NYU Wagner

Richard Cho, Associate Director, for the New York Office of the Corporation for Supportive Housing, oversees and manages New York program activities and supervises professional staff with primary responsibility for advancing innovative program design and service policies for CSH target populations. Mr. Cho also directly provides financial and technical assistance to nonprofit and public organizations around the creation and operation of supportive housing and provides assistance to government in shaping policies and programs to better serve the needs of new and emerging populations such as re-entry, substance users, youth aging out of institutional care and families, especially those with chronic health and behavioral health challenges who face significant barriers to stability in the community. He has co-authored several reports and publications discussing the housing needs of former prisoners, documenting promising models and practices that can prevent their homelessness and reduce their risk of recidivism, and analyzing policy approaches to integrating sectors and systems to end homelessness. He is also currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Public Administration from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, focusing his research and studies on the design, implementation, and evaluation of large-scale interagency collaborative efforts to address social problems such as homelessness. Previously, Mr. Cho worked at AIDS Housing Corporation, a non-profit that provides technical assistance to HIV/AIDS housing providers in New England. Mr. Cho received his Master in City Planning degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago.