More FY19 State Senate Budget Information
From Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance: The Massachusetts Senate passed a $41.49 billion FY19 Budget after adding $75.5 million through amendments. Among the amendments that were adopted were: An increase […]
Final FY19 Senate Budget
The Senate adopted its budget on Friday, May 25. It adopted many amendments that will positively impact the efforts to end homelessness. Next up is the Conference Committee, which will […]
Senate Budget debate begins today! Call!
Senate Budget debate begins today. Click here for CHAPA’s priority amendments. Call/email your senator and ask for his/her support (on the Senate side, senators can sign-on to amendments up until the […]
Senate Advocacy for Economic Mobility Amendments
A message from On Solid Ground/CHAPA: On May 10th, the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means (SWM) released its FY2019 state budget proposal. The $41.2 billion budget includes many increased […]
One-Minute Action Alert from the MA Coalition for the Homeless
From the MA Coalition for the Homeless: Please take a minute to sign and share our latest online action to your State Senator to help improve the Senate version of the budget. The […]
FY19 Senate Budget Update
A summary from the MA Coalition for the Homeless: Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means released its budget recommendations for fiscal year 2019. Our preliminary analysis and amendment details […]
The Network’s Career Services Committee Hosts Legislators
A Network Update: On Friday, May 4, at Holyoke Community College, the Career Services Committee of the Western MA Network to End Homelessness hosted legislators and aides – Senator Jim […]
House Budget Wrap-Up; Senate Budget Update
From Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless: Last Thursday, the Massachusetts House of Representativescompleted their debate on the FY’19 state budget. While theinitial budget coming out of the House Committee on Ways and […]