NCS presents the NextGen Innovation Award to Streetlives
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter presented the inaugural NextGen Innovation Award to Streetlives’ founder Adam Bard and his team at Celebrating Innovation on January 29, 2020.
Streetlives is a community-built digital platform that will enable anyone in need to find, rate, and recommend information on services, including housing; food; counseling; and educational, legal, and employment assistance. This “Yelp for social services” will help people find what they need and share what they know.
“The Streetlives team is honored to win the NCS NextGen Innovation Award from an organization with deep roots in New York City and especially thrilled by the generous reception our entire team received at the Celebrating Innovation event,” Bard shared following the presentation.
“As an organization that builds technology with people who have lived experience of homelessness, Streetlives was delighted that some of our long-standing community members were able to attend and receive public recognition for their otherwise unseen work.”
NCS launched the Award in 2019 to advance creative strategies for alleviating homelessness by recognizing an emerging leader or team working on an innovative approach to homelessness. The award has been endowed by a generous grant from The Fullgraf Foundation.
“NCS works to transform the lives of people struggling with homelessness,” said NCS Executive Director Ann L. Shalof. “The NextGen Innovation Award encourages the development of actionable ideas that address homelessness in New York City. It is the signature project of NCS’s NextGen Network, as it is intended to foster the next generation of leadership in this arena.
“Streetlives is empowering people to help others access needed services,” Ms. Shalof said. “Throughout our history NCS has been a model of community response to homelessness, pioneering creative solutions. Streetlives is a modern, innovative community-based response to the homelessness crisis and is directly in line with the mission of this Award and of NCS.”
