Making your giving matter more... since 1924 February 2012 NEWSLETTER
GRANTS
You know that good feeling you get when you help make things better? This newsletter looks at grants that were made possible in large part by generous New Yorkers who wanted to make a difference—and set up endowed funds with us. To find out how you can leave your own legacy, contact our general counsel, Jane Wilton at (212) 686–2563 or janewilton@nyct-cfi.org.
Helping the City Help Its Veterans
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hile in Iraq as a member of the “Fighting 69th” Infantry Regiment, Efrain Diaz watched his friends get blown up yards away. When he returned to New York, he did his best to find work and got two part-time jobs. But then his mother fell ill and needed 24-hour care,” starts Coco Culhane, director of the Veteran Advocacy Project at the Urban Justice Center. “He moved back into the public housing unit he grew up in to take care of her and applied to be re-added to the household, but was told he could only have temporary status. Time and again he tried to get approved permanently, but with no success. After his mother’s death nearly two years later, he finally sought
Efrain Diaz, a veteran who fought in Iraq, is now fighting to keep his home with help from attorney Coco Culhane, director of the Veteran Advocacy Project at the Urban Justice Center, which is supported by a $50,000 grant.