Project Renewal , Inc.

Industry:	Charitable Organizations & Foundations
Employees:	600

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Project Renewal's mission is to renew the lives of homeless men and women in New York City. We focus our efforts on the neediest and least-served of the city's indigent population - men and women who, in addition to being without a home, cope with mental illness and/or addiction to drugs or alcohol.

Project Renewal is the only organization in New York that provides everything homeless people need to move from the streets to independent living. This comprehensive approach begins on the street where our mobile psychiatric and medical outreach teams - each of which was among the first of its kind - actively reach out to homeless people where they are struggling to survive. Once connected, we can then help people move into a range of model residential programs, including ones that help residents achieve sobriety or learn to manage their mental illness. From there, we help people prepare for, find, and keep good jobs: we have created an unprecedented breadth and depth of employment programs and opportunities for men and women once considered unemployable. The crucial last element in this progression is providing clients with permanent housing, completing their return to self-sufficient life in the community.

Our strategy for helping hard-to-reach New Yorkers evolved to meet clients' complex and intertwined needs - needs which we address by integrating and coordinating services and programs within a single organization. Clients also report that looking forward to the tangible next steps - particularly employment and housing - sustains their motivation.

All of Project Renewal's programs are based on a philosophy of personal responsibility and mutual respect among clients and between staff and clients. The Project Renewal philosophy also emphasizes employment and development of good work habits as the means for rebuilding clients' self-esteem and nurturing a sense of self-discipline.

Having helped thousands of indigent New Yorkers renew their lives, Project Renewal is proud to be regarded as one of the nation's most respected organizations working on behalf of homeless people. This was recently confirmed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which honored us with the John J. Gunther Blue Ribbon Best Practices Award for excellence in community outreach and management. With a staff of nearly 600 - of whom over 35% are formerly homeless clients - we reach out to more than 13,000 homeless men and women each year.

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City of Mesquite Announces Economic Incentives for 3000 Skyline Dallas. Business Wire; 7/27/2009 ...property. "The City of Mesquite is embracing the new 3000 Skyline Dallas redevelopment as another step forward in Project Renewal, the long-term plan to make Mesquite one of North Texas' premier communities," said Tom Palmer, Mesquite... ...more

Cancer screenings reject poor women, study finds Charleston Gazette; 12/14/2009 ...average mammogram is about $100, while a Pap screen can range between $75 and $200, according to the society. Project Renewal Van Scan, which gives mammograms around New York City, usually targets 6,000 women a year but has cut back to... ...more

State budgets force clinics to cut cancer screening for poor: ; Mammograms limited on basis of age, family history Sunday Gazette-Mail; 12/13/2009 ...average mammogram is about $100, while a Pap screen can range between $75 and $200, according to the society. Project Renewal Van Scan, which gives mammograms around New York City, usually targets 6,000 women a year but has cut back to... ...more