New Shelter and Housing Support Possibilities for Northampton and Amherst
We had two big announcements this past week that will impact our region’s work to prevent and end homelessness: The City of Northampton announced its option to purchase the First […]
Media: NYC and Snapshot of Homelessness Policies Around the World
New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams just announced a new city policy to involuntarily remove people with mental illness from streets and subways. While policymakers and advocates respond, the New […]
In the news: Greenfield shelter/housing expansion
The Greenfield Recorder reported last week on Clinical & Support Options’ leading a “$23M expansion of housing, homeless services in Greenfield.” As the article reported: The nonprofit was recently tapped […]
Western MA Shelter and Housing in the News
Check out today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette article featuring the work at Craig’s Doors shelter in Amherst. Kudos to the great leadership and partnership across the community! And congratulations to the City […]
Easthampton and Craig’s Doors Partnership in the News
Hats off to the City of Easthampton and Craig’s Doors for creating a partnership that will help address winter emergency shelter needs for residents of Easthampton, and thanks to the […]
In the News: Western MA Hotel-Based Shelter Success Featured
The National Public Radio Affiliate in Boston – WBUR – did a story last week on hotel-based shelter during the pandemic titled “Hotel-based homeless shelters changed lives in pandemic. Some […]
We gathered 250 strong to end homelessness; catch up to it all here!
This post is one big shout-out to the amazing unity demonstrated at last Friday’s 6th Annual Gathering of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness. We showed up, over 250 […]
In the News: Western MA Legislators’ advocacy for a better shelter system
23 of our Western MA legislators – all 6 of our Senators and 17 Representatives – signed on to a joint letter to the MA Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) […]
