NEW YORK, NY—The Doe Fund held its annual Gala benefit Thursday, October 25th at Cipriani 42nd Street. The event drew over 500 guests and raised more than $1.7 million for its flagship Ready, Willing & Able program, which provides a working way home for men...
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...
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...
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...
Overview of the K2 (synthetic cannabinoid) public health crisis and The Doe Fund’s opposition to its presence in New York City. The Doe Fund is committed to protesting any establishment that continues to sell K2 in New York City. K2 OVERVIEW Synthetic cannabinoids, commonly called K2, are...
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...
The following opinion piece by George McDonald was published in City & State on Monday, May 16 in response to drastic cuts by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to shelters across the city and country: This week, the US Department of Housing and...
Crystal Towers Project Will Bring 123 Units of Supportive and Affordable Housing to Low Income Individuals, Seniors and Families in Brooklyn BROOKYLN, NY– The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and the New York...
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...
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...