Carmelina Romano in the news!
Carmelina Romano, the Network’s guest speaker at our April 26th gathering, was featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on June 29. The story describes her extraordinary journey: None of what […]
Community Engagement Committee Minutes – 6/28/10
Community Engagement Committee Meeting Minutes: June 28, 2010 In Attendance: Father Stan Aksamit, Andrew Baker, Jane Banks, Sylvia Dehaas-Phillips, Dave Gadaire, Andrew Morehouse, Pamela Schwartz Leadership Council Recruitment status: Confirmed […]
Action Needed NOW on McKinney Funding
Jeff Naylor of Homes for Families passed on this action alert. OUR calls/emails can make a big difference since OUR Western Mass. Representative John Olver chairs the Congressional Committee that […]
Conference Budget Passed
Thanks to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for this budget update: The Legislature has approved the Joint Conference Committee’s Version of the FY’11 State Budget. Now it is on […]
Report on “Boomerang Homeless Families”
Thanks to Tom Salter of New England Farmworkers Council for locating this report and passing it on to the rest of us. An important discussion topic for us all. An […]
Triage meeting minutes – 6/24/10
Triage meeting re: Hampden County local control over shelter placement – 6/24/10 Attendance: Jane Banks, CHD, Karen Cavanaugh, Womanshelter, Martha Ceplikas, DHCD, Steve Huntley, VOC, Eneida, Madho, DCF, Ita Mullarkey, […]
Federal Plan to End Homelessness released
The United States Interagency Council to End Homelessness has released the first-ever federal plan to end and prevent homelessness. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness […]
2008 AHAR released by HUD
HUD has released the 2008 Annual Homeless assessment Report (AHAR), the fourth in a series of reports on homelessness in the United States. The report provides counts of homelessness nationwide—including counts of individuals, […]
