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  2. Saint Francis House (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Rosie's Place - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Horizons for Homeless Children - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Mass. and Cass - Wikipedia

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    The tents were removed in the fall of 2023. As of September 2024, the tents were mostly gone but it was still a gathering place for the homeless and drug users. [6] It is located in the area of Newmarket, an industrial part of Boston that includes some of Dorchester, South Boston, Roxbury, Boston, and the South End. [7] [8]

  6. List of homeless relocation programs in the United States

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    For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...

  7. Boston announces new plan to rid city of homeless ... - AOL

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    The plan also calls for a new short-term shelter for up to 30 people in the area known as Mass and Cass. The encampment at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard has be

  8. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, an outbreak of fatal bacterial meningitis occurred amongst the City of Boston's homeless population, especially in shelters. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated the outbreak and found close contact over a series of hours to be a risk factor. Close contact is difficult to avoid in congregate settings, such as ...

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