As MHSA member agencies gather at our upcoming retreat to discuss trends, challenges, and solutions to lay the groundwork for MHSA’s advocacy in the upcoming year, we are grateful to Lead Sponsor Eliot Community Human Services for helping to make this event possible. We are proud to partner with Eliot and thank them for their…
This Sunday, April 17th, MHSA will be highlighted as the “nonprofit of the night” at the 4:05pm WooSox game at Polar Park. We will be featured in the 3:30pm pre-game ceremony and interviewed on the radio show at the top of the third inning. Look for MHSA at Polar Park’s main concourse during the game!…
MHSA has launched its first ever Member Advisory Board to advise MHSA on policy issues and to help shape its advocacy. The board consists of staff at MHSA member agencies who will share insight about emerging trends and practices in addressing homelessness. The Member Advisory Board will elect a Chair, who will serve on the MHSA Board of Directors. The Application Review Committee included Robin Callahan, MHSA Board…
In June, the MHSA board of directors voted to formally adopt a RACIAL and ETHNIC EQUITY COMMITMENT as an organizational priority of MHSA’s mission to end homelessness in Massachusetts. The RACIAL and ETHNIC EQUITY COMMITMENT was drafted through input from staff and board members and focuses on how racial and ethnic equity will be incorporated…
State House News Service interviewed MHSA’s Executive Director, Joe Finn, and Senior Director of Public Policy and Programs, Joyce Tavon, for its article “Advocates for Homeless on Alert as Emergency Winds Down.” Read the article here.
Dear Friends of MHSA: With great sadness, we at MHSA acknowledge the death of a great leader and advocate to end homelessness, the Rev. Canon Brian Scott Kelley. On April 6, Canon Kelley died after a long illness. But when one thinks of Brian, one does not think of death, but instead thinks of life. He manifested…
Released: January 21, 2021 Press Contact: Caitlin Golden cgolden@mhsa.net 617-367-6447 x28 Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine and Homeless Shelters Joe Finn, President & Executive Director Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA) This week, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts began providing COVID-19 vaccinations to people staying in congregate homeless shelters and the frontline staff who serve them. This…
MHSA President & Executive Director Joe Finn reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on people experiencing homelessness and people of color in a letter to the editor in The Boston Globe…
I have heard the various words the past two weeks used to describe the brutal homicide of George Floyd: traumatic, horrific, sickening, all apt descriptions for anyone who sat for the full ten minutes and watched the taped record of what took place that fateful day…
To the MHSA Community: We are thinking of you at this time of uncertainty, as we all adapt – in ways large and small – to meet the challenge of COVID-19. The precautions taken by Governor Baker and recommended by the CDC are critically important, as we cannot yet comprehend the full impact of this…