Capital City Rescue Mission

The Capital City Rescue Mission was started in 1949 to provide food, clothing, shelter and gospel services to the homeless in Albany, N.Y.  Although its start was similar to that of […]

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Published in Best Practices, News on March 17, 2009.

WMIC Meeting Friday 3/20, 10 am to noon

There will be a WMIC meeting this Friday, 10 am to noon, at the Holyoke office of MBHP, 489 Whitney Ave., 3rd floor.  The agenda: I. Welcome and Introductions II. […]

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Published in News on March 17, 2009.

Homeless families: news coverage of move from congregate shelters to apartments

The Republican spoke with families affected by the shift from congregate shelters to scattered site apartments: coverage here.

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Published in News on March 16, 2009.

News and Seeking Input: RFP for Consultant Regional Coordinator

Per Bob Pulster, the new target date for a contract between PVPC and DHCD is the first week of April. PVPC has indicate that it would like us to hire […]

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Published in ICHH, WMIC on March 13, 2009.

Family Workgroup Meeting Scheduled for March 17

 Yasmin Otero has scheduled the next meeting of the family workgroup.  It will take place Tuesday, March 17, 10 am to noon, at the DTA Liberty Street office, 95 Liberty […]

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Published in News on March 11, 2009.

What’s Our Name? Please Weigh In

We’ve said on numerous occasions that we have a clunky name, and we should come up with something better.  I’m terrible at naming things, so I hope our network will […]

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Published in News on March 11, 2009.

Characteristics of Homeless Youth

Another important study was released yesterday: Youth in Crisis, an overview of the characteristic of homeless youth accessing the crisis shelter of New York’s Covenant House.  The study was covered […]

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Published in News on March 11, 2009.

Massachusetts Ranks 8th in Nation in Addressing Child Homelessness

The National Center on Family Homelessness has released a new report on child homelessness in the United States.  Today’s report card updates a study NCFH released in 1999, and indicates  that the problem […]

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Published in Advocacy, Best Practices, News on March 10, 2009.

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