Launch of the 3rd Annual NextGen Innovation Award: We’re Looking for Problem Solvers!

Homelessness in New York City is on the rise, and COVID-19's impact on the crisis will continue long after the pandemic ends. The entire social services sector, from how we shelter people without a home to how we safely run free meal programs, needs to be re-envisioned. Creative solutions have never been more important.

We’re looking for problem solvers to share creative approaches to homelessness for the 3rd annual NextGen Innovation Award.

NCS launched the $5,000 NextGen Innovation Award  in 2019 to stimulate and encourage creative solutions to the challenges of homelessness.

The 2020 Award was won by Rhonda-Lee Davis for her plan to promote entrepreneurship among young adults living in supportive housing. Read more about Rhonda-Lee’s plan.

The inaugural NextGen Innovation Award was awarded to Streetlives at Celebrating Innovation in January 2020. With help from the Award, they were able to launch GoGetta in the Spring of 2020. Learn more about GoGetta, a “Yelp” for social services, here.

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