Susanne Blue of Matt Talbot Kitchen Honored with Beyond Housing Award

Executive Director Susanne Blue of Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach (mtko.org) was recently honored as one of five individuals selected to receive the fourth biennial Beyond Housing Award at the 2020 Beyond Housing Conference in New York City on January 16. The Beyond Housing Award honors people and organizations whose work exemplifies the idea that homelessness is much more than a housing issue. Award recipients’ work goes “beyond housing” to provide services and support to homeless families while keeping the needs of children at the forefront.

Susanne Blue has been working to improve the lives of homeless families and children for more than 30 years (with 21 of those years as Executive Director at Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach). Prior to coming to Matt Talbot, Susanne worked at Vincent House Homeless Shelter for homeless families in Omaha and was an active volunteer with agencies serving women who had experienced sexual and/or domestic violence.

The Beyond Housing conference is hosted by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH), a New York City based policy research organization focused on child and family homelessness in New York City and throughout the United States.

Learn more about Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach at mtko.org. Susanne can be reached at (402) 477-4116 or susanne.blue@mtko.org.