FPWA in the News

Policy, Advocacy & Research:

• December 22, 2009 - City Limits.org, a Backward Glance: 12 Months of Scoops
  
• December 16, 2009 - The New York Times, Welfare Rolls Grow in City, but Increase Is Modest
  
• November 29, 2009 - The New York Times, Less Diversity in Supervisors of Foster Care
  
• November, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, Do Not Balance the Budget on the Back's of New York Neediest
  
• August 21, 2009 - The New York Times, With Donations and Grants Down, Social Service Agencies Feel the Pinch
  
• August 17, 2009 - CityLimits.org, Making Welfare Work and Making Work Pay
  
• August 3, 2009 - CityLimits.org, No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamp Access
  
• June 17, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, OTDA's Hansell Leaves for DC
  
• June 16, 2009 - Gotham Gazette, Council and Mayor Reach Budget Deal
  
• May 4, 2009 - CityLimits.org, Looking for a Safety Net and Finding ‘Initiatives’
  
• May 4, 2009 - CityLimits.org, No Thank You, Uncle Sam: NYC Keeps ‘SNAP’ Stance
  
• April 29, 2009 - El Diario La Prensa NY, Una red de seguridad social debilitada (view English version)
  
• April 29, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, Safety Net Fails Many Says FPWA Report
  
• April 29, 2009 - Public Advocate’s Corner, PA Gotbaum On Denials of Public Assistance for New Yorkers in Need
  
• April 29, 2009 - NY1, City’s Back to Work Program Called Into Question
  
• April 28, 2009 - The New York Times, As More Apply for Welfare, Concern for Those Denied
  
• April 20, 2009 - Citylimits.org, Seeing Green: New Jobs Lead to New Visions
  
• February 9, 2009 - Citylimits.org, Will Feds Get Behind a National 'CEO' Approach?

Other News:

• October 22, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, FPWA Gala Honors Couric & Krueger
  
• September 16, 2009 - The New York Times, Putting Down Roots and Raising Hopes (Argus Community)
  
• June 4, 2009 - WWD, Women in Industry Event Raises Funds for Needy Kids
  
• May 19, 2009 - New York Law Journal, Lawyers Alliance for New York presents "Outstanding Partners in Public Service" award to FPWA
  
• April 30, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, FPWA Annual Conference
  
• January 8, 2009 - New York Nonprofit Press, FPWA Grants Go to SIMHS, IPRHE, Jacob Riss
  

2009-2010 The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund:

• January 24, 2010 - The New York Times, Ex-Opera Performer Still Singing, and Volunteering
  
• January 16, 2010 - The New York Times, Waylaid by Illness, Now Standing on Her Own
  
• January 15, 2010 - The New York Times, With Rent Increase, Dangerous Stress
  
• January 12, 2010 - The New York Times, Robbed, Then Scared; Armed, Then Arrested
  
• January 8, 2010 - The New York Times, As More Go Hungry, The Neediest Cases Offers Help
  
• December 30, 2009 - The New York Times, With a New Computer, More Verses in a Lifetime of Writing
  
• December 23, 2009 - The New York Times, Between Working 2 Jobs, Squeezing in Family Time
  
• December 21, 2009 - The New York Times, An Accident, and a Life Is Upended
  
• December 19, 2009 - The New York Times, She’s Making It Up as She Goes Along
  
• December 3, 2009 - The New York Times, An Underemployed Victim of the Recession, Now Ill and Facing Eviction
  
• November 27, 2009 - The New York Times, Some Help in a Transition and a Recovery From Eye Surgery
  
• November 22, 2009 - The New York Times, Feeding a Hunger for Skills, and Finding a Future
  
• November 12, 2009 - The New York Times, Struggling With the Rent and Deferring a Dream
  
• November 8, 2009 - The New York Times, In the Bronx, Getting Back All 40 Winks
  
• November 6, 2009 - The New York Times, On Assignment: In Dark Corners, Hope
  
• November 6, 2009 - The New York Times, In an Emergency, the Neediest Cases Fund Provides Relief

2008 - 2009 The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund:

• February 1, 2009 - The New York Times, She’s Become an Expert at Accentuating the Positive
• January 31, 2009 - The New York Times, A Chance to Excel on the Court, and Off
• January 30, 2009 - The New York Times, An Attempt to Avoid a Shelter Has a Happy Ending
• January 21, 2009 - The New York Times, A Little Help Can Ease Concern About the Last Days
• January 16, 2009 - The New York Times, Drawing Inspiration From the Optimism of Youth
• January 5, 2009 - The New York Times, For a High Scorer, No More Dropping Out
• January 1, 2009 - The New York Times, A Sponsor of Literary Readings Gets a Little Help With Living