Care for the Homeless

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOMELESS IN NYC, WHOSE FACE DO YOU SEE?

Annual Report 2011

The homeless populaTion of new York CiTY has exploded To reCord numbers in reCenT Years. eaCh nighT, CiTY reCords show, over 41,000 people, inCluding 8,500 families wiTh Children, sleep in muniCipal shelTers. ThaT’s 28% more Than onlY six Years ago. Thousands more homeless people sleep on The sTreeTs, on park benChes or in Cardboard boxes aT nighT. in The lasT deCade, The number of homeless families in new York has doubled. Care for The homeless fighTs homelessness bY delivering high-qualiTY and ClienT-CenTered healThCare, human serviCes and shelTer To homeless individuals and families, and bY advoCaTing for poliCies To amelioraTe, prevenT and end homelessness.

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lasT nighT, nearlY 17,000 Children slepT in a new York CiTY homeless shelTer. The number of homeless Children in new York

has never been higher for as long as reCords have been kepT.

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The year of 2011 was an earthshaking year in many ways for Care for the Homeless. One change was the most alarming: by the end of the year, more than 40,000 people were sleeping in a New York City homeless shelter each night. The number of people in the city’s shelter system is at an all-time high and still has not crested. There is an epidemic of homelessness sweeping across New York City, affecting segments of the population that seemed to be immune to homelessness in the past. Where will they turn for help?

Care for the Homeless has been delivering high-quality and client-centered health care to New York City’s homeless population for more than 25 years and the need for our services

has never been greater. In 2011, we were pleased and honored to be awarded a highly-competitive New Access Point grant from the federal government to bring our services to more sites and reach more homeless people, including delivering more medical care on the streets to street-dwelling homeless people. In our biggest achievement of the year, Care for the Homeless increased the number of our directly-operated primary care clinics from ten to fifteen. Altogether, we deliver primary health care, health education, screening and social services or outreach services at more than 30 sites. To better manage the delivery of our services, ensure high-quality services, and track their effectiveness and our patients’ progress, we made a substantial investment in 2011 so that all of our clinic sites operate with electronic medical records.

While we were expanding and improving our medical services, New York State announced that it was changing the landscape of how it would reimburse homeless health providers by mandating that homeless people on Medicaid enroll in a managed care plan. We were leaders in shaping public policies to help make Medicaid managed care more responsive to the needs of homeless people, while we were making the internal organizational changes to best serve our patients in a managed care environment.

Our shelter for 200 women had a literal earthshaking event in July, when a major water main broke right outside our door. Several blocks in the immediate area were shut down for weeks, and the residents of Susan’s Place were relocated to three different shelters in Brooklyn. Our staff were redeployed to the Brooklyn shelters and continued to find appropriate housing for our residents, even while the shelter was closed. The Susan’s Place building served as the command center for NYC’s Office of Emergency Management, NYPD, NYFD, and other government agencies responding to the emergency.

The excellent staff, management, and Board of Care for the Homeless helped us weather these changes and have us positioned to be more effective in our fight to end homelessness in New York City and across the country.

We appreciate your interest and partnership in our lifesaving and life-changing work. We hope that you will see in the pages of this annual report the great work we do, what remains to be done, and the part that you can play by partnering with us.

Harry M. Rosen, Ph.D G. Robert WattsChair, Board of Directors Executive Director

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WE AREHERETO HELP

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Below: Tenicka Clunis, Leslie Bell and Dr. Daniel Dume-Charles at H.E.L.P. Supportive Employment Center.

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Homeless people fall ill more often than the general population, but can’t afford even the simplest medical services. We offer homeless people primary care regardless of their ability to pay.

One out of every five homeless children has never seen a dentist. Our dentists educate clients about the importance of Oral HealtH and apply sealants and fluoride to prevent cavities.

Our sOcial services teams help clients obtain medical insurance, jobs and housing through case management. interview training, job-readiness teaching and after-care programs ensure they remain successful.

through workshops, our HealtH educatOrs teach clients how to reduce risk factors for diseases like hypertension and diabetes and prevent illness through healthy lifestyle habits.

at our sites and clinics, we provide rapid Hiv testing, pre- and post-test counseling as well as Hiv primary care. When clients require more extensive care, we connect them with our partner organizations.

