Individual Services Meeting: Monday, 4/5, 9:30 am
This is a reminder that our next Individual Services Committee meeting will take place on Monday, 4/5 at 9:30 am at the DMH Haskell Building, Northampton. The agenda includes: Tom […]
DHCD’s Consolidated Plan Available for Review
A message from DHCD: Dear Housing and Community Development Partners, The 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan Draft is now available. Every five years, DHCD is required to produce this plan for HUD […]
HUD policy report: Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
HUD’s new report, reported on last week, is available here. The study concludes that communities should explore strategies to: Avoid extensive use of high-cost homeless programs (i.e. transitional housing) for individuals […]
You’re Invited!
Your invitation to our Network’s first regional event on “Ending Homelessness in Western Massachusetts: A Progress Report” can be found here. As you know, it’s on Monday, April 26th, 9:30-11 […]
USA Today: Apartment rents cheaper than stays in homeless shelters
USA Today reports on a HUD Study released today showing the cost of providing shelter to be greater than the cost to provide housing. From the article: Cities, states and the […]
SJC rules on families’ rights in emergency shelter
Thanks to Leadership Council member and attorney Bob Fleischner for passing on news of this recent Supreme Judicial Court decision: SJC rules that emergency shelter residents have an expectation of […]
New York Times: A Shelter for Families in Need of a Push
Click here for the New York Times article of 3/21/10 on “A Shelter for Families in Need of a Push”. Denise Benson runs a no-nonsense, no-frills homeless shelter for the […]
Springfield Republican on Homeless Student Population
Click here for the Sunday Republican’s article on the homeless student population in the Springfield area. It includes: In Springfield, 1,186 homeless students were enrolled in September, nearly double the […]
