New York Times reports on Homeless Youth, part 1
With More Troubled Families, More Runaways By IAN URBINA Published: October 26, 2009 As more families face economic hardships, experts have seen an increasing number of children leave home for […]
Community Engagement Committee Meeting Minutes: 10/20/09
Minutes for 10/20/09 meeting In Attendance: Father Stan Aksamit, Jane Banks, Andrew Baker, Martin Chaisson, Steve Como, Sylvia de Haas-Phillips, John Klenakis, Gerry McCafferty, Andrew Morehouse, Pamela Schwartz, Lynne Wallace […]
WMIC Meeting Minutes – 10/16/09
On Friday, October 16, the Western Mass. Interagency Council (WMIC) met. Attendees included: Elizabeth Sullivan, Chair, Western MA DMH Area Director, Frances Bernier, CareerPoint, Ben Cluff, DPH BSAS, Clare Deucher, […]
Friends of the Homeless: Groundbreaking Date
SAVE THE DATE! Please join Friends of the Homeless to celebrate the groundbreaking for our new homeless resource center and Worthington Street shelter and housing renovation project. Friday, November 6, […]
Quarterly Report to ICHH
Today, the Network submitted its second quarterly report to ICHH, summarizing its progress from July through September, 2009. Links to the submitted documents are provided below. In summary, over these […]
Advocacy opportunity to protect state housing funding
A message from Jeff Naylor of Homes for Families: The creation of next years state budget (FY2011), which is now beginning, will be a difficult process, especially for affordable housing […]
Exciting report from another network: shelter diversion works
One Family reports early results from ICHH funding: With its 3-month-old family diversion program now well underway, the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance (CMHA) has fundamentally changed the way at-risk families […]
Family Services Guidelines; Meeting Minutes 10/13/09
We had 16 people in the room yesterday, including state agency representatives and providers, many of whom were not ICHH funded, but all of whom serve at-risk or homeless families. […]
