Media Coverage
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Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus named Libby Schlichting the county’s November Citizen of the Month. For her Girl Scout Gold Award, Libby created a Mobile Library at HONOR’s A Friend’s House, giving the young people staying there books that encourage learning, creativity and well-being.
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Ulster County legislators approved contracts for four new emergency shelters, funded with $2 million from the county’s Housing Action Fund. HONOR and Community Housing Innovations will each develop two of the shelters, which are expected to open in 2028.
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Libby Schlichting, a Burke Catholic senior and Warwick Girl Scout, was named an Orange County Citizen of the Month. Partnering with HONOR, she set up a teen library at A Friend’s House, HONOR’s emergency shelter for homeless and runaway youth. HONOR Executive Director Chris Molinelli nominated her for the recognition.
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Dutchess County approved a new $13 million shelter in Poughkeepsie that will replace the temporary emergency housing on North Hamilton Street, which HONOR currently operates. Executive Director Chris Molinelli welcomed the agreement, saying initiatives like the HOPE Center support HONOR’s longtime mission of providing housing, hope and a path forward.
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Ulster County has selected HONOR and Community Housing Innovations to develop new emergency shelters for families. HONOR, which already runs shelters in Dutchess, Orange and Sullivan counties, would build two new facilities in Ulster County, each serving about 10 families.
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Volunteers fanned out across Orange County in below-freezing temperatures recently to conduct the annual Point in Time count, a one-day survey of people experiencing homelessness. The count, led by HONOR, a Middletown-based nonprofit, deployed three teams in Newburgh, two in Middletown and one in Port Jervis to locate both sheltered and unsheltered individuals.
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HONOR and several of its community partners, including police officers from the cities of Middletown, Newburgh and Port Jervis, braved the cold on Thursday for Orange County’s annual Point-In-Time Count (PIT).
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On Friday, News 12 rode along with Port Jervis police officers as they checked wooded areas and encampments where people experiencing homelessness are known to stay. Police say those locations were checked both as part of the Point-in-Time Count and as part of regular welfare checks conducted year-round to ensure people living outdoors are safe…
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HONOR was recently featured for its work supporting runaway and homeless youth in Orange County, highlighting its 24/7 shelter, A Friend’s House, and its role in keeping vulnerable kids safe and connected to critical services.
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Half of Orange County’s homeless population are children, according to new data from HONOR. The county’s unhoused numbers have nearly doubled in two years, driven by rising housing costs and inflation.