October 16 Housing First Training Agenda
Registration for the October 16 training event at Holyoke Community College has been open for a few weeks, and many have already registered. For those of you waiting for an […]
VI-SPDAT training and the Family VI-SPDAT
I have been asked to post the VI-SPDAT training video, as well as the Family VI-SPDAT. This entry includes both. VI-SPDAT TRAINING VIDEO VI-SPDAT (How to) from Iain De Jong […]
New Resource on the VI-SPDAT
Community Solutions Inc. and OrgCode have just released the 2014 manual for using the VI-SPDAT, which answers some of the questions raised by the Individual Services Committee yesterday and provides […]
Focus Group for Nonprofit Provider Face in Helping Homeless Families – Aug. 12, 1:30 pm
The Center for Social Policy, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), and other groups are working to highlight the barriers that nonprofit staff face in helping homeless families and those at […]
Minutes – Individual Services 8/7/2014
Present: Jeffrey Langlois (Providence Ministries), Lizzy Ortiz (City of Springfield), Patricia McDonnell (SMOC), Dave Modzelewski (Network), Jay Levy (Eliot CHS), Peg Keller (City of Northamoton), Dave Christopolis (Hilltown CDC), Charlie […]
Best practices for CoCs: Rapid Rehousing
HUD is providing a weekly series of messages in advance of the CoC Program funding competition. The messages highlight best practices and identify federal funding priorities. The second message is […]
Springfield is ending chronic homelessness
I’ve been thinking about the Zero:2016 campaign, and considering what it would take to get us to zero. I note that, for Springfield, that’s the goal we set in 2007 […]
We can do this! Zero: 2016
Announcement from Community Solutions: Zero: 2016 is a rigorous follow-on to the 100,000 Homes Campaign designed to help an elite group of communities do whatever it takes to end chronic […]
