Zero 2016 Progress Report for Hampden County
As part of the Zero 2016 campaign, we have set housing targets for both our chronically homeless population and our homeless veterans. We have targets, and we are counting placements; […]
RFPs Available: Springfield ESG program; Hampden-Hampshire-Franklin HOPWA program
The City of Springfield has released Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDs (HOPWA) program. The RFPs and […]
Data Drives Results: Take Down Targets Help Communities Zero in on Ending Homelessness
The third of a three-part post from the Zero 2016 campaign: Part 1: A Housing System Built for Zero Part 2: Assessment and the Role of By-Name Lists Data Drives […]
A Housing System Built for Zero Part Two: Assessment and the Role of By-Name Lists
The second part of a three part post from the Zero 2016 campaign: A Housing System Built for Zero Part Two: Assessment and the Role of By-Name Lists Last month, […]
Zero 2016: A Housing System Built for Zero
Community Solutions, the entity behind the Zero 2016 campaign, is posting a three-part series on coordinated intake and assessment. The information is so critical to what we do that I […]
On Solid Ground
The On Solid Ground coalition–of which the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness is a member–has released its first report on family homelessness. The report, On Solid Ground: Building Opportunity, Preventing […]
Message from (national) Zero 2016 leadership
As part of the FY 2016 budget, it was announced that the federal government’s goal of ending chronic homelessness nationwide has been pushed back one year to 2017. This announcement […]
Here’s what a coordinated system looks like
Like the Hampden County CoC, Arlington, VA is a Zero 2016 Community. But Arlington is ahead of us, because they participated in the 100,000 Homes campaign. The Washington Post describes […]
