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On April 14th 1974, at age 48, Tiernan founded Rosie's Place, America's first shelter for homeless women. The organization started in a former Rozen's Supermarket, which Tiernan leased from the Boston Redevelopment Authority for a dollar. She fixed the place up with $250 in donations she gathered from friends in the suburbs.
Saint Francis House is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, daytime shelter, primarily for the homeless, located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and founded in the early 1980s. It is the largest daytime shelter in New England and serves as an early model of such a center. It serves free breakfast and lunch in its dining room to over 600 guests each ...
Horizons for Homeless Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Massachusetts which provides early education and services for children and families experiencing homelessness. [ 1 ] Horizons for Homeless Children provides spaces for children experiencing homelessness to play and learn. [ 2 ]
The Dorothy Day shelter is a homeless shelter campus in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. [1] The project is centered around the site of the Dorothy Day Center built in downtown Saint Paul in 1981. [2] The shelter is named after American Catholic and social activist Dorothy Day. The Dorothy Day Center started as a drop-in center for meals ...
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On October 8, 2014, the city of Boston condemned the Long Island Viaduct, the neighborhood's only access point to Long Island. [9] This led to closure of all homeless shelters and treatment services previously located on the island, leading to the displacement of approximately 700 people.
Covenant House is a large, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization [1] in the Americas, whose goal is to provide safe housing and holistic care to youth ages 16–21 experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking.
Family Promise (formerly National Interfaith Hospitality Network) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, founded by Karen Olson in 1988. Family Promise [1] primarily serves families with children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the mission of "help[ing] homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based ...