Editorial: A Way to End Homelessness
By The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 6, 2009 Staff Writer Christopher George, a 43-year-old homeless man well-known around Amherst, died Feb. 15 at an apartment where he was staying with several […]
Family Workgroup Meeting Scheduled for March 17
Yasmin Otero has scheduled the next meeting of the family workgroup. It will take place Tuesday, March 17, 10 am to noon, at the DTA Liberty Street office, 95 Liberty […]
What’s Our Name? Please Weigh In
We’ve said on numerous occasions that we have a clunky name, and we should come up with something better. I’m terrible at naming things, so I hope our network will […]
Characteristics of Homeless Youth
Another important study was released yesterday: Youth in Crisis, an overview of the characteristic of homeless youth accessing the crisis shelter of New York’s Covenant House. The study was covered […]
Massachusetts Ranks 8th in Nation in Addressing Child Homelessness
The National Center on Family Homelessness has released a new report on child homelessness in the United States. Today’s report card updates a study NCFH released in 1999, and indicates that the problem […]
Article 87 Passes House and Senate
Yesterday, Article 87, proposed by the Patrick Murray administration as part of a broad overhaul of the state’s response to homelesness, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and Senate. The approval […]
Profile of son of USICH’s John O’Brien
Many of us know John O’Brien, the New England regional cordinator for the USICH. John’s son runs an emergency shelter in Maine, and the Portland Herald recently profiled him: Shelter director […]
A profile of family homelessness
The Local Buzz’ next installment on family homelessness: Help Yourself.
