The Coalition for Homeless Individuals – a statewide collection of emergency day and night shelters, along with medical care providers, employment services, and their supporters – presented findings from a survey to lawmakers on Thursday, showing that a large gap exists between the services that homeless providers deliver and the funding allotted through the HomelessContinue reading The Enterprise: Brockton homeless shelter reacts to state survey on financing gap
Non Profit Quarterly: A Tipping Point: Shelters Face the Full-Cost Question in Massachusetts as Budget Dips
Last week, the Coalition for Homeless Individuals presented lawmakers with findings from a survey, showing that the state Department of Housing and Community Development only pays 61 percent of the true costs of each of the 2,856 shelter bed for which it contracts. This means, of course, that 39 percent of the cost must beContinue reading Non Profit Quarterly: A Tipping Point: Shelters Face the Full-Cost Question in Massachusetts as Budget Dips
Boston Globe: Pine Street Inn Prepares for Bitter Weekend Cold
With bitter cold forecast for the weekend, Pine Street Inn announced plans Thursday to continue operating above its capacity and increase the availability of teams that canvass the city and bring homeless residents indoors. “We’ve had a relatively mild winter, but we’re coming up to the coldest part,” said Lyndia Downie, Pine Street’s executive director.Continue reading Boston Globe: Pine Street Inn Prepares for Bitter Weekend Cold
Chelsea Record: Homeless Count Finds Those Often Unseen Among Us
It was even earlier than the early shift as dozens of volunteers, City officials and state officials filed into the Chelsea Police Station on Thursday morning – some time just after 3:30 a.m. The goal was to complete the first-ever Chelsea Homelessness Count – an effort championed by Rev. Sandra Whitley of the People’s AMEContinue reading Chelsea Record: Homeless Count Finds Those Often Unseen Among Us
Boston Globe: Volunteers tally number of homeless on Boston’s streets
More than 400 volunteers fanned out across Boston on Wednesday night to tally the city’s homeless population and help people living on the street find shelters and services. The 36th annual homeless census kicked off at Government Center, with Mayor Martin J. Walsh telling the volunteer canvassers that “we’re going to continue to work everyContinue reading Boston Globe: Volunteers tally number of homeless on Boston’s streets
City Limits: Homelessness Crisis Isn’t Just in the Shelters. It’s in our Schools.
New York City has reached its highest levels of homelessness since the Great Depression. Homelessness is not only impacting families, it is also having a devastating effect on our children and their education. Click here to read more.
WBUR: With Homeless Shelters Already Full, Boston And State Collaborate On Winter Plan
It’s 9:30 p.m. The weather has been warmer than usual, but on this night Boston is expecting a freeze. All 390 beds in Pine Street Inn‘s towering shelter were full by 5. Staff have distributed 87 passes for the lobby, where up to 100 men can roll out blue padded 25-inch-wide mats. Click here toContinue reading WBUR: With Homeless Shelters Already Full, Boston And State Collaborate On Winter Plan
New York Times: How to Help the Homeless in New York and Other High-Cost Cities
Even as rates of homelessness decline nationally, the number of homeless continues to rise in many cities with high-cost housing markets, like New York City. While the cost of living in these cities has skyrocketed, wages remain stagnant for many low- and middle-income residents — so much so that half of New York City residentsContinue reading New York Times: How to Help the Homeless in New York and Other High-Cost Cities
Huffington Post: How Giving Homes To The Homeless Reduces Homelessness
By Arthur Delaney WASHINGTON — For roughly 20 years, Mark Thompson lived alone in the woods, drifting between Maryland and Washington, D.C. He scraped by through odd jobs painting or landscaping, and also stealing. He drank and did drugs, and cycled in and out of jail. “I hated the fact that I woke up every morning,”Continue reading Huffington Post: How Giving Homes To The Homeless Reduces Homelessness
Boston Globe: Massachusetts homeless shelter funding running out
By Matt Murphy Emergency shelters across Massachusetts will run out of money on Saturday, according to the Baker administration and legislative officials, who say they are taking steps to ensure that the family shelters for the homeless do not close their doors or cut back on services. The situation has come about because of anContinue reading Boston Globe: Massachusetts homeless shelter funding running out
The Coalition for Homeless Individuals 