Family Services Committee Meeting: June 1st, 1 pm
Our next family services committee meeting is: Tuesday, June 1 1-3 pm Holyoke DTA Office, 3rd floor conference room 100 Front Street, Holyoke In addition to brief program updates, we […]
Structuring Prevention Efforts
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has published a new online training entitled “Structuring Your Prevention Efforts.” This online training is designed to introduce some of the basic concepts that […]
Western Mass press on release of Culhane’s paper on ending family homelessness in Massachusetts
The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation was in Springfield yesterday to spread the word about Dennis Culhane’s recent white paper: Ending Family Homelessness in Massachusetts. The event was held […]
Senate Ways and Means Budget Recommendations for Housing, Shelter, Prevention Programs
On May 19, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (“SWM”) released its Fiscal Year 2011 budget recommendations. Thank you to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for the budget […]
Help Review Mass. Regulations and Policies Related to Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Greetings, Northnode is working with DCF on a project whose goal is to bring about greater integration of services related to domestic violence and homelessness. One very exciting part […]
Mass Senate budget proposal for homeless families follows another incident involving a family sheltered in a motel
Today’s Republican reports: Massachusetts Senate leaders on Wednesday unveiled a budget proposal that included $3.5 million in funding that would shelter homeless families in efficiency apartments instead of motel rooms. […]
Job Posting: Community Organizer/Outreach Coordinator
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER/OUTREACH COORDINATOR POSITION AVAILABLE The law firm of Heisler, Feldman, McCormick and Garrow, P.C. is seeking a well qualified individual to work on two main organizing/outreach campaigns in Springfield, […]
Domestic and Sexual Violence Workshop on Working with Faith Community
An invitation from Amy Waldman of the MA Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Project: Greetings: The Massachusetts Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Project is hosting a day-long workshop for domestic […]
