New Medical Respite Beds Coming to Western MA
Good news for our region: the Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced funding for Medical Respite Beds, specifically designed for people experiencing homelessness who are in need of medical care. […]
Funding Opportunity: Transitional Housing for Young Adults Exiting Corrections – Deadline 12/1
Please see this announcement below from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC). HLC is seeking applicants to operate sponsor-based transitional housing for young adults exiting corrections. This […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
