A Housing System Built for Zero Part Two: Assessment and the Role of By-Name Lists

The second part of a three part post from the Zero 2016 campaign: A Housing System Built for Zero Part Two: Assessment and the Role of By-Name Lists Last month, […]

Published in Hampden County CoC, Zero: 2016 on February 23, 2015.

Zero 2016: A Housing System Built for Zero

Community Solutions, the entity behind the Zero 2016 campaign, is posting a three-part series on coordinated intake and assessment. The information is so critical to what we do that I […]

Published in Hampden County CoC, Zero: 2016 on February 20, 2015.

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 […]


Hampden & 3 County CoCs reschedule point-in-time count to Jan. 29

Due to potential snow complications for the unsheltered/street count, the Hampden County and Three-County CoCs have both rescheduled the date for the 2015 point-in-time count to this Thursday, January 29. […]

Published in Continuum of Care, News on January 27, 2015.

Help us prepare for the 2015 Youth Count

We need your input as we prepare for the 2015 Homeless/At-Risk Youth Count, which will take place the last week of January 2015. We know that homeless youth often try […]


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 […]


Seeking your input: Massachusetts Youth Count 2015

Massachusetts is conducting its second annual count of youth who are homeless or unstably housed.  The CoCs are coordinating the count, which will take place January 28–February 3, 2015. It […]


Here we go…we are ready for Zero!

We had our initial orientation call this week for the Ready for Zero campaign.,,gearing up for a big launch in January. A key first task we will accomplish during January […]

Published in Hampden County CoC, Zero: 2016 on November 21, 2014.

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