October 25, 2024 Family Homelessness Listening Session

We have been hearing dire reports of families living in abandoned buildings, cars, parks and other places not fit for human habitation across the entire western region.  YOU ARE INVITED to […]

Published in Advocacy, Family Services Committee on October 23, 2024.

June -September 2024 Meeting Minutes

June 2024 Meeting MinutesYouth and Young Adult Services Committee Meeting – 6/5/24Family Services Committee Meeting – 6/11/24Veterans Services Committee Meeting – 6/17/24Individual Services Committee Meeting – 6/18/24 July 2024 Meeting […]

Published in Career services, Family Services Committee, Individual Services Committee, Meeting Minutes, Veterans Committee, Western MA COVID-19 Task Force for Housing First, Youth and Young Adult Services Committee on September 27, 2024.

Upcoming Job Fairs Across the Region – Check them out here!

As part of our work to prevent and end homelessness, the Network regularly convenes our region’s workforce development partners to promote job and training opportunities.  This is the inaugural bi-monthly […]

Published in Career services on September 26, 2024.

Governor Healey Adopts Drastic Limits on Family Shelter

HEALEY ADMINISTRATION RULE CHANGES EFFECTIVELY END MA RIGHT TO SHELTER FOR CHILDREN On Tuesday, July 23, Governor Healey announced a major overhaul to the family shelter system, imposing dramatic limits […]

Published in Advocacy, Family Services Committee on July 24, 2024.

April and May 2024 Committee Meeting Minutes

Family Services Committee Minutes – 4/9/24Individual Services Committee Minutes – 4/23/24 Western MA Task Force for Housing First Minutes – 4/29/24 Career Services Committee Minutes – 5/2/24Family Services Committee Minutes […]

Published in Meeting Minutes on June 5, 2024.

Elder Homelessness on the Rise Nationwide

Our Network partners are talking a lot about a marked increase in elder homelessness across the region.  The National Alliance to End Homelessness offers this recent analysis that puts our own […]

Published in Individual Services Committee on May 13, 2024.

State Report on Individual Homelessness: Permanent Supportive Housing is the cost-effective solution

It’s not every day that a state agency steps out front to showcase what is working and what isn’t and what can be done to make things work better.  That’s […]

Published in Individual Services Committee, Stats & Facts on April 26, 2024.

February and March 2024 Committee Meeting Minutes

February, 2024Quarterly Career Services Committee Meeting – 2/1/24 Family Services Committee Meeting – 2/13/24Western MA Task Force for Housing First – 2/27/24 March, 2024Quarterly Youth and Young Adult Committee Meeting […]

Published in Career services, Family Services Committee, Individual Services Committee, Meeting Minutes, Veterans Committee, Western MA COVID-19 Task Force for Housing First on April 2, 2024.
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