Newsfeed Category: Network Events

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.

New study supports widespread call for 35,000 units of supportive housing statewide

Nov.04.2015

Legislators from around New York State support a robust NY/NY4.

There have been bipartisan calls for 35,000 new units of supportive housing across the state in recent weeks, most notably in Rochester and in Buffalo, as well as in New York City.
 

NYC Housing Forum Educates the Public on the Need for 35,000 Units of Supportive Housing Statewide

Oct.29.2015

Left: The crowd of hundreds of supporters of supportive housing at the NY Society for Ethical Culture. Right: Faith Leaders at NYC Housing Forum. Photo credit, right: Trish Anderton.

The Network joined forces with the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing at the NY Society for Ethical Culture with a diverse coalition of faith leaders, legislators and a huge crowd of supporters to call for 35,000 units of supportive housing statewide on October 23rd.

The Network’s Annual Awards Gala Was a Spectacular Success!

Oct.26.2015

Laura Mascuch addresses the crowd.

New York's supportive housing community came together on October 14th for the Network's annual Awards Gala. More than 600 guests joined us at Capitale, the spectacular Stanford White-designed Beaux Arts national landmark, on a lovely Wednesday evening to celebrate the outstanding individuals of supportive housing and our amazing community.

Buffalo Legislators and Community Leaders Call for 35,000 Supportive Housing Units

Sep.24.2015

Photos on left and right: Project Homeless Connect reaches out to create a bridge of support services for homeless citizens. Photo in center: on stage at the event (from left): Mark Boyd, representative for Assembly Member Crystal Peoples-Stokes; Gale Burstein, Erie County Health Commissioner; Mark Schroeder, Buffalo City Comptroller; Senator Tim Kennedy (D-Buffalo); Network member Joyelle Tedeschi, Director of Programs, Matt Urban Hope Center (speaking); Senator Marc Panepinto (D-Buffalo); Assembly Member Sean Ryan (D-Buffalo).

Project Homeless Connect, the annual event that provides services to more than 600 Buffalo area homeless individuals was also the backdrop this year, for state legislators and community leaders’ calling on Governor Cuomo to fund 35,000 supportive housing units across the state to help address homelessness among the neediest New Yorkers.