With all the struggles facing homeless people, mental HealtH is often ignored. We offer a full array of mental health services including psychiatry, substance abuse and alcohol counseling, case management and treatment adherence services.

Our health teams travel to more than 30 sites throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens to deliver critical medical services to one

of New York’s most vulnerable populations.

HEALTH SERVICES

HOMELESS

HERE TO SERVE

Care for the Homeless (CFH) was established in 1985 under the auspices of the United Hospital Fund as part of the national Health Care for the Homeless demonstration project. CFH delivers health care and social services at more than 30 sites in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, as well as through three street outreach teams. Sites include soup kitchens, SROs, family shelters and Susan’s Place, our transitional shelter for women. Our licensed medical clinics are staffed by primary care providers, social workers, psychiatrists, registered nurses, medical assistants, dentists, and podiatrists.

Studies show that a lack of healthcare can cause homelessness and that poor health is exacerbated by homelessness. Also, health problems are a significant obstacle to finding employment and housing. Care for the Homeless breaks this cycle by providing healthcare services regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.

Above: Nurse practitioner Gale Rivera and Kylie, a resident at Susan’s Place, in the clinic.

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At Susan’s Place, housing specialists work diligently to not only help residents find permanent housing but to ensure they are successful once they’ve moved out of the shelter. In 2011, 189 women were moved into permanent housing, breaking the cycle of homelessness in their lives.

MORE THAN jUST MEDICAL

“I have a passion for wanting to help people, understand them and help them get through their day. When clients say things like ‘thank you for helping me, if it wasn’t for you, I would be sick still,’ they let me know my interaction with them made a difference.”

Orlando Canales Medical Assistant

“I work at Care for the Homeless because I like helping people move past their barriers and see them make positive life choices.”

Anisha Perez-MillerCase Managing Training Specialist

Above: Julikza Estevez, a medical assistant at Susan’s

Place, checks out Kimberly, a resident,

in the clinic.

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Ali Forney CAMP

New York City Rescue Mission

George Daly House

Care for the Homeless Administrative O�ces

Ali Forney Day CenterAli Forney Street Program

Wards Island Project H.E.L.P. USAThe Senate Hotel

Valley Lodge

Broadway Presbyterian Church

All Angels Church Jamaica Safe Haven

Part of the Solution (POTS)Common Ground Scatter Site

Thorpe Family Residence

Louis Nine House

Franklin Women’s Shelter

Crotona Park Transitional Housing

The Living Room

Willow Avenue Family Residence

Jackson Avenue Family Residence

Comunilife’s Westchester Transitional Residence

Homeless Outreach Team

Nelson Avenue Family Residence

Susan’s Place

St. John’s Bread and Life

Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity

Bushwick Family Residence

H.E.L.P. Brownsville Women’s Center

Jamaica Family Assessment Center

Salvation Army Jamaica Citadel

Briarwood Family Residence

Spring�eld Family Gardens Inn

Common Ground Street to Home

Soup Kitchen

Family Shelter

Street Outreach

Other

Single Shelter

Safe Haven

Drop-in Center

CARE FOR THE HOMELESSService Sites, 2012

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SeRviCe SiteS

On July 27th, 2011, a water main break on Jerome Avenue flooded Susan’s Place, submerging the entire first floor in three inches of water. All 200 residents of Susan’s Place were rapidly evacuated to other city shelters. Our staff also redeployed to other shelters with our residents and continued to provide high-quality care in facilities not designed for medically frail and mentally ill patients. In spite of the circumstances, several residents were successfully housed during this period of displacement.

Susan’s Place has been fully repaired and continues to provide high-quality care as a transitional residence for medically frail and mentally ill homeless women. Susan’s Place provides our clients with healthy meals, clean clothing, recreational activities and a broad range of primary health care and social services to help them return to housing.

A ‘PLACE’ TO CALL HOME

Above: Nurse practitioner Joy Favuzza-Taylor leads the weekly yoga/meditation class at Susan’s Place.

Right: The water surges on Jerome Avenue outside Susan’s Place after the water main broke in July. Thanks to the diligence of the staff at Susan’s Place, the residents were evacuated safely, fully attended to during the time away from the shelter and moved back into the facility at the beginning of September.

