Jericho Project Veterans Initiative
SummaryThe cornerstone of Jericho’s Veterans Initiative is the development of two new supportive housing residences in the Bronx for homeless and low-income veterans. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
1 out of 4 homeless individuals in the U.S. is a veteran. There are an estimated 200,000 homeless veterans and more than 400,000 veterans experience homelessness over the course of a year. With thousands of veterans returning home from the Iraq war soon, only a concerted effort will prevent an escalation of homelessness among our nation’s veterans. Jericho has made it a priority to help veterans who are currently homeless and to prevent homelessness for new veterans.
Activities
-Construction of two new supportive housing residence for homeless and low-income veterans. - Development of a replicable, evidence-based service model to provide the highest quality care to veterans.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $16,400
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $3,599
Total Funding Goal: $20,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Jericho Project will servie more than 150 homeless and low-income veterans annually by 2011 and anticipates that least 90% of veterans at our residences will maintain stable, permanent housing.
Project Message
On any given night in America there are hundreds of thousands of Americans who have fought for our freedom who go without their own home. That's just not right. That's just not who we are as a country
- Barack Obama, President of the United States
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Mary Taylor
Senior Director of Development
245 W. 29th street
Suite 902
New York, NY 10001
United States
646-624-2341
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Jericho Project
245 W. 29th Street Suite 902
New York,
NY
10001
United States
646-6242341
www.jerichoproject.org
Where this Project is Located
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United States
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
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When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 28, 2009
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