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Homeless Need Internet Access to Find a Home: The City Bar Justice Center Documents Lack of Technology in NYC Homeless Shelters – Part 1

by Cheryl LopezMay 20, 2020

The lack of access to technology – specifically Internet access – in homeless shelters severely hampers shelter residents in finding permanent housing, a report by the City Bar Justice Center (CBJC) finds. Further, the report highlights how lack of access to the Internet and technology creates significant academic barriers for homeless students – an issue that is suddenly front and center as schools moved to remote learning during the COVID-19 crisis.

A Dream Turned Reality: Mother Overcomes Struggles Faced by Homeless, Undocumented Immigrants in NYC

by Cheryl LopezFebruary 21, 2020

Recognizing the disproportionate burdens some underserved populations face, the City Bar Justice Center’s (CBJC) projects often join forces to help clients in need. The Legal Clinic for the Homeless (LCH) and the Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) worked together to assist Ellen A.S., a single mother in search of securing essential resources for the well-being and survival of her family.

Homeless Kids with Special Needs Start the School Year

by adminOctober 9, 2019

It’s mid-October and school is now in full swing for the over 1.1 million students in the New York City school system. But for one in 10 of these students, who are homeless – a number which rises to one in 8 of students below 5th grade – the new school year brings additional difficulties on top of … Continue reading Homeless Kids with Special Needs Start the School Year →

Single Mothers of Color Struggle Most in NYC Family Shelters

by adminJune 4, 2019

Approximately 63,000 people sleep in New York City’s municipal shelter system each night, and thousands more sleep on park benches, in the streets, or in other public spaces. As rents and the cost of living in the city increase, more and more New Yorkers have found themselves in the shelter system with nowhere else to … Continue reading Single Mothers of Color Struggle Most in NYC Family Shelters →

Increased State Housing Subsidy Will Help Poor Families Avoid Homelessness

by Lisa Pearlstein, Esq.March 3, 2017

Now life is about to change for the better for Rochelle, her girls, and the thousands of families receiving FEPS. New York State just settled a lawsuit filed by The Legal Aid Society and Hughes Hubbard & Reed by agreeing to significantly increase the FEPS subsidies it issues on behalf of low-income families with children in New York City.