Left: Members of the Susan’s Place staff are recognized at Comedy Cares 2011 for their diligence in helping the residents during and after Jerome Avenue flooded in July.

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“My time at Susan’s Place represents a transitional point in my life. It’s been a clarify-ing experience and has helped give me a clear view of what’s going on in the world around me. The staff at Susan’s Place have helped me. Had it been anyone else, I wouldn’t have been able to make it through.”

DorothyResident at Susan’s Place

“I feel more confident [at Susan’s Place]. I appreciate the staff here because they’re very calm. They know how to speak to people. The building is nice and clean and the people are very conscientious. It’s better having a clinic here too. Since I’ve come here, I haven’t had as many problems.”

GuanitaResident at Susan’s Place

Below: Dr. Charles Schwartz and Yolanda, a resident at Susan’s Place, in the clinic.

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“I believe the essence of my job is to open people’s eyes to the fact that they can live healthy lives despite any circumstances.”

Gillian SaundersHealth Educator

“I‘ve always wanted to help people deal with challenges in their lives. I feel proud when my clients make informed decisions to improve the quality of their lives by eating better, quitting smoking or managing chronic illnesses.”

Kirk RoysterHealth Educator

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Care for the Homeless health educators help our clients establish the habits that lead to long-term success and re-housing. Health educators distribute reading materials, host health fairs and workshops and spend one-on-one time with clients. Curricula and reading materials are designed with clients’ reading levels, ages, and health needs in mind and focus on disease prevention, nutrition and safety. In addition, health educators assist in providing HIV rapid testing and pre- and post-test counseling to clients.

In 2011, our Health Educators facilitated 115 workshops serving 1,342 participants, as well as hosting eight health events covering topics such as flu shots, vaccinations, and breast cancer. Health Educators also administered over 1,700 rapid HIV tests.

TEACHING HEALTHY HABITS

Opposite Page: Care for the Homeless’ Health Education team offered a Men’s Health and Wellness event at the Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity on March 25th. It included smoking cessation classes, fitness classes, nutrition demonstrations, a meditation and wellness class as well as free testing for HIV, diabetes and blood pressure.

Top Left: Health Education and Care for the Homeless staff make fresh fruit smoothies at the Peter Jay Sharp Men’s Health and Wellness Event.

Middle Left: On June 7th, Susan’s Place recognized the Walk It Out/Talk It Out graduates led by Health Educator Leslie Bell. Created as a way for residents to lose weight and get healthier, the weekly walk helped build self-confidence and created a bond between the women.

Bottom Left: The Health Education team (L to R) Gillian Saunders, Lesley Moody, Kirk Royster and Kathy Figueroa.

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FIGHTING HIV & AIDS ON THE FRONT LINES

For 2011 World AIDS Day, CFH’s HIV Advisory Council (HAC) helped plan a community gathering that took place on two days, November 30th, 2011 and December 1st, 2011. Faces of HIV: A CFH Event in Honor of World AIDS Day included a candle lighting and moment of silence, as well as presentations by HAC members of text and art connected to the event’s theme.

At the center of the event, was a screening of the 2010 award-winning short documentary Still Here, with the filmmaker, Alex Camilleri, and the film’s subject, Randy Baron, present. Still Here, which has won festival awards in the United States and abroad, tells the story of Dr. Baron, an optometrist and HIV educator who has been HIV+ for 30 years. Due to a genetic mutation known as the CCR5 deletion mutation, Baron’s own HIV has progressed very little while he has, over the years, lost a former partner and most of his friends to HIV-related deaths. As a result of his gift of continued health, Baron has dedicated his professional life to work around HIV/AIDS.

Following the screening of the documentary, Baron, who now spends much of his time doing HIV outreach and education, spoke about his life, his work and his experience being part of Camilleri’s film. Members of the HAC closed the event with the reading of their collaboratively generated poem entitled “Surviving Faces of HIV,” a theme that inspired the 2011’s CFH World AIDS Day event.

Right: The Care for the Homeless team participated in the annual New York AIDS Walk. Over a dozen CFH staff and family

members participated with almost 45,000 others in Central Park.

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“Being a single dad and trying to raise a family, I want to help people like myself. I want to focus my efforts on single moms and single dads in family centers. Sometimes, your story can be the best story.”

