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World Health Day: Beat Diabetes
World Health Day: Beat Diabetes
April 7, 2016

Today is World Health Day! This year the day has been committed to raising awareness about diabetes. To highlight the prevalence of diabetes among homeless and formerly homeless people, we invited Dr. Van Yu, Chief Medical Officer of CUCS’ Janian Medical Care, to share his insight into this treatable, yet debilitating disease.

  • The Power of Social Work
    The Power of Social Work
    March 25, 2016

    Tony Hannigan, LMSW, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Center for Urban Community Services. From 1983-1993, Tony was primarily responsible for the growth of Columbia University Community Services, an interdisciplinary project that developed various neighborhood-based programs for homeless and low income individuals. During this time, he was also a Senior Staff Associate and faculty member at the Columbia University School of Social Work. In 1993, Tony led the spin-off of CUCS from Columbia University. Today, CUCS works with 50,000 people annually in New York City and nationally.

  • 10 years and 20 Master Degrees Later – PART III
    10 years and 20 Master Degrees Later – PART III
    March 23, 2016

    For the final part of our Social Worker Scholarship blog series, we sat down with Luna Malachowski Bajak, a social worker at The Christopher supportive housing residence. After two years of working as a case manager at our 350 Lafayette transitional housing program, Luna became one of NYC Department of Mental Health and Hygiene’s Mental Health Scholarship Program recipients and began studying for her Master’s in Social Work. Here is her take on the challenging program, on being a social worker, and her advice to aspiring social workers.

  • 10 years and 20 Master Degrees Later – PART II
    10 years and 20 Master Degrees Later – PART II
    March 17, 2016

    For Part II of our Social Worker Scholarship blog series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Anica Velez, our Director of CUCS Institute's Housing Resource Center and one of NYC Department of Mental Health and Hygiene’s Mental Health Scholarship Program recipients. Anica graduated in September 2015 with her Master’s in Social Work. Here is what she had to say about her experience, her support system, and the impact the program has had on her.

  • Strong Women, Strong Communities
    Strong Women, Strong Communities
    March 7, 2016

    To celebrate International Women’s Day 2016 we sat down with Julie Lorenzo, our Chief Program Officer, to learn more about her career as a social worker.