Community Engagement Meeting Minutes – 11/3/14
Community Engagement Meeting Minutes November 3, 2014 In attendance: Jane Banks, CHD, Sylvia deHaas-Phillips, United Way of Pioneer Valley, Gerry McCafferty, City of Springfield, Andrew Morehouse, Food Bank of Western […]
Hampden CoC selected to be part of Zero 2016 campaign
Community Solutions has announced the CoCs selected to be part of the Zero 2016 campaign, and the Hampden County CoC is in! See the press announcement below: Community Solutions Announces […]
Western Mass missing person, formerly homeless: have you seen him?
Massachusetts State Police continue to search for a missing and endangered man who disappeared this summer. MILTON ELDREDGE, 59, left his residence on Herrick Road in Blandford on June 20 […]
Leadership Council Meeting Minutes – 10/23/14
Leadership Council Meeting Minutes October 23, 2014 In attendance: Father Stan Aksamit, Our Lady of Peace Parish, Paul Bailey, Springfield Partners for Community Action, Jane Banks, Center for Human Development, […]
Hampden County CoC Report on System Change
Opening Doors, the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, provides a national framework for improving our response to homelessness. The plan emphasizes both prevention and rapid exit from […]
HUD Report on the 2014 AHAR: Homelessness in U.S. Continues to Decline
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro today announced HUD’s latest estimate of homelessness in the U.S., noting a continued general decline and specifically among veterans and persons […]
The Fix: A Film & Panel Discussion about Addiction and Social Justice
This FREE community event is sponsored by Human Service Forum, Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, and Mercy Medical Center. Register Here
USICH’s Richard Cho about Housing First
Four Clarifications on Housing First, by Richard Cho, USICH Senior Policy Director I must make a confession. When I first came to Washington to work for USICH, I was a […]
