Students, faculty, volunteers help homeless outreach program

Mar 14, 2012

Touro CollegeIn 2012, Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond (left of center in black sweater with glasses) surrounded by students, faculty and alumni of New York City’s Touro College’s Graduate School of Social Work are shown here preparing to canvass the number of people currently living unsheltered in the city.  For the fourth consecutive year, the Touro volunteers canvassed parks, subways and other public spaces as part of the New York City Department of Homeless Services’ Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE).

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