Here’s what a coordinated system looks like

Like the Hampden County CoC, Arlington, VA is a Zero 2016 Community.  But Arlington is ahead of us, because they participated in the 100,000 Homes campaign. The Washington Post describes […]


Zero 2016: Adding Registry Week to the Point-in-Time Count

A key recommendation from the Zero 2016 campaign is that CoCs conduct a registry week, and they recommend combining it with the Point-in-time (PIT) Count.  While registry is a component of the Zero […]


Study to be Presented on Amherst Seasonal Homeless Shelter: 12/9, 7 pm

Present, Past, and Future of the Amherst Seasonal Homeless Shelter: A Preliminary Report of the Amherst Housing and Sheltering Committee Tuesday, December 9, 7 PM Town Room in Town Hall […]

Published in Best Practices on November 24, 2014.

Presentation: Harm Reduction and Housing First

At the Networks’ October 16 Housing First training, we were fortunate to have Dr. Wayne Centrone, from the Center for Social Innovation and the t3 Institute, give a presentation on […]

Published in Best Practices, Network on October 23, 2014.

Successful Housing First training

Thank you to all organizers, presenters and attendees at our Housing First training on October 16.  We heard great stuff about our local successes, advice for improving our work, and inspiration […]

Published in Best Practices, Network, News on October 18, 2014.

USICH on the FY2014 COC Competition

The USICH has released its own guidance on the FY201 CoC NOFA competition on its blog. (Which is a great resource–if you have not already, consider subscribing!) The summary is […]

Published in Best Practices, Continuum of Care on September 19, 2014.

One in Four Convening: Best/Next Practices for Serving Unaccompanied Homeless Women

One in Four Convening UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS WOMEN A BEST/NEXT PRACTICES CONVENING ON RESEARCH, POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESOURCES Inaugural Convening of Programs that Serve Unaccompanied Women Thursday, October 23, 2014 – […]

Published in Best Practices on September 17, 2014.

Zero: 2016 – What does zero look like?

The Hampden County CoC will be deciding on September 19 if we will be part of the Zero: 2016 campaign. The Zero: 2016 campaign is the national initiative to meet […]

Published in Best Practices, Hampden County CoC, News on September 9, 2014.

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