Recommended: Author Jennifer Egan on Homelessness and Supportive Housing

The New Yorker Magazine just published an amazing piece of reporting by Pulitizer-Prize winning author Jennifer Egan, “A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own”. Egan follows the […]

Published in Resources on September 20, 2023.

Funding Opportunity: Hampden County CoC seeks Provider to Operate Transitional Housing Program

The Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care (CoC) seeks a nonprofit organization to operate an existing scattered-site transitional housing program for 18 homeless households. A CoC subrecipient that has operated a […]

Published in Resources on August 14, 2023.

Exciting News: More Permanent Supportive Housing Funds for Western MA!

Yesterday, the Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) Announced Funding to Help Create More than 360 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) across the Commonwealth, including 66 new units in […]

Published in Resources on April 4, 2023.

HUD Awards $10 million to Western MA

HUD announced its Continuum of Care (CoC) FY2022 awards this week, and it includes great news for our two CoCs: The Hampden County CoC was awarded $6,923,576, fully funding all […]

Published in Resources on March 31, 2023.

IMPORTANT Information and Tools on MassHealth Redetermination

Please see this important message from MassHealth regarding eligibility redetermination: Starting April 1, 2023, MassHealth will begin the eligibility redetermination process, renewing all 2.3M members over the following 12 months. […]

Published in Resources on March 28, 2023.

Supplemental Budget Passed; new EA Procurement is Out

Supplemental Budget PassedOn March 23, the MA Legislature passed a $388.6 million supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which included several time sensitive needs for an array of programs relied […]

Published in Resources on March 28, 2023.

Behavioral Health Help Line and more – get the word out!

We want to make sure everyone is aware of these new resources and the help in spreading the word about them: Massachusetts recently launched the new Behavioral Health Help Line […]

Published in Resources on March 23, 2023.

New Report: Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes Worsened

The National Low-Income Housing Coalition recently released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. This year’s report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage […]

Published in Advocacy, Resources on March 21, 2023.
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