Leadership Council Meeting, March 25
The next Leadership Council meeting will take place March 25, 2009, 10 am to noon, followed by lunch. The meeting will be held in the Scanlon Living Room, Scanlon Hall, […]
Report on Family Shelter Diversion Pilot
One Family, Inc., in partnership with several other organizations, created a two-month pilot program to divert families from shelter. Read the final report on the pilot.
Regional Coordinator Job Description: Seeking Input
The Western Massachusetts Interagency Council on homelessness met on Friday February 20th as scheduled at 10am. The group discussed the current draft Regional Coordinator job description as an agenda item. […]
Visit from the Lt. Governor, Bob Pulster
Lt. Governor Tim Murray and Massachusetts Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness Director Bob Pulster were in Northampton today for a kick off of the regional initiative to end homelessness. The […]
Report on Federal Homelessness Programs & Legislation
The Congressional Research Service today released the report Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation. The report includes information about homelessness funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed […]
WMIC Meeting
Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, 10 am to noon at Massachusetts Behavioral Partnership, 489 Whitney Ave., 3rd floor, Holyoke.
Getting close to final budget! Please comment.
The Family Group met today (Yasmin will post meeting notes later), which provided the Core Group with more detail and guidance for the budget. The Core Group met late this […]
New Approaches to Reducing Family Homelessness: Implementation Strategies
Homes for Families will host a conference on Implementation Strategies on March 12, 2009, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester. We’ll post more information […]

