
ACE is extremely proud to announce that our long-awaited housing initiative, Project Home, is officially up and running! ACE selected 2 Project Comeback graduates to be the first Project Home participants: Maceo and Robert. Maceo moved in earlier this month, while Robert is waiting for a one-bedroom/studio to open up at the Highbridge facility in …… Read More
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | CATEGORIES: News, NYC Homeless Success Stories

50-year-old Ralph Yow has lived in nearly every corner of New York City. Born in downtown Brooklyn, he’s spent time in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan…and certainly seen the worst of what these boroughs have to offer.
Ralph’s mother battled alcoholism and he was raised in run-down shacks and projects all over the city. As a kid, …… Read More
Monday, November 28, 2011 | CATEGORIES: NYC Homeless Success Stories, People

Last week, we celebrated our Project Comeback Graduation. Graduates, their proud friends and family, current program participants, and ACE staff gathered at the Joyce Theater to celebrate. The afternoon was, as always, filled with incredible stories of the men and women who, with ACE’s help, have left homelessness behind.
Kim told the audience about …… Read More
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 | CATEGORIES: News, NYC Homeless Success Stories, Programs, Upcoming Events

My name is Harvey Semler; I have been a job developer for 37 years. I’ve been at ACE for three of those years, and I have the opportunity to work one on one with our program participants every day. Our clients come to me after three months of comprehensive workshop participation …… Read More
Monday, July 26, 2010 | CATEGORIES: News, NYC Homeless Success Stories

As promised, we’d like to share Kelvin’s success story with you. Fancy parties are great (once or twice a year!), but this is the real reason we do what we do. The men and women in our program work so hard to rebuild their lives, their success means the world to us.
This was one …… Read More
Thursday, July 8, 2010 | CATEGORIES: NYC Homeless Success Stories, Upcoming Events