by BFTS | Sep 1, 2021 | Housing
Many of the issues homeless new Yorkers with health problems face—abrupt transfers, inaccessible accommodations, shelters in isolated areas—existed long before the pandemic, but they have been laid bare as Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to pursue a... 
by BFTS | May 7, 2021 | Opinion
Like many essential workers, I have been going to work this past year, knowing that every day I risked being exposed to the coronavirus at the homeless shelter I work in or as I commute on public transportation. Even though I have two stents in my chest and high blood... 
by BFTS | Apr 4, 2021 | National Insight
Anthony clapped when he spotted his friend, Edward, leaving the Friday morning coronavirus vaccine clinic at the D.C. nonprofit So Others Might Eat, and congratulated him on overcoming weeks of uncertainty to get the shot. “I was afraid of the aftereffects, the... 
by BFTS | Mar 21, 2021 | National
A new report almost certainly underestimates the spread, depth and urgency of the crisis given that the data doesn’t yet reflect the pandemic, federal officials warned. Homelessness in the United States rose for the fourth straight year, with about... 
by BFTS | Mar 1, 2021 | Global News
The City of Toronto says COVID-19 vaccines will start to be administered to those experiencing homelessness in the City’s shelter system this week. In a news release issued Sunday, local officials said the province confirmed this weekend that those experiencing...
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