WCFR Report: Number of Homeless Families on the Rise
AMHERST, MA (2009-03-11) A new report from the National Center on Family Homelessness says one child in 50 in the US is homeless. The NCFH’s Ellen Bassuk told WFCR’s Bob […]
Editorial: A Way to End Homelessness
By The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 6, 2009 Staff Writer Christopher George, a 43-year-old homeless man well-known around Amherst, died Feb. 15 at an apartment where he was staying with several […]
Local News Coverage of DTA Shift Away from Congregate Shelters
The Republican had a story yesterday about homeless families placed in apartments, and the Local Buzz wrote on Monday about what happens when a shelter closes.
Local Press Coverage of Stimulus Funds for Homelessness Prevention
The Republican has a report today about the homelessness prevention funds in the stimulus bill enacted last week. Massachusetts will receive $44.6 million over the next two years. An earlier post here […]
Visit from the Lt. Governor, Bob Pulster
Lt. Governor Tim Murray and Massachusetts Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness Director Bob Pulster were in Northampton today for a kick off of the regional initiative to end homelessness. The […]
Springfield’s Monday Night Volunteer Street Outreach
Photos by Bob Stern / The Republican A group of volunteers pray for and with a man known to them only as Willie, center, in downtown Springfield. The volunteers are […]
