residence at 1325 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, which will serve formerly homeless…
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The Doe Fund Receives $50,000 from Sterling National Bank for Computer Programs
The Bronx, NY— The Doe Fund received a $50,000 donation from Sterling National Bank, which will go to supporting our computer skills classes. A key component of Ready, Willing & Able‘s career training program, these classes provide basic computer literacy training to people who have experienced homelessness and incarceration. Learning computer skills is essential to…
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Mock Interview Volunteers Speak Out on Juneteenth
As we celebrate how far we’ve come since the emancipation of enslaved people this Juneteenth, we must also recognize how much more work still needs to be done. The Doe Fund moves this work forward every day by addressing the most visible consequences of racism and injustice in America: homelessness and incarceration. Our on-the-ground services…
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Guest Post: Fixing a Broken Parole System
Alexander Horwitz is Executive Director of New Yorkers United for Justice, a bipartisan coalition of local and national organizations working together to deliver common sense criminal justice reforms to New York State. New York’s parole system is broken. It sends people back to prison at a blistering rate, usually with no benefit to public safety….
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Guest Post: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness Post-Incarceration
The Doe Fund is proud to partner with like-minded leaders as we work together to end homelessness and recidivism. We are excited to share the thoughts of Dr. Jocelynne Rainey, CEO of Getting Out, Staying Out (GOSO) in this guest post. At Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO), a Harlem-based nonprofit dedicated to helping young…
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Guest Post: How Two Parallel Lives Converged for Justice
This guest post was contributed to The Doe Fund’s blog by Dave Long, Executive Director of The Liberty Fund. Even though I first met George McDonald just five years ago, in many ways he and I ran parallel lives. When George helped found The Liberty Fund—NYC’s first and only citywide charitable bail fund—our lives converged,…
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The Doe Fund Receives $350,000 from Sony’s Global Social Justice Fund
New York, NY— The Doe Fund announced that it received a $350,000 donation from Sony Corporation of America (SCA), which will go to supporting the nonprofit’s commitment to ending mass incarceration while supporting its new culinary arts and skilled trade job training programs. The donation is part of a larger social justice campaign, and comes…
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