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The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Worcester, now the YWCA of Central Massachusetts, was founded in 1885 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The nonprofit organization, like many other YWCA chapters, provides a wide variety of tailored services to women and children in its service area.
According to data from the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, the city saw a 70% increase in homeless individuals over just two years. Worcester unveils winter shelter at old RMV, with beds ...
Liberty Farm is a National Historic Landmark at 116 Mower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.Built c. 1810, it was the home for most of their married life of Abby Kelley Foster (1810–1887) and Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-1881), early vocal abolitionists and women's rights activists.
South Middlesex Opportunities Council, commonly referred to as SMOC, is one of the largest private, non-profit social services groups in Eastern Massachusetts. Operating in the Metrowest region of the state, the group provides homeless shelters, drug rehabilitation programs, family counseling handicapped transportation and numerous other social services.
The recent closure of shelter beds, including the former HARBOR program run by Living in Freedom Together, has exacerbated the issue in Worcester. Shelter crisis rises in Worcester as winter closes in
The Worcester contingent protesting Gov. Maura Healey's emergency shelter restrictions as inhumane are, from left, Nelly Medina, a community organizer, Anne Bureau of Seven Hills Foundation ...
At this time, there was around a thousand homeless women in Boston. The city had only two shelters, the Salvation Army and the Pine Street Inn, and both only allowed men. Tiernan toured soup kitchens and shelters in New York, Baltimore, and Chicago and found homeless women were underserved in each place. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The shelter model can successfully be that bridge if we treat it not as simply temporary housing but as a hub of comprehensive services and supports. Guest column: Shelters a bridge from streets ...