Currently in a period of unprecedented organizational growth, Jericho Project has increased the number of supportive housing units it provides from 253 in 2008 to 500 this year, including new programs for homeless veterans and families.
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Four Steps to Rising Out of Homelessness By Tori Lyon
WHARTON MAGAZINE
“There is no question that a difficult job market and shrinking state and city budgets have escalated the risk of homelessness for our nation’s low-income populations, including families and veterans. In New York City alone, more than 47,000 people, including some 20,000 children, have resorted to homeless shelters, the highest levels in the city’s history. And although the Veterans Administration has worked admirably to reduce veterans homelessness, there are still an estimated 2,000 veterans who are homeless in New York, a number that does not include the financially fragile veterans who “couch surf” with family or friends…” read more...
MRA will donate commissions to Jericho Project's Veterans Initiative By Macro Risk Advisors
PR NEWSWIRE
"Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a leading provider of global market risk analysis and derivatives trade execution for institutional investors, today announced it raised $313,141 in its first annual charitable trading day to benefit U.S. veterans. All of the net commissions earned from option, stock and ETF trades, combined with a $50,000 contribution from MRA, will be donated to Jericho Project's Veterans" read more...
Vets get room to grow in Kingsbridge Heights By Adam Wisnieski
RIVERDALE PRESS
"Richard Borchers grew up on Pelham Parkway. He joined the Marines when he was 18 and served as a communications and electronics expert at an air/ground combat base in California.When he returned to civilian life, he battled addiction and struggled to stay employed.“My only regret about my service was I didn’t stay in the Marines as long as I should,” he said." read more...
Operation Vets By Donna Kimura
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
"Gisela Mosley served a combined nine years in the Army and Navy before leaving the military in 2005. With two young children and little savings, the single mother moved in with various family members to try to make ends meet. She then lost one of her only safety nets when her mother died. Unexpected bills added to her troubles." read more...
What We Owe Our Returning Veterans By Tori Lyon
FORIEGNPOLICY.COM
"As our troops come back from Iraq, one measure of our integrity as a nation is how effectively we welcome them home. Beyond a chorus of respect from business, government and citizens for our troops, they are coming back to grim economic and social realities leaving them more likely to be unemployed and homeless than average Americans." read more...
Software Executive Aids Needy Veterans By Melanie GrayceWest
WALL STREET JOURNAL
"They provide all of the services," says Mr. Fung. "To do that, you have to get private support because the state and city government they just don't have the resources to add those kind of job training programs or other types of counseling resources. To me, that was really critical and so I fell in love with the effort." read more...
Fordham Village Grand Opening Celebration
Jericho Project held the grand opening celebration for Fordham Village, its first veterans community to open in 2011, on May 23. Check out the news coverage:
Deborah Lutterbeck did a short story for Reuters TV that featured Jericho Project on January 26th, 2011.
Jericho Featured on This Week with Christiane Amanpour
On December 26th, "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" featured a segment on homeless veterans.
Tori Lyon on Wall Street Journal This Morning
As part of their Veterans Day broadcast, Wall Street Journal This Morning host Gordon Deal spoke with Jericho Project Executive Director Tori Lyon about homeless, an issue facing veterans of all ages.
Jericho Project Receives Award at Robin Hood Heroes Breakfast
Decorated Veteran Jose Anthony Pagan honored as part of Jericho Veterans Initiative
Jericho Project, a national nonprofit leader in ending homelessness at its roots, announced that its Veterans Initiative has received the 2010 Robin Hood Heroes Award. As part of the award, Robin Hood presented a $50,000 check to Jericho Project.
Jose Anthony Pagan, a decorated veteran from the Bronx and a participant in Jericho’s Veterans Initiative enabling veterans to return to civilian life with dignity, shared his story of challenge and success with the audience at the Robin Hood 21st Annual Heroes Award Breakfast at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Mr. Pagan served in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2006 to 2009 including two years in a bomb-detonation unit. He was awarded a commendation medal for his service. Read more about the Heroes Award. read more...
New Jericho Veterans Supportive Apartment Program
In another new initiative just launched to help at risk veterans and their families get housing immediately, Jericho has partnered with the James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center to launch Jericho’s Veterans Supportive Apartment Program to fast track veterans and their families to affordable, furnished apartments. Jericho will also help them land jobs and build skills through its successful Vocational and Education program, as well as relapse prevention, family counseling, and crisis management.
This program will eliminate the often overwhelming challenges that many veterans face in trying to locate, fund and apply for affordable housing within the 120 days that they have to use their HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers.
Both the Supportive Apartment Program and Jericho's two new Veterans Residences will use Jericho’s proven model for helping formerly homeless individuals transform their lives and achieve their greatest potential: supportive housing to provide a secure foundation; comprehensive counseling to prepare the individual for success, and aftercare to ensure ongoing support for at least two years.
"Goldman Sachs Gives" Awards Grant for Jericho's Veterans Initiative
Goldman Sachs Gives has awarded a grant to Jericho Project for its Veterans Initiative; the cornerstone of which is two new supportive housing residences in New York City for homeless and low-income veterans. Some 200,000 veterans are homeless on any one night across America; and an estimated 3,500 veterans are homeless in New York City. “Veterans have given so much for our country and we are very proud to support Jericho's efforts to ensure that they are cared for and treated with respect," said Dina Powell, Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement.
ReMIND.ORG, a Bob Woodruff Foundation Initiative, awards second $100,000 to Jericho Project for at-risk and homeless veterans
ReMIND.org, a Bob Woodruff Foundation initiative, has awarded its second $100,000 grant to the Jericho Project for use in helping veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who sustained Traumatic Brain Injury and/or Post Traumatic Stress. The Jericho Project, a nonprofit leader in ending homelessness at its roots, is building two Veterans Residences in the Bronx, New York, to deliver permanent supportive housing and comprehensive counseling services to veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
"As our veterans return from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, we must be prepared to address mental, physical and social traumas they face," said Jericho Project Executive Director Tori Lyon. The intensity and violence there are incubators for Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury, which can cascade into financial dislocation, family estrangement and homelessness," she added.
