Steering Committee Meeting Minutes – 5/6/10
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes – 5/6/10 Attendance: Father Stan Aksamit, Our Lady of Peace Parish, Jane Banks, CHD, Dave Christopolis, BCAC, David Gadaire, Career Point, Peter Gagliardi, HAP, Stephen Huntley, […]
Individual Services Committee Meeting Minutes – 5/3/10
Minutes of 5/3/10 Individual Services Committee Meeting Attendees: Elaine Arsenault, CHD, Karon Belunas, ServiceNet, Yolanda Godard, Friends of the Homeless, Dave Havens, MHA, Jay Levy, Elliott-CHS Homeless Services, Bill Miller, […]
Dennis Culhane on reducing family homelessness in Massachusetts
At Monday’s event we heard from Dennis Culhane, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a recognized national expert on homelessness prevention strategies. Photo: Jim Langone Dr. Culhane was […]
Network video: Housing ends homelessness
Our Network unveiled a video regarding our work at Monday’s ‘Progress Report” event. The video highlights the impact of the network and of Housing First, and shows stories of some of the […]
Ending Homelessness in Western Mass: A Progress Report
This morning our Network celebrated our success to date at Holyoke Community College. We had an over-capacity crowd of 200 people, including Mayors, legislators, state and local officials, business leaders, funders, […]
News report provides status update on family homelessness in Massachusetts
Today’s Republican reports that the number of homeless families in motels is decreasing. Click here for the story. From the article: State statistics show the number of homeless families living in […]
Buoniconti/Welch 10-Point Plan to Address the Practice of Placing Homeless Families in Hotels
Representative Welch and Senator Buoniconti’s aide Candace Lopes met this morning with the McKinney-Vento Services Coordination Committee in Springfield. Rep. Welch clarified that legislation introduced by him and Sen. Buoniconti […]
Franklin County Shelter Summit Report
Thanks to Joanne Glier of the Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority for this report on the Franklin County Shelter Summit: On December 2, 2009 more than 50 people […]