CalvinHAC Member

“I’m in recovery and I don’t want people to make the same mistakes I did. I want to turn a negative situation into a positive one.”

GayleHAC Member

Above: After the World AIDS Day event at Care for the Homeless, HAC members stand with the director of Still Here, Alex Camilleri, and the film’s subject, Randy Baron. The screening highlighted the affects of HIV/AIDS in New York and underscored the importance of the work HAC does at CFH.

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Above: At the New York City Rescue Mission, clients like Anthony (pictured) are able to get the healthcare they need by the team from the Institute for Family Health.

Right: Cinthia Diaz, a medical assistant from the Institute for Family Health at the clinic at Valley Lodge, helps with a client.

Care for the Homeless uses a collaborative and a contracted model to deliver high-quality health care to homeless individuals. The CollAboRAtive model involves participation in numerous professional councils, organizations and associations and providing training and consultation to other agencies to increase their capacity to serve and address the needs of homeless people. The ContRACted model involves contracting with licensed Article 28 health facilities, such as the Institute for Family Health, to provide primary care services at seven Manhattan sites.

COLLABORATING TO PROVIDE CARE

A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS

“Policy work not only makes the delivery of care possible, it enables providers and clinic staff to serve their clients to the best of their ability with the resources available, knowing that colleagues are working to transform the societal and political landscape that enables homelessness and drives many of our clients to the place where CFH medical and behavioral health staff first meet and treat them. It is essential to have these dual missions working in tandem with one another.”

Rebecca AinProgram Coordinator

Each year, as part of national Community Health Center Week, the New York Providers of Health Care for the Homeless (PHCH) host a half day conference to discuss new health care strategies and celebrate the accomplishments of some of our best and brightest providers. Each PHCH agency is asked to nominate whom they believe to be most worthy of receiving a “Homeless Health Center Hero” award. In 2011, Care for the Homeless chose Lesley Moody. Our agency was proud to honor her for her tireless contributions to the mission of Care for the Homeless. She received the award with grace and humility and, as always, provided inspiration to her colleagues.

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On March 15, 2011, policy analyst Matt Slonaker (second from left) led over 50 colleagues from Homeless Services United to Albany as they fought to preserve funding for homeless individuals in New York.

Above: (L to R) Director of Health Services Lizanne Fontaine, Health Education Services Manager Lesley Moody and Doug Berman at the PHCH Conference.

Above: Friends and supporters of Care for the Homeless gathered at Caroline’s on Broadway for CFH’s annual Comedy Cares for the Homeless Benefit on October 27th. Comedians Vince August, Nate Bargatze, Michael Che, Harrison Greenbaum, and Colin Quinn generously donated their talent, raising over $130,000 for Susan’s Place.

Left: Each fall, students throughout New York City collect pennies from their classmates to raise money for charity. In 2011, eight schools gave to Care for the Homeless. Students from The Baychester Academy in the Bronx (pictured at left) not only donated pennies, but also held a book drive to gather books for homeless children.

Right (opposite page): City Council Member Helen Foster and her staff were joined by representatives from the African Muslim Council and Department of Homeless Services government relations personnel on June 30th to celebrate the success of a clothing drive for Susan’s Place. After an extensive tour, which included meeting staff and residents, Foster deemed Susan’s Place “a model shelter.”

RAISING MORE THAN AWARENESS

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Below: The Naughty Knitters, a volunteer group at the New York University College of Nursing, presented over 100 handmade baby blankets to Care for the Homeless in July. These blankets were distributed to clients with small children living in family shelters in Brooklyn and Queens.

“Donating to a cause is a way to demonstrate, especially to children, that we are all one community. If some of the basic needs are not met, it affects the whole. Children need to feel that they belong to a larger community of people and that they are integral in making this larger community function properly.”

Toni CipriasoMIS Coordinator

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22,496medical visits

in 2011

2011BY THE NUMBERS

“When [homeless people] tell me the things they’ve achieved and those were goals that were important to them, I know I’ve had a positive impact on some-one’s life.”

Heather GarberClinical Social Worker

“By caring for each person as an individual and addressing their physical and mental health needs, CFH works to strengthen and empower our clients to break the devastating cycle that is homelessness. By working for CFH, I hope to shed light on the reality of homelessness today and share my belief that homelessness is unacceptable.”

