Nationwide surge in family homelessness
Today’s New York Times reports on the national rise in rates of family homelessness. From the article: While current national data are not available, the number of schoolchildren in homeless families […]
Meeting reminders
Hello all: First, I wanted to officially introduce myself to all of you blog readers. I am the regional coordinator for the Western Mass Network to End Homelessness and I […]
Report on ICHH Site Visit
(Thanks to Pamela Schwartz for the write-up!) We had an excellent site visit with the Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness (ICHH) on August 11th. Approximately 20 members of our […]
Who we are
A slide presentation prepared for today’s ICHH site evaluation visit: Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness. More info about the site visit to follow.
ICHH draft forms for our review
Email from Pamela Schwartz, our Director of Regional Coordination: Hello all: Erica Johnson and I attended a meeting of the regional coordinators and conveners today in Boston at which ICHH […]
Notes from Hampden County ICHH-funded Family Providers
The Family Services Committee decided to have meetings of ICHH-funded providers by county. The Hampden Couty providers (NAP, NEFWC and VOC) met Wednesday. Here are summary conclusions from the meeting: The […]
NPR on Home & Healthy for Good
NPR’s Neal Conan reports on Housing First: Home and Healthy for Good Fixes Homelessness. The summary, from NPR’s website: August 3, 2009 Dr. Jessie Gaeta co-founded the Home & Healthy […]
Meeting Notes: Aug. 4 meeting of Western MA ICHH-Funded Family Providers Meeting with DHCD and DTA
The core of the Family Workgroup met today at the DTA/DHCD office in Holyoke. Participants included staff from the ICHH-funded entities, DHCD and DTA. Now that our ICHH-funded entities have been […]
