Pictured below: Joe Timilty listens patiently to Joe Finn. It was 2003. I had just assumed the leadership of the Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA), an advocacy organization and funder of homeless programs. I was only on the job for two weeks when I received an eviction notice from a large non-profit housing provider, from whom we…
Social Innovations Journal (SIJ) chronicles social innovations and enterprises addressing the nation’s most challenging issues surrounding social policy, leadership, human capital, and systems. In its inaugural Boston Edition, SIJ has published an article that provides an evaluation of the Commonwealth’s and MHSA’s first homeless social innovation Pay for Success (PFS) initiative. Co-authored by Singumbe Muyeba, PhD, Joe Finn and Tom Brigham of MHSA,…
Even when the dark comes crashing throughWhen you need a friend to carry youAnd when you’re broken on the groundYou will be found… This past summer I saw Dear Evan Hansen, a beautiful, tragic, yet ultimately redemptive musical about the ripple effects of a young man's death. The show's music is gorgeous, particularly a…
The Boston Globe has published “Securing an ID should not pose yet another barrier,” a letter by Joe Finn, MHSA President & Executive Director, on barriers faced by those unable to obtain IDs. It is important that all of us, regardless of financial circumstances, have the ability to access housing, services, and the public spaces where…
Today, Spare Change News has published “Triage Tool Uses Health Care Info to House Homeless With Better Support Systems,” an article by Kiera Murray that highlights how MHSA is targeting and housing chronically homeless individuals who are high utilizers of emergency services. “[MHSA’s] triage and assessment tool is essential to provide an objective ranking to…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2017 For more information, contact: Meg Hoffman, 617-367-6447 x18 mhoffman@mhsa.net MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALLIANCE ANNUAL MEETING HONORS UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION,…
Telegram & Gazette has recently published an article that discusses a meeting about chronic homelessness with Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr.; Dennis Culhane, a professor of social policy at the University of Pennsylvania; and Joe Finn, MHSA President & Executive Director. MHSA commends City Manager Augustus for his efforts to reduce chronic homelessness through Home…
Advisory December 11, 2017 For more information, contact: Meg Hoffman, 617-367-6447 x18 mhoffman@mhsa.net MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALLIANCE ANNUAL MEETING TO HONOR UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION, COMMISSIONER JOAN MIKULA, AND JAYMS BATTAGLIA BOSTON – The Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA) will honor United Health Foundation, Commissioner Joan Mikula of the Department of Mental Health, and Jayms…
MHSA is excited to participate in Ending Homelessness: What Successful Communities Do Differently, the second Community Meeting of A Faith that Does Justice (AFTDJ), which welcomes Rosanne Haggerty and Fr. J. Bryan Hehir. Both MacArthur Foundation Fellows, Ms. Haggerty and Fr. Hehir have decades of experience in the public sector, combining their passions for addressing social issues…