Our Shelters
CFH shelters help medically frail and mentally ill women get back on their feet. Since 2008, over 1200 women have been placed in permanent housing.
Care For the Homeless (CFH) opened Susan’s Place Women’s Shelter in 2008. Since then, over 1,200 medically frail and mentally ill women have healed, gotten back on their feet and found permanent housing.
In 2019, we continued along the same path with the opening of the 52nd Street Women’s Shelter.
Housing ends homelessness in the same way that health care ends homelessness. Our shelters provide women with the services they need to achieve permanent housing. Explore below to meet these women and learn about their many achievements.
SUSAN’S PLACE
If Care For the Homeless (CFH) had a flagship site among our 23 locations, Susanโs Place would be it. Of course, all of our sites are important as they all provide essential, high quality services. But it isnโt an exaggeration to say that our organization and our sites wouldnโt be where they are today without the role Susanโs Place played in the organizationโs development. Click below to read about the history of Susan’s Place.
The History of Susan's Place
Meet Our Housing Specialists
Over 1,200 women have been placed in permanent housing since Susan’s Place opened in 2008. This is a tremendous accomplishment. However, there is a significant amount of work that goes into helping each individual woman. In addition to our providers, our incredible housing specialist team is responsible for ending homelessness for so many.
Housing Ends Homelessness
Jeanette (back row, center) came to Susan’s Place in 2019. In 2020 she successfully transitioned out and returned to independence with the acquisition of her new apartment. Click below to watch her discuss her transition.
52nd Street Women’s Center
The 52nd Street Women’s Center opened its doors in 2019. Although the site is still a relatively new member of the CFH family, it hasn’t wasted anytime helping women get back on their feet. Explore below to meet the women who continue to make 52nd Street a success.
Our Warm Welcome
Maintaining an open line of communication with the surrounding community is one of the most important parts of operating a shelter. Click below to learn more about the warm welcome we received from Manhattan Community Board 4!
They Are Not Their Status
All victories, big and small, are dependent upon dismantling the various stigmas against homelessness. Danielle Durham, the Administrative Assistant at 52nd Street, does this at work and in her free time.
โI donโt see a homeless person,โ she explains. โI see a woman who wants to get her life together, a mother who things didnโt work out for, but she wants to do better.โ
We spoke with Danielle when she was the Recreation Coordinator. Click below to learn about her, her work and how she helped women throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Jacqueline’s Story
Jacqueline entered the New York City shelter system in late 2019. Eventually, she found herself at 52nd Street where she was connected with a variety of health and social services. In August of 2020, she signed a lease for a new apartment. Click below to hear her talk about her amazing success story!
REMEMBERING SUSAN
Susan Neibacher was CFH’s first Executive Director. In her time, she pioneered many innovative health care practices that we still implement today. Susan passed away in 2004, just as we were beginning to work on our first shelter. You know it today as Susan’s Place. Click below to read about Susan’s work and legacy.
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