Opposing Shelter Rule Changes to Keep Families Safe
Yesterday at the State House, people gathered to protest Governor Healey’s new rule changes regarding family shelter. The protest was organized by the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Massachusetts Law […]
The Network Needs Your Support: Please Consider Your Annual Contribution
A Message From the Network Co-chairs Dear Network Partner: We are writing as Co-Chairs of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness to ask for your support of the Network. […]
Rules Include 6 Month Time Limit
On Friday, November 22, Governor Healey announced systemwide changes to the family Emergency Assistance shelter system. You can read about them in her press release here and the Boston Globe article here. The […]
Secretary Ed Augustus Meets with the Network
Our Network delivered in its truest form yesterday—legislators, mayors, city and town staff and our family and individual shelter providers—to meet with Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus to discuss the unprecedented rise […]
Lunchtime Learning Session: Infectious Diseases and the Homeless Population
Infectious Diseases and the Homeless PopulationWednesday, November 2012 noon–1 pmRegister here: https://forms.gle/G87jkPnZ6c15cGHPA As we enter into the season of increased respiratory illness, it’s important to think about how to keep guests […]
Webinar: Encampment Outreach and Engagement Techniques – Nov. 13, 2 pm
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is offering this webinar on encampment “engagement techniques to serve as a bridge to care for mental health, substance use and medical needs.” […]
More Progress: Access to Counsel Request for Proposals Is Here
Every step closer to reality for access to counsel in evictions is cause for celebration and we have a new one: The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation released its Request for Proposals […]
October 25, 2024 Family Homelessness Listening Session
We have been hearing dire reports of families living in abandoned buildings, cars, parks and other places not fit for human habitation across the entire western region. YOU ARE INVITED to […]
