Senate Ways and Means Budget Recommendations for Housing, Shelter, Prevention Programs

On May 19, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (“SWM”) released its Fiscal Year 2011 budget recommendations.   Thank you to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for the budget […]

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Published in News on May 20, 2010.

Help Review Mass. Regulations and Policies Related to Domestic Violence and Homelessness

Greetings, Northnode is working with DCF on a project whose goal is to bring about greater integration of services related to domestic violence and homelessness.   One very exciting part […]

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Published in News on May 20, 2010.

Mass Senate budget proposal for homeless families follows another incident involving a family sheltered in a motel

Today’s Republican reports: Massachusetts Senate leaders on Wednesday unveiled a budget proposal that included $3.5 million in funding that would shelter homeless families in efficiency apartments instead of motel rooms. […]

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Published in News on May 20, 2010.

Job Posting: Community Organizer/Outreach Coordinator

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER/OUTREACH COORDINATOR POSITION AVAILABLE The law firm of Heisler, Feldman, McCormick and Garrow, P.C. is seeking a well qualified individual to work on two main organizing/outreach campaigns in Springfield, […]

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Published in News on May 19, 2010.

Domestic and Sexual Violence Workshop on Working with Faith Community

An invitation  from Amy Waldman of the MA Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Project: Greetings: The Massachusetts Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Project is hosting a day-long workshop for domestic […]

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Published in News on May 18, 2010.

Strategies for Working with Landlords and Finding Housing for Clients

The National Alliance to End Homelessness has posted an interactive, web-based training that provides participants with an overview of how to find landlords and track and document the success of  landlord […]

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Published in Best Practices, News, Training on May 18, 2010.

Family Services Committee Minutes – 5/11/10

Family Services Committee Minutes – 5/11/10 Attendance:  Jane Banks, CHD, Tammie Butler, Community Action, Marcia Crutchfield, HAP, Nick Fleisher, CBHI,  Joanne Glier, Franklin County Regional Housing and Redev. Authority, Brad […]

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Published in Family Services Committee, Network, News, Uncategorized on May 13, 2010.

Data and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes – March, 2010

Data and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes – March, 2010 In Attendance: Lori Ingraham, Charlie Knight, Judge Robert Fields, Michael Doherty, Pamela Schwartz, Andrea Miller, Suzanne Smith. Performance Measurement – Committee […]

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Published in Individual Services Committee, Network, Uncategorized on May 12, 2010.

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