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.

WMNEH September and October 2023 Meeting Minutes

September Meetings Quarterly Career Services Committee – 9/13/23Western MA Task Force for Housing First – 9/14/23Family Services Committee – 9/19/23Quarterly Youth and Young Adult Services – 9/20/23Quarterly Veterans Services Committee […]

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 November 2, 2023.

Organizational Sign-on Letter: Recommendations to Move Beyond Family Shelter Crisis

Last week, you saw (and perhaps signed) a sign-on letter urging the State Legislature to uphold the right to family shelter. Now, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Massachusetts Law Reform […]

Published in Advocacy, Family Services Committee on October 31, 2023.

Statewide Family Homelessness Meeting 10/26; Advocacy Statement in Response to EA Changes

Healey Administration Meeting on Family Homelessness Emergency – Thurs., 10/26 Please join members of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s cross-secretariat Incident Command team for an update and discussion on changes regarding EA […]

Published in Family Services Committee on October 24, 2023.

Sign-on Letter to Urge Federal Action on MA Family Homelessness Crisis – Deadline 10/19

On October 17, Governor Healey announced a dramatic shift in family shelter, effectively eliminating the right to shelter for children when the shelter capacity reaches 7,500 families (we’re at 7,100 […]

Published in Advocacy, Family Services Committee on October 18, 2023.
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