The Growing Crisis of Unsheltered Homelessness

Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) continues to provide a forum for discussing the crisis of COVID-19, cold and lack of sufficient shelter. They offer these observations below: Winter is […]

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Published in Advocacy, Individual Services Committee, Training on October 30, 2020.

Human in Common, Interrupting Racism Training

Registration is now open for Human In Common “Interrupting Racism” Level I Training. This is a two-part interactive training on November 17th and 19th at 9am-12pm. This online training is sponsored by COSA with […]

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Published in Training on October 30, 2020.

Network Meeting Minutes – October, 2020

Western MA COVID-19 Task Force Meeting Minutes – 10/8/20Western MA COVID-19 Task Force Meeting Minutes – 10/20/20 Family Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 10/13/20 Youth and Young Adult Services Committee […]

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Hampden County Youth Program LAUNCHES Today!

Congratulations to the Hampden County Youth Action Board and the dozens of partners who gathered today on Zoom to kick off Hampden County’s program to prevent and end youth homelessness. […]

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Published in Resources, Youth and Young Adult Services Committee on October 27, 2020.

USICH Plan to End Homelessness: “Deeply Flawed and Ill-Informed”

Please see this important alert from the National Low-Income Housing Coalition: “The United State Interagency Counsel on Homelessness (USICH) released on October 19 a new strategic plan that is deeply flawed and […]

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Published in Advocacy on October 27, 2020.

New Report on Emergency Rental Assistance in Response to COVID-19: Not Enough

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLHIC) released today a Research Note, Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in Response to COVID-19, that provides a descriptive analysis of over 440 rental assistance programs created […]

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Published in Resources on October 27, 2020.

Western MA Mayors and Managers Unite to Keep Western MA Safe

12 mayors and town managers from across our four western counties joined together in a letter to the MA COVID-19 Command Center to urge immediate attention to our region’s urgent […]

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Published in Advocacy on October 23, 2020.

Franklin/Hampshire Virtual Job Fair – 10/26-10/28

MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center brings us: OCTOBER VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Starts 9am: Monday, October 26Ends 4pm:  Wednesday, October 28 For more information on how to join this virtual event […]

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Published in Career services, Resources on October 23, 2020.

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