Empowered Homeless
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Fall 2012 Quarterly Newsletter
Dear Friend, ACE Programs for the Homeless is excited to share some of our most recent accomplishments with the supporters who have made them all possible. So far this year, we have had 124 individuals enroll in Project Comeback and have had 79 individuals find full-time employment. Here’s to 2012 [...]
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Come to ACE’s 2012 Summer Graduation Ceremony!
When: Thursday, August 16th, 2012, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Where: The Scholastic Building | 557 Broadway ACE will be honoring our most recent group of Project Comeback graduates on August 16th at the Scholastic Building (557 Broadway, between Prince and Spring Sts) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. These formerly [...]
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Project Home Officially Underway
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 [...]
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Ralph’s Success Story
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 [...]
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This week in Project Comeback: December Graduation
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 [...]
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This Week in Project Comeback
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 [...]
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Kelvin’s Success Story
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 [...]
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Jacqueline’s Success Story
Jacqueline’s success story, in her own words. Walking along Prince Street near the corner of Mott last summer, you may have noticed a vibrant and engaging woman speaking to passersby about Use Your Head, ACE’s new resale boutique. That woman, Jacqueline, is one of our most recent Project Comeback graduates [...]
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Kelvin’s Success Story
A Message of Gratitude Like many of our Project Comeback graduates, Kelvin’s journey to us was a long one. He came to our program with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and a pattern of institutionalization for possession, selling and petty theft. Given the circumstances of his childhood, Kelvin [...]
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Ha’Saan’s Success Story
Ha’Saan’s success story, in his own words. Originally I’m from Newburgh. It was a wild little town. It still is. I grew up in an alcoholic home. Most children, when you raise them, you try to raise them with happiness. My growing up was always filled with darkness, because I [...]