Jessica FavilleAssistant Clinic Administrator

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9,726unique clients

5,107mental health visits

3,547case management sessions

3,152health education visits

HEALTH SERVICES 43%

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 44%

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL 12%FUNDRAISING &

DEVELOPMENT 2%

HeAltH SeRviCeS $6,672,375ReSidentiAl SeRviCeS $6,777,706MAnAgeMent & geneRAl* $1,859,850FundRAiSing & developMent $234,679

totAl eXpenSeS $15,544,610 * ExCLUDES NON-CASH ExPENSE

2011 ExPENSES

Donate to ClassiC Re-Runs.

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ResiDent spenDs vouCheR on youR gently useD Clothes.

ResiDent weaRs Clothes to an aCtual job inteRview.

ResiDent gets a CleRiCal job at a fRont Desk anD is able to move into peRmanent housing.

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all beCause you DonateD something you weRen’t even weaRing.

keep them in youR Closet foR anotheR 20 yeaRs.

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EvEry TuEsday and Thursday, ClassiC rE-runs opEns iTs doors aT susan’s plaCE. hErE, ThE rEsidEnTs rEdEEm vouChErs for shoEs, CoaTs and oThEr CloThing iTEms. ThE vouChErs arE EarnEd by parTiCipaTing in aCTiviTiEs ThaT promoTE hEalTh and indEpEndEnCE. rEsidEnTs of susan’s plaCE sTaff ThE bouTiquE and gain job ExpEriEnCE ThaT prEparEs ThEm for indEpEndEnT living. YOu can partner WitH classic re-runs: tHe stOre is alWaYs in need Of neW Or gentlY used clOtHing. tO dOnate, bring tHe clOtHes tO Our Offices at 30 east 33rd street, fiftH flOOr, in manHattan (betWeen park and madisOn). Help cHange a WOman’s life tOdaY.

Got clothes you don’t wear

anymore and don’t know

what to do with them?

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CARE FOR THE HOMELESS IS GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT WE RECEIVED IN 2011 FROM THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:

government SupportersNYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Public Health Solutions

NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS)

Office of the Manhattan Borough President

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

- HRSA, Bureau of Primary Care, Section 330 Healthcare for the Homeless

- HRSA, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Ryan White Part C

Corporate, Foundation, and institutional Supporters30 East 33rd St. Realty Co. 4175 Club of New York Allied World Assurance Company The Apatow Family FoundationBendiner & Schlesinger, Inc. Medical Laboratories Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Chatsworth Consulting Group Cicero Consulting Associates Common Cents/Penny Harvest, Public Schools 6, 56, 160, 180, 226, 306, 463The Dammann Fund, Inc.,Driscoll Foods Florman Tannen LLC Fordham Supply Company Frank Crystal & Co. Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc. George Link Jr. Foundation The Glickenhaus FoundationGreater New York Hospital Association Ventures Harry S. Black & Allon Fuller Fund Helen Hoffritz Charitable Trust Hutch Management, LLC International Honors Program Interstate Foods, Inc. The Jane & Martin Schwartz FoundationThe Larry David Foundation, Inc.Lily Auchincloss Foundation Lissner Charitable Fund c/o New York Community Trust Loeb & Troper, LLP Marion E. Kenworthy - Sarah H. Swift Foundation McGraw-Hill Companies New Yankee Stadium Community Benefit Fund

PGA Mechanical Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Sanofi-Aventis Shield Press The Slomo and Cindy Silvian FoundationSoroptimist International of NYC Tiger Baron Foundation United Hospital Fund United Way of NYC Vantrol , LLCWELCA West Side Foods, Inc.

individuals ($5,000 and above)AnonymousJudd Apatow Carmine Asparro David Florman Charles Katz Toby & Paul Koren Linda S. Riefberg, Esq. & Lee PerlmanLinda Scott

individuals ($1,000-$4,999)Daniel Ansell Donald & Karen Ashkenase Arthur Barnes Susan Waltman & Tom Barry Jacob Baskin Robert E. Buckholz, Jr. Sarah Caldwell Donna Clemmens Ira Finger Barry & Alison Goodman Barbara E. Knecht Brenton KrumpfesWilliam Maxwell Francis B. Olsen, DDS Frank Oswald Ira RothblutSandy Saintonge Larry & Jane ScheinfeldJane & Martin Schwartz Dana Sherwin Emily Soukas Derek van Straaten Bobby Watts Beth C. Weitzman, Ph.D. Betty Wong Michael L. Ziegler, Esq.

