• Give the Works This Season

  

  The Works Catering brings new meaning to celebrating the holidays. Since 1997, we have produced corporate affairs, benefits, and personalized events with our stylish execution and community-minded business model. Give The Works this season and share in the spirit of knowing all proceeds provide lifesaving services to homeless and low income men and women living with HIV/AIDS. Visit housingworks.org/theworks or call 212.780.1942

  Posted on October 6, 2010 at 5:16 pm

• HASA Report Downplays Egregious Delays, Growing SRO Crisis

  

  New York City AIDS advocates would have been laughing at last week’s annual HIV/AIDS Services Administration report—if they hadn’t been so angry.

  The gaps in the report only reinforce the agency’s years-long refusal to address the same persistent problems: chronic delays in access to housing and an increasing number of HIV-positive New Yorkers stacked up in Single Room Occupancy units rather than living in long-term housing.

  The report, released by the Mayor’s Office of Operations, highlights a two-day improvement in the amount of time it takes the agency to approve an application to become a HASA client, a change made thanks “to electronic enhancements to the application process.”

  Such reforms, however, are nearly meaningless if case managers aren’t acting …

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  Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm

• It’s official: Fall Fashion Previews are a wrap!

  Congratulations to all of our stores and a special thanks to all those dedicated and hard-working volunteers that helped us bring in a whopping $1,480,460 through our thrift stores’ sales during the month of September.

  With the help of our dear friends at Bar Nine we celebrated our first ever “Housing Works’ Happy Hour” in conjunction with the final Fall Fashion Preview of the month at our Hell’s Kitchen thrift shop (730-732 9th Avenue). Housing Works’ customers were awarded a complimentary drink ticket courtesy of Bar Nine with their purchase at the Hell’s Kitchen Preview sale.

  Bar Nine, in all its stereotypical neighborhood dive bar glory is located on “Restaurant Row’, Ninth Avenue, nestled between 53rd and 54th streets. The bar hosts various regular …

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  Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:22 pm

• Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities:

  THRIFT SHOPS WAREHOUSE WEEKEND VOLUNTEERS
  What: We need help bar-coding, tagging and assisting our hard-working PDC staff at our thrift shops warehouse in preparation for our annual Fashion for Action benefit
  When: All October Saturdays: Oct. 9th, Oct. 16th, Oct. 23th, Oct. 30th
  Where: Thrift Shops Warehouse, 4849 35th Street, Long Island City
  Contact: Ira Botor Botor@housingworks.org

  PERSONAL SHOPPERS AND FITTING ROOM SPECIALISTS FOR OUR THRIFT SHOPS
  What: We’re looking for individuals interested in helping our customers find the absolute best bargains and most fabulous fits. This is a great volunteering opportunity for anyone with a true “passion for fashion”.
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  Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:20 pm

• Membership Looks Good On You!

  Only Housing Works Members get benefits at Fashion for Action and get in free to Punch Up Your Life at the Bookstore.

  Support our services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and get exclusive benefits!

  Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:04 pm

• Team Housing Works

  

  Housing Works is an official Charity Partner for the 2011 New York City Half-Marathon! If you are interested in gaining guaranteed entry to the race by running for Team Housing Works, please contact:

  Dan Wilson
  d.wilson@housingworks.org
  347-473-7454

  Take the physical challenge and support Housing Works in the fight against AIDS and homelessness.

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  Posted on October 5, 2010 at 5:35 pm

• New York DOH Admits Responsibility for Delay of Tens of Millions Owed to Nonprofits

  

  The New York State Department of Health has fessed up—the majority of the paperwork needed to process tens of millions of dollars in unpaid contracts to AIDS nonprofits is sitting in that office.

  After an Update post last week reported on the delayed payments, DOH spokesman Jeffrey Hammond responded:

  “There is a significant backlog in payments to many of our not-for-profit providers in part due to the late passage of the State budget in July, the State’s fiscal difficulty due to the economic downturn, and associated delays in the Division of the Budget making funds available for payment. The Division of the Budget has now made the majority of needed funds available for payment processing.

  While some payments …

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  Posted on October 4, 2010 at 6:42 pm

• Women’s health appeal

  

  Dear Friend,

  HIV/AIDS continues to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.

  According to the World Health organization, half of the people living with HIV are women. And, for women ages 15-44, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease worldwide.

  As the largest AIDS service organization in the nation, Housing Works provides women with the practical tools and support to stay healthy, productive, and self-sufficient. Our holistic approach to HIV prevention and treatment emphasizes empowerment. Furthermore, we address the greater societal conditions that perpetuate the epidemic—stigma, poverty and homelessness.

  Become a Housing Works member today and help women in New York – and around the globe – confront challenges of HIV/AIDS with comprehensive services and effective advocacy.

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  Posted on September 30, 2010 at 7:39 pm

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