The Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care (CoC) seeks a nonprofit organization to operate an existing scattered-site transitional housing program for 18 homeless households. Read more here: https://www.westernmasshousingfirst.org/resources/2023/funding-opportunity-hampden-county-coc-seeks-provider-to-operate-transitional-housing-program/
The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Program Contract Manager. The Program Contract Manager will manage programs across Massachusetts funded by various contracts to ensure programs are providing permanent supportive housing that operates under Housing First principles. They will have experience in direct service work, preferably with…
MASSterList’s Erin Tiernan spoke last week with Joyce Tavon, MHSA CEO, about Governor Maura Healey’s veto of $2.5 million that the Legislature had appropriated in the FY24 Budget for the Home & Healthy for Good line item (7004-0104). Read more at MASSterList.
Today Governor Healey vetoed $2.5 million that the Legislature had appropriated in the FY24 Budget for the Home & Healthy for Good line item (7004-0104). The impact: Cuts significant funding for new permanent supportive housing opportunities for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) provides critical flexible, “gap-filler” funding that…
MHSA recently released the July 2023 Home & Healthy for Good Progress Report. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) provides low-threshold permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness who have complex medical and behavioral health challenges. HHG funds are flexible, which means they can be used for housing operations, supportive services, and…
