NYC Homelessness Project Reconnect Offers Options For Out-of-City Travel

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Social Services Since April 2007, Project Reconnect provided by the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Resource Room has paid one-way travel expenses to help 564 homeless families leave the city and live with a relative elsewhere. The goal is to divert homeless families from entering the city’s homeless shelter system. DHS spends $500,000 per year on the program; the average cost per person is $218. Housing a family in the city’s shelter system costs $36,000 per year per family. Families have been sent to five continents and . . .