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17th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference Just Over One Week Away!

May.24.2017

Scenes from the 2016 conference.

We hope you will join us for the 17th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference! This year’s conference will take place on Thursday, June 1st at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. You may register online for this event through the end of the day, Friday, May 26th.

Supportive Housing & Faith-Based Organizations Forum: Shared Mission to Care for New Yorkers in Need

May.22.2017

Sharing a blessing at the forum for leaders of faith institutions. Photo credit: Chris Lowry.

On May 12, the Network, in partnership with the Mayor’s Center for Faith and Community Partnerships, and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, hosted a forum for leaders of faith institutions who may want to either develop or champion supportive housing. Generously donated by Breaking Ground, the ballroom of their beautifully-restored supportive housing residence, The Prince George, served as a perfect setting for the event.

2017 Annual Meeting Recap

Mar.20.2017

Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer addressing the crowd at Scandinavia House.

Network members gathered on the evening of March 9 at Scandinavia House for the Network’s Annual Meeting. Nonprofit providers, architects, developers and other members of our community came together to meet, mingle and hear about the past year’s accomplishments.

Network’s Lobby Day : Meetings with 60+ Legislators in Albany

Mar.13.2017

Network members and Executive Director Laura Mascuch with Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz.

On March 1st, the Network hosted our annual Albany lobby day.  Over 130 of our members’ tenants and staff took part in over 60 legislative meetings, including face to face meetings with the Assembly Chairs of Social Services, Mental Health and Housing.

Network Hosts a Panel with State Government Partners

Jan.25.2017

Laura Mascuch, Marian Zucker, Moira Tashjian, Rick Umholtz, Bret Garwood at the Network panel discussion.

On Tuesday, January 24th the Network hosted a panel discussion with our state government partners about the new ways New York State is implementing its supportive housing program through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) and coordinating capital programs: NYS Homes & Community Renewal's Supportive Housing Opportunity Program (SHOP) and the Office of Temporary Disability & Assistance Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP). The event was held at JP Morgan Chase Bank in NYC and had over 100 Network members attend.

Notes from Excluded

Dec.01.2016

On October 27th, the Fortune Society, John Jay College’s Prison Re-entry Institute, the Network, and CSH hosted a conference on the obstacles people with criminal justice involvement face trying to access safe, affordable housing and promising practices as to how to overcome them.  The sold-out event attracted a deeply engaged audience of 250 people. The Fortune Society’s Stanley Richards, the first formerly incarcerated individual appointed by the City Council to be a member of the NYC Board of Corrections, acted as the host for the day.
 

The Founders of Supportive Housing Recognized at the Network’s Annual Awards Gala

Oct.27.2016

The founders of the supportive housing movement.
New York's supportive housing community came together on October 13th for a particularly special version of our annual Network Awards Gala in a year that saw historic commitments from the Governor and Mayor for 35,000 new units of supportive housing. We honored Father John McVean, Father John Felice, Ellen Baxter, Tony Hannigan, John Tynan, Laura Jervis, Stephan Russo, Connie Tempel, David Gillcrist (for Project FIND) and our own Bill Traylor --  the pioneers of the supportive housing movement.

New This Year: Case Management Certificate Accreditation

Sep.19.2016

This year, the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) Institute and the Network will offer members the opportunity to accumulate the 25 credits needed to complete the Case Management Certificate Program by attending a six-module comprehensive training series designed to offer direct service staff a nuts-to-bolts overview of case management services.  Upon completion of all six trainings, licensed social workers who attend will qualify for 25 Continuing Education credits and certification of completion of the entire series.

16th Annual Supportive Housing Conference

Jun.15.2016

Executive Director Laura Mascuch welcomes the crowd.

The 16th Annual Supportive Housing Conference brought together some 1,300 members of the New York supportive housing community – the largest such gathering in the country -- to celebrate our major achievements this past year: securing commitments from the Mayor and Governor for 35,000 new units (although we are still hanging fire on the Governor’s 20K)!  Network Board Treasurer Ralph Fasano and Executive Director Laura Mascuch welcomed the crowd. Deputy Mayor Herminia Palacio offered opening remarks, followed by greetings from the Governor delivered by Jamie Rubin, the Commissioner and CEO of NYS’ Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). The Center for Urban Community Services’ Tony Hannigan, who has been innovating in supportive housing for more than 30 years, described the journey, and introduced two tenants, Jamar Daniels and Enrique Pagan, who shared their personal stories of change and redemption, a crucial and humbling reminder of the human impact of our movement.

SHNNY.COM is now easy to access on your phone or tablet

Nov.17.2015

When our site was first designed, the iphone wasn’t a phenomenon – and so our site wasn’t designed with it in mind.  Mobile optimization simply means that the view you see of our website depends upon what device you are using to access the site – it is ‘responsive’ i.e.  it scales differently depending on whether you are on your mobile phone , tablet or desktop – and of course, this scaling makes the interface more user-friendly.