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December 22, 2006
VA and NYC Partner to End Homeless for NY Veterans - Veterans join DHS Commissioner Rob Hess, Mayor Bloomberg, and VA Secretary James Nicholson to announce VA/NYC partnership to end homelessness for New York veterans.

 

 

December 21, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg And Veterans Affairs Secretary Nicholson Announce Historic Agreement to End Homelessness For City Veterans - The first meeting of the joint VA/City Task Force met Dec. 21, 2006. Shown are: DHS Commissioner Rob Hess (center) and Roseanne Haggerty, president and founder of Common Ground (left) and James Farsetta - VA NY/NJ Network Director 

 

December 21, 2006
Hundred Year Association Recognize Iris Allen with Public Service Award - DHS Records Officer Iris Allen, who has worked for the City for more than two decades in various positions, was awarded the Isaac Liberman Public Service Award by the Hundred Year Association of New York at an awards ceremony on Dec. 20th at One Police Plaza. Guests included Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, DHS Commissioner Robert V. Hess, other New York City Commissioners and CEO’s of member corporations. This prestigious award is presented to career employees who have consistently distinguished themselves in city government through outstanding performance. Initiated in 1958, the public service awards are named for Isaac Liberman, who founded The Hundred Year Association in 1927 to recognize and reward dedication and service to the City of New York by businesses and organizations that have been in operation in the City for a century or more and by individuals who have devoted their lives to the City as City employees.

 

December 8, 2006
United Kingdom Contingent Visit DHS -
A contingent from the United Kingdom visited New York City on December 8, 2006 to learn about best practices in ending homelessness and how those practices can be applied in the United Kingdom, including site visits and a meeting with key staff members of the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Among those pictured are DHS Commissioner Rob Hess (center back row) and the Right Honorable Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (front row, third from the right).

 

 

December 7, 2006
Homeless New Yorkers Connect to Health and Human Services During One Day Event -at the Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing, and Able shelter in Harlem that connected more than 200 homeless New Yorkers to services, resources and housing placement options in a comfortable and informal environment and under one roof. More than 50 people were placed into housing that day. 

 

November 16, 2006 Deputy Mayor Gibbs and Homeless Services Commissioner Hess Announce The Closing of Camp LaGuardia Homeless Shelter
November 1, 2006 City Prepares for Fifth Annual Homeless Street Count
July 17, 2006

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces New Measures to Move More Homeless From Streets Into More Stable Conditions and Provide Enhanced Services to Families Moving Out of Homelessness in Keynote Address to Washington Conference

 

May 31, 2006 Commissioner Robert Hess' Testimony Before the City Council on FY07 Executive Budget
May 4, 2006 Department of Homeless Services HomeBase Prevention Program Makes Short List For Harvard Award
April 27, 2006 Acting Commissioner Fran Winter's Testimony Before the City Council on Oversight - Housing Stability Plus
April 24, 2006 Results of City’s Annual Street Count Show Street Homelessness Down by 13 percent
April 11, 2006 Mayor Bloomberg Appoints Robert Hess as the Commissioner of The Department of Homeless Services
March 24, 2006 Department of Homeless Services HomeBase Prevention Program Cited for Harvard Award
March 23, 2006 Acting Commissioner Fran Winter's Testimony Before the City Council on the FY07 Preliminary Budget and Mayor’s Management Report
February 27, 2006

2500 Volunteers Take to the Streets for New York City's Fourth Annual Homeless Street Count

January 30, 2006 

City Departments of Health and Homeless Services Issue First-Ever Report on the Health of Homeless Adults in New York City

January 11, 2006 Linda Gibbs Appointed as Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services

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