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The Playspace Program installs rooms in family homeless shelters across Massachusetts which provide safe environments for children experiencing homelessness to play. [10] Playspaces are staffed by volunteers. [11] Many Playspaces are located in hotels and motels which have been converted into emergency shelters for families experiencing ...
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.
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 ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled new restrictions Tuesday on the state's homeless family shelter programs. Beginning Aug. 1, families that are not prioritized for placement in emergency ...
In Massachusetts, nearly 30,000 people experienced homelessness in 2024 while 10% of the state's population lives in poverty, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
The number of homeless families seeking emergency shelter in Massachusetts is nearing a 7,500-family threshold, past which Democratic Gov. Maura Healey says the state can no longer accommodate ...
In April 2015, it became a 250-bed shelter. In June 2015, the shelter had 450 beds. [13] [14] [15] The Woods-Mullen shelter on Massachusetts Avenue was converted into a female-only shelter in 2015, increasing its beds for homeless women from 66 to 200. [14]
The complex can provide temporary shelter for up to 400 people, or about 100-125 families, as the state continues to grapple with an influx of homeless migrants. “We're here today because we ...