Updated Resource Directory Available!
Please click here for the latest version of the Directory of Services for Homelessness Prevention, Diversion, Re-housing and Stabilization. Newest additions include: Legal services across the region Support services for individuals […]
Housing Court Collaboration Update
Thanks to all of you who attended yesterday’s meeting at the Housing Court (attendees listed below). And of course thanks to Judge Fields for facilitating a good discussion with good […]
Special Guest at Family Services Meeting 12/8
Our next Family Services Committee meeting will feature a visit from Marianne Pelletier, the welfare to work coordinator for Massachusetts Community Colleges. She will share with us the efforts to […]
Fundraiser: Groovin’ for Grove Street
ServiceNet is hosting a dinner/silent auction called Groovin’ for Grove Street on December 4th. Eastside Grill’s Chef Jake Perkins is preparing the meals, and there’s three delicious entrees to choose […]
Viewpoint: No family deserves to go homeless
On Thanksgiving Day, the Springfield Republican published a Viewpoint piece I wrote (with help from Pamela Schwartz) about our regional network and the Housing First approach to ending homelessness. This was […]
Los Angeles study shows fiscal wisdom of supportive housing
Thanks to Lynne Wallace, Leadership Council Vice Chair, for sharing the information below. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) today released a study by the Economic Roundtable that provides […]
Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades
On Sunday, November 29, The New York Times reported: MARTINSVILLE, Ohio — With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed […]
After 2 years of being homeless, Karleen Ramos of Springfield is grateful just to have a home for her family this Thanksgiving
The Springfield Republican reports on a family that has recently been housed with rapid rehousing assistance. Photo by Don Treeger / The Republican Karleen M. Ramos and her family sit in front […]
