LEOMINSTER — A dream over seven years in the making came to fruition this past week. A ribbon cutting was held on June 12 for Journey Home, 15 units of affordable, supportive housing with the focus on keeping families together and housed. The brand-new two-story building on Marcello Avenue that features one-, two- and three-bedroom […]
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Healey reduces shelter capacity to 5,800 families, releases new background check rules
Gov. Maura Healey reduced the cap on the number of families allowed in the state-run shelter system by 1,700 and released regulations that require applicants to the program to consent to a local criminal background check or be barred from receiving benefits.
Security scrub of Massachusetts emergency shelters finds flaws
Safety policies for state-run shelters are inconsistent, security presence at sites vary “significantly,” and a lack of coordination between state officials, providers, and police hinders the ability to share information about residents’ backgrounds, a report released Friday said.
DCR officials report rise in unauthorized encampments along state-owned property
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation officials said they are seeing a rise in unhoused people and unauthorized encampments along state-owned property, a situation that has created public health, safety, and environmental risks.
‘It’s what Christmas is all about’: St. Francis House serves ‘whole lot of love’ to Boston’s surging homeless population
As St. Francis House continues to see an “unprecedented” number of people in need of its services, Boston’s largest day shelter remains committed to its mission, evidenced by its annual Christmas tradition on Wednesday.
Historic Boston building being renovated to help better address increasing homelessness
Renovating the historic building that it has operated out of for the past 40 years will help St. Francis House better meet the needs of Boston’s surging homeless population, according to shelter employees.
