In the shadows of Crystal Tower—our latest supportive housing residence—lives a longtime Flatbush resident, community elder, and steadfast supporter of The Doe Fund: Emelda Cox. She can be seen tending to her garden, sweeping her yard clean of debris...
COVID-19 has upended our society, causing unemployment and homelessness to skyrocket across the country while pushing racial injustice to the forefront of national dialogue. Never before has our work been more needed: providing individuals and families with histories of addiction, poverty, homelessness, and incarceration with...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Men in Blue have been bravely providing enhanced sanitation services on the streets of New York City. Although less visible, there are other heroes working just as hard, behind the scenes, to support them and their efforts. When our trainees return...
In the new reality we find ourselves in, "home" is so much more than the place we spend our days in self-isolation. It has become a refuge from the uncertainty of the outside world. But for Edward Telmar, home has been a refuge since the day...
While most New Yorkers are in #stayhome mode, doing their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Robert Thompson and Steven Price are providing essential cleaning services as part of Ready, Willing & Able’s Community Improvement Project. Both men have been in the program since the summer of...
Most people know that we offer the Men in Blue training in a number of profitable career tracks. But what they don’t often realize is that our year-long Career Success Strategies program prepares trainees for every aspect of reentering the workforce, from computer literacy courses...
Natalie Levinson doesn’t recall exactly when she first became a supporter of The Doe Fund, but she very clearly remembers why. "I saw the Men in Blue cleaning my neighborhood and I thought, 'What a wonderful idea.' I went up to them and said, 'Thank...