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St. Francis House - Daytime Shelter Day Shelter Boston, MA 02116 (617) 542-4211 St. Francis House is nonprofit and nonsectarian. Our mission and approach are simple: We believe in the worth of every human being, and we know from e... Details → Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality Network - Day Center Day Shelter Fitchburg, MA 01453 (978) 840-9500 MIHN is a coalition of congregations, providing temporary shelter and transitional housing to families in crisis. Our congregations are local to Fitch... Details → Interfaith Hospitality Network Of Greater Worcester - Day Center Day Shelter Worcester, MA 01608 (508) 798-6732 The Interfaith Hospitality Network is an organization that unites the religious community in an effort to serve and nurture homeless families regardle... Details → Rosie's Place - Overnight Shelter (for Women) Day Shelter Boston, MA 02118 (617) 442-9322 Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women, offers emergency and long-term assistance to women who have nowhere else to turn. Founded i... Details → Women's Lunch Place (for Women & Children) Day Shelter Boston, MA 02116 (617) 267-1722 The Women's Lunch Place (WLP) was the brainchild of Jane Alexander and Eileen Reilly, two visionaries with an interminable sense of resolve. They met... Details → Casa Myrna Vasquez - Transitional Living Program Tlp (for Women & Children) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 521-0100 Casa Myrna’s TLP provides longer-term housing for 6 women and up to 9 children. Most have already been through one (or more) emergency shelter place... Details → Casa Myrna Vasquez - Adolescent Transitional Living Program Atlp (for Young Women & Children) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 521-0100 TPP is a residential program for pregnant and parenting teen girls who have been victims of abuse. It can accommodate 8 women and up to 13 children. W... Details → New England Shelter For Homeless Veterans - Transitional Housing (for Veterans) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02108 (617) 371-1800 Details → Ywca Boston - Berkeley Residence Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02116 (617) 375-2524 : YWCA Boston is increasing social, racial, and gender equity by working to increase access to better health, make neighborhoods safer for everyone, a... Details → Ywca Boston - Transitional Housing Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02116 (617) 585-5600 Details → Victory Programs - Revision House (for Women & Children) Transitional Housing Dorchester, MA 02124 617825864211 ReVision Family Home in Dorchester is directly connected to ReVision Urban Farm and provides life-stabilization services, intensive housing placement... Details → Victory Programs - Joelyn's Family Home (for Women & Children) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 6174561201103 Joelyn’s Family Home:Located on Long Island in Boston’s Harbor, Joelyn’s Family Home serves homeless women who are addressing substance use diso... Details → Victory Programs - Portis Family House Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 617825864211 Portis Family Home:Located in Jamaica Plain, Portis Family Home is a residential shelter for homeless and very low-income women and their children. Th... Details → Victory Programs - Victory Transