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The 400-bed Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity in Brooklyn Illustration by Zach Williams
The Thomas Mott Osborne Memorial Fund is slated to receive a $138.9 million contract from the New York City Department of Homeless Services. The money would fund a new transitional residence for homeless adults from Nov. 1, 2018 through June 2040. A hearing on the prospective contract is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, according to the City Record.
The Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration has awarded a $14.9 million contract to Bronx Parents Housing Network for the operation of a transitional residence for homeless families at 1237/1239/1243 Weber Avenue in the Bronx, according to the City Record.
Fatal drug overdoses have declined nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control. This is based on data published monthly over the last several years, which saw a month-by-month increase until reaching a peak of 73,157 deaths in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2017. Since then, there has been about a 2 percent decrease, according to Opioid Watch.
“Most of that decline appears to reflect a drop in deaths associated with fatal opioid overdoses. That subcategory of drug deaths, which reached a high of 49,552 for the 12-month period ending on September 30, 2017, has also gently declined in every reported period since, dipping to 48,612 for the span ending January 31, 2018—a drop of 1.9 percent from its peak,” writes Roger Parloff in a Sept. 5 blog post.
Interns placed by the New York Foundation at nonprofits throughout New York City have something to share about the role of youth in organizing. The interns from VOCAL-New York, Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC, Rockaway Youth Task Force, and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice speak out on the subject in this two-minute video posted by the foundation on Vimeo.
A new study examines how formerly incarcerated people can engage their children upon release. In contrast with past thinking that income is of paramount importance after time in prison, researchers Bruce Western and Natalie Smith found something else, according to the abstract of their study, “Formerly Incarcerated Parents and Their Children,” released earlier this summer. “We find that stable private housing, more than income, is associated with close and regular contact between parents and children,” reads the abstract.
The Institute for Family Studies has a detailed breakdown of the report and what it all means: “One unique feature of the study is that in addition to the quantitative findings from the BRS, it also includes qualitative findings based on in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated individuals,” writes Alysse ElHage, editor of the institute’s blog.
The Doe Fund has something to show off in virtual reality. This Google 360 tour takes viewers to the 400-bed Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity in Brooklyn. They can click through the hallways to explore a community garden, a library, classrooms and other parts of the facility. “This is not your typical New York City homeless shelter,” said facility director Nazarene Griffin, in a post on the nonprofit’s blog.
Zehra Siddiqui is the medical director at Ryan Chelsea-Clinton in Hell’s Kitchen, an independent health center affiliated with Ryan Health. In that new role, she will recruit and supervise medical staff and coordinate services with other medical facilities and providers, according to a Sept. 5 press release. She has previously served as a physician at Boriken Neighborhood Health Services, Institute for Family Health, Kaiser Hawaii Permanente and ProHealth Care Urgent Care. Ryan Health operates a network of 18 not-for-profit sites.
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