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.

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.

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.

January 2024 WMNEH Meeting Minutes

Family Services Committee Meeting – 1/16/24Western MA Task Force for Housing First – 1/25/24Individual Services Committee Meeting – 1/30/24

Published in Family Services Committee, Individual Services Committee, Meeting Minutes, Western MA COVID-19 Task Force for Housing First on February 6, 2024.

Organizational Sign-On Letter on EA Regulations

With over 300 families currently on the waiting list to access family shelter, please consider weighing in with the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) on their new EA […]

Published in Advocacy, Family Services Committee on December 20, 2023.

November and December 2023 Meeting Minutes

November, 2023Family Services Committee Meeting – 11/14/23Western MA Task Force for Housing First – 11/16/23Individual Services Committee Meeting – 11/28/23 December, 2023Youth and Young Adult Services Committee – 12/6/23Family Services […]

Published in 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 December 20, 2023.

GOOD NEWS on Family Shelter and the State Supplemental Budget

Family Overflow Shelter Requirement Signed Into Law Thanks to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for this summary update (and for its leadership and support in our own advocacy to help […]

Published in Family Services Committee on December 8, 2023.
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