individuals ($999-$500)Lillian AinJoseph BakerDenny & Kathy Hirata ChinMichael ConveyGail & Timothy Donovan

C. Douglas DouglasAria FingerMeybol GeramitaChris & Judy HuberSusan JacobsonDebora L JacquesGary & Laurie LeeJudith & Jerry LermanDenis & Jaye LynchJim MuttonLarry & Elaine RothenbergPeter & Diane Schmidt-FellnerJohn & Monica SgangaScott TaylorLouisa TurnerBrenda & Arnold TurokBruce & Fredda VladeckTeresa Webb

individuals ($499-$250)Marci AlboherStephen BaumanHerbert BrinbergFrank DeLeonardisSusan & Dennis DicksteinJohn EckesDebbian Fletcher-BlakeShirley & David GinzbergSpencer & Emmie HermanBarbara JacksonJacob Daniel Kanofsky, MDRobert & Louise KleinbergKenneth KruckemeyerMark LanaghanSue MeyersElizabeth MunsonHarry RosenRussell & Cheryl SharmanDenise SoffelKevin & Allison StahlSusan De VoreRita & Marc WeingartenSola Winley

individuals ($249-$100)Elizabeth AnnTina BergMyra & Ed BravermanAnson ChanSteven ChristiansonGary & Lois ClaarFred DavieMeg FidlerAnnemarie FontaineScott & Reeva GassmanDarrell GavrinSydnie & Herb GeismarRonnie GolandGerrard Bushnell & Leah JohnsonLori Lapan JonesJohn KeenBeth Shinn & David KrantzBarry & Robin Kriesberg

Norman LevNorman & Judith ListLois E. LowensteinJohn LynchPatricia McCarthyAlp MuharremogluMitchell NetburnKathryn E. RalphLawrence RothbartJames & Dorothy ScottJamal, Yvonne & Nikisha SwiftMarvin TagabanAndrew TullerNatalie van Straaten

in-Kind giftsBlueCiel, LLCMatilda BroderShirley CraigDavid DesarioFairmont Raffles Hotels InternationalLaila HarunaChris JordanMetro NY SynagogueMaryam MohammedLesley-Ann MurrayRockyatu OtooMemouna OusmanLinda RiefbergNuraisha SamatCheryl SaposnickSt. Francis Food Pantry and Shelters

a special thank you goes to our many generous donors that are too numerous to list here.

SUPPORTERS

2011

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CARe FoR tHe HoMeleSS’ 2011 AnnuAl RepoRt:

designer: Ryan Brinson

Contributors: Joshua LinderRebecca AinMatt Slonaker

photographers:Ryan BrinsonHarvey Wang

Harry M. Rosen, ph.d.ChairCarmine AsparroVice Chair Jim MuttonSecretarylinda RiefbergTreasurer

Donna Clemmens, Ph.D., R.N.Aria FingerDavid FlormanFeygele JacobsBarbara E. KnechtToby Koren, R.N.Frank Olsen, DDSLinda RiefbergJeff RosenzweigLinda ScottDana E. Sherwin, FACHEDerek van StraatenBetty A. Wong

board of directors emeritus

Lee H. Perlman, FACHEBeth C. Weitzman, Ph.D.James F. Woods

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Below Left: (L to R) Chontae Taylor, Damien French, Mish Saka and Christopher Cortez at Susan’s Place. Below Right: Kyanna and Shawn at the Springfield Gardens Family Inn in Jamaica, Queens. Bottom: (L to R) Denise Jones, Luz Gomez, Andrea Mejia and Craig Greene at Susan’s Place.

Care for the Homeless 30 E. 33rd Street, Fifth Floor New York, NY 10016 (212) 366-4459 www.careforthehomeless.org

“GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR,YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE,THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE.SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME,I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!”

INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - EMMA LAzARUS, 1883