NEW YORK, September 14, 2016–The Doe Fund, a New York City-based non-profit, today announced its support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s memorandum of understanding to release $2 billion to create 100,000 units of affordable and supportive housing over the next five years. The memorandum is now before the New York State Senate and Assembly for action….
NEW YORK, August 10, 2016–The Doe Fund, with support from the Board of Elections, hosted Bushwick Votes! on August 9 at the Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity in Bushwick. The voter registration event and BBQ encouraged all community members to register to vote, with special emphasis placed on the formerly incarcerated and those historically…
NEW YORK, August 10, 2016–The Doe Fund announced today receipt of a $5,000 grant from the People’s United Community Foundation. The grant, which was awarded for The Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing & Able transitional work program, marks the third consecutive year the People’s United Community Foundation has generously supported the program. Ready, Willing &…
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…
BRONX, NY, July 19, 2016–The Doe Fund and New York State officials, including Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Commissioner James S. Rubin, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Commissioner Samuel D. Roberts (OTDA) and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker (DOH), today announced that construction is underway on Webster Green, a 100 percent affordable housing development…
For almost eight years, Joseph Calhoun has been an esteemed member of The Doe Fund family, and a role model for trainees and staff alike. With an eye on advancement, Joseph is a dynamic example of how far you can go if you let your passions and motivation guide you. Joseph entered The Harlem Center for Opportunity…
“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.” – Aeschylus It’s been a formative few months on the farm. In the time since we completed installation, we’ve planted, watered, weeded, and harvested our way from a seedling of a project into an increasingly mighty trunk of a program. In the past few weeks, despite some blazing…
The Doe Fund turns fathers into dads. We hear this phrase so often that it has become a cornerstone of the Ready, Willing & Able model. The program that works the hardest to make that statement true is our Fatherhood Initiative, which is run by Brooke Lombardo, The Doe Fund’s Parenting Resource & Child Support…
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