Steering Committee Meeting Minutes – 4/1/10
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes, 4/1/10 Attendance: Jay Levy, co-chair, individual services committee; Lynne Wallace, LC chair; Erica Johnson, PVPC, Peg Keller, Tri-County COC, Joanne Glier, chair, family services committee, Andrea […]
Individual Services Meeting: Monday, 4/5, 9:30 am
This is a reminder that our next Individual Services Committee meeting will take place on Monday, 4/5 at 9:30 am at the DMH Haskell Building, Northampton. The agenda includes: Tom […]
DHCD’s Consolidated Plan Available for Review
A message from DHCD: Dear Housing and Community Development Partners, The 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan Draft is now available. Every five years, DHCD is required to produce this plan for HUD […]
You’re Invited!
Your invitation to our Network’s first regional event on “Ending Homelessness in Western Massachusetts: A Progress Report” can be found here. As you know, it’s on Monday, April 26th, 9:30-11 […]
SJC rules on families’ rights in emergency shelter
Thanks to Leadership Council member and attorney Bob Fleischner for passing on news of this recent Supreme Judicial Court decision: SJC rules that emergency shelter residents have an expectation of […]
New York Times: A Shelter for Families in Need of a Push
Click here for the New York Times article of 3/21/10 on “A Shelter for Families in Need of a Push”. Denise Benson runs a no-nonsense, no-frills homeless shelter for the […]
Springfield Republican on Homeless Student Population
Click here for the Sunday Republican’s article on the homeless student population in the Springfield area. It includes: In Springfield, 1,186 homeless students were enrolled in September, nearly double the […]
Berkshire/Franklin/Hampshire Housing Court Collaboration Minutes
Below are summaries of two Housing Court collaboration meetings, one in Pittsfield for Berkshire County on 3/17/10 and the other in Greenfield for both Franklin and Hampshire Counties on 3/19/10. […]
