Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Committee Meeting Minutes – 8/19/15
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Committee Meeting August 19, 2015 In attendance: Lisa Goldsmith, Dial/SELF, Rani Gould, YWCA, Sarah Kline, Adams Schools, Kim Majewski, Gandara Center, Diana McLean, Westfield, Lizzy Ortiz, City of […]
Family Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 8/18/15
Family Services Meeting Minutes – 8/18/15 In attendance: Jane Banks, CHD, Yoshi Bird, CHD, Bonnie Caldwell, DHCD, Sarah Cloutier, YWCA, Hillary Cronin, VA, Anthia Elliott, Safe Passage, Rose Evans, DHCD, […]
Increasing Housing Placements of Homeless Veterans
In a recent SNAPS in Focus post, HUD’s Ann Oliva has communicated strategies about using VASH to house homeless veterans–and includes a shout-out to Massachusetts’ Tenancy Preservation Program, The entire […]
Housing Sex Offender Work Group Update
Earlier this month, the legislature held hearings on bills that would prohibit Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from living in public and subsidized housing or emergency shelter or motels. […]
Zero 2016 Progress Report for Springfield/Hampden County: June 2015
As part of the Zero 2016 campaign, we are tracking our monthly progress toward housing homeless veterans and chronically homeless individuals. The progress is tracked against goals that we set […]
Webinar Invite: Landlord Recruitment/Engagement – Best Practices
As part of Zero 2016, Community Solutions is offering a webinar series on best practices for recruiting and engaging landlords. With our widespread use of rapid rehousing and tenant-based permanenent […]
Veteran Outreach in Springfield – monthly drop-ins, last Wed. of the month
Data in Springfield/Hampden County shows that a number of our long-term homeless veterans access shelter only sporadically and are not seeking out services. A peer-to-peer outreach worker is looking to find these veterans […]
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Meeting Minutes – 7/16/15
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Committee Meeting Minutes July 16, 2015 In attendance: Lynnette Camacho, Springfield Public Schools, Lisa Goldsmith, Dial/SELF, Rani Gould, YWCA, Charlie Knight, former consumer, Jay Levy, Eliot CHS […]

