Family Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 2/14/12
Family Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 2/14/12 In Attendance: Jane Banks, Center for Human Development, Shannon Barry, Springfield Public Schools, Alvina Brevard, DHCD, Tammie Butler, Community Action, John Busbin, Community […]
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Working Group Minutes – 2/10/12
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Working Group Meeting: 2/10/12 In attendance: Marge Barrett-Mills, Hampshire County Friends of the Homeless, Shannon Barry, Springfield Public Schools, Danielle DeBerry, ServiceNet, Jean George, CHD Safety Zone, […]
President Releases FY 2013 Budget
From US Interagency Council on Homelessness: President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 13) Budget Proposal includes a significant funding commitment to implement Opening Doors. This year’s Budget Proposal includes $4.7 […]
State Pressed to Cover Homeless Student Transportation Costs
AFTER AUDIT, STATE PRESSED TO COVER HOMELESS STUDENT TRANSPORT COSTS By Colleen Quinn STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 13, 2012…….Armed with new state audit findings, several lawmakers […]
Used Cell Phone Drive for Domestic Violence Shelters
Click here for information on the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office Used Cell Phone Drive happening through Feb. 28. This fundraising drive will benefit local victims of domestic violence and […]
Important Video Message from HUD Secretary Donovan
Important Video Message from HUD Secretary Donovan Secretary Donovan recently issued a video message directed to Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients and subrecipients, Continuums of Care (CoCs), and other organizations […]
Advocacy for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Please join this effort led by the Mass. Coalition for the Homeless: Please join us next Tuesday, February 14th for our “Have a Heart: Help End Unaccompanied Youth Homelessness” call-in […]
Housing Sex Offenders Update
On February 1, the Network’s Housing Sex Offenders Working Group hosted a gathering at College Church in Northampton of 40 people, including faith leaders, law enforcement agencies, hospitals and providers, […]
