Network Priorities and the Senate Ways and Means Budget

There is a lot of good news in the Senate Ways and Means Committee’s proposed budget that was released this week. Click here for a breakdown of the budget in […]

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Published in Advocacy on May 10, 2019.

Senate Ways and Means Budget Released Yesterday

Thanks to CHAPA for this preliminary update below regarding many of the Network priorities. Stay tuned for more detail tomorrow! The Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee’s proposed budget provided […]

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Published in Advocacy on May 8, 2019.

Accessing Child Care Vouchers/Head Start: Read On!

On Tuesday, April 30, the Network sponsored a training for over 60 famly shelter and other case managers at Holyoke Community College to learn about recent policy changes impacting (and […]

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Published in Family Services Committee, Training on May 3, 2019.

Opioid Training in the Berkshires – 5/17, Berkshire Community College

Strategies for Hope: Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities Friday May 17, 2019Berkshire Community CollegeRobert Boland TheatrePresented By Berkshire AHEC with educational grants from Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Health Systems, Lee […]

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Published in Training on May 3, 2019.

FY20 House Budget and Network Priorities

Last week, the MA House of Representatives finalized its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2020. The Network’s own FY20 priorities fared with mixed results. On the plus side, we saw […]

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Published in Advocacy on May 1, 2019.

CHAPA’s FY20 Budget Update

Note: The Network will provide an update on House Budget outcomes for its complete list of FY20 priorities within the next couple of days. For now, we are pleased to […]

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Published in Advocacy on April 29, 2019.

DHCD: Fair Housing Hearing – 4/23 in Springfield; 4/29 in Boston

Apologies for the late posting but an important FYI in case you can attend: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS:ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICETHE MA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT […]

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Published in Advocacy on April 22, 2019.

The Built for Zero Movement: 400 strong!

In late March, a team of 6 from the Springfield/Hampden Continuum of Care joined with 60 other communities across the country at a Built for Zero Learning Session. It was […]

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Published in Best Practices on April 22, 2019.

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