March 04, 2026
Lack of Affordable Child Care is Driving the Family Homelessness Crisis
Lack of child care—whether due to high costs, low supply, inconvenient hours of operation, or quality concerns—is driving the family homelessness crisis. Though we’ve long…
February 12, 2026
More Than a Moral Choice: How CityFHEPS Could Save NYC $635 Million
As the nation’s largest provider of shelter and supportive housing to families with children, Win operates 16 shelters and over 450 units of permanent supportive…
January 29, 2026
Win’s FY27 State Policy Agenda
New York City is facing an invisible crisis: family and childhood homelessness. Each night, about 103,000 people—including 35,000 children—call a shelter home. Approximately 70% of…
December 16, 2025
Wage Effects of Win NYC’s Income-Building Program
Women In Need (Win) is New York City’s largest provider of shelter for families with children experiencing homelessness, and part of their work involves programs…
October 15, 2025
Defend, Deliver, Dream: Win’s Action Plan to End Family Homelessness
New York City is in the throes of an invisible crisis: family and childhood homelessness. Each night, roughly 34,000 children call a shelter home –…
September 12, 2025
The Cost of Cuts: The FY26 Federal Budget, Disinvestment and the Rising Risk of Family Homelessness in New York
The United States’ government is making significant changes to the nation’s social safety net via the federal budgetary process, and low-income New Yorkers face the…
June 14, 2025
CityFHEPS Rent Hike: Imposing Rent Burdens on Formerly Homeless New Yorkers will cost NYC millions and increase homelessness
As the nation’s largest provider of shelter and supportive housing for families with children, Win is strongly opposed to Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to increase…
April 17, 2025
HAVP One-Pager
Since 2022, the number of homeless children in NYS has more than doubled from 20,300 to 50,800 kids in 2024.
April 17, 2025
New York Needs HAVP Now
Since 2022, the number of homeless children in NYS has more than doubled from 20,300 to 50,800 kids in 2024.
January 07, 2025
Project Hope
Project Hope is a response to the draconian plans laid out in Project 2025, and, more specifically, what we anticipate will be aggressive, fast sweeping…