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Career Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 4/3/20

Meeting via Zoom:In attendance: Bud Delphin, MassHire Holyoke, Pat Duffy, Office of Rep. Aaron Vega, Aimee Funk, Holyoke Community College, Jeff Hayden, Holyoke Community College, Lisa Lapierre, Community Action Pioneer […]

Published in Career services, Meeting Minutes on April 8, 2020.

This morning! Act to Pass Eviction Moratorium!

Within 24 hours over 200 organizations signed on to a letter urging the Legislature and Governor Baker to quickly pass a strong eviction and foreclosure moratorium. Western Massachusetts turned out big […]

Published in Advocacy on April 6, 2020.

NOW: SIGN ON TO EVICTION MORATORIUM LETTER

This just in from the Statewide Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium Work-Group (Mass Law Reform Institute, Legal Services and other community organizations): Please see this letter to the House and Senate […]

Published in Advocacy, Uncategorized on April 3, 2020.

Blink lights for Health Care Workers!

Thanks to the Public Health Institute of Western MA(PHIWM) for leading this effort: PHIWM and regional partners, including The Food Bank of Western MA, TapestryHealth, Human Service Forum, RainMaker, Behavioral Health Network, Center for Human Development, the […]

Published in Uncategorized on April 3, 2020.

Emergency Shelter Staffing Needs and Relief Funds/Volunteer Matches; Masks

While the Network is not usually a vehicle for job openings or fundraising, these are not usual times. In the face of this pandemic and the herculean effort to open […]

Published in Resources on April 3, 2020.

Resisting evictions; summary resources for immediate assistance; timely webinars and more

Please be aware of the following COVID-related resources: 1. Landlords should NOT be evicting tenants right now. Go to this resource to find out what tenants can do to resist eviction. Thanks […]

Published in Resources on April 1, 2020.

Wed., 4/1 Webinar: Understanding and Planning for Federal Funding

The National Alliance to End Homelessness offers this webinar on Wednesday, April 1 at 3 pm to provide an overview of federal stimulus funding to address the novel corona virus […]

Published in Resources on March 31, 2020.

New $5 million in RAFT funding to prevent homelessness during COVID-19

Thanks to the Mass. Coalition for the Homeless for this information: RAFT has received a new special $5 million fund to serve households facing a COVID-19-related housing crisis due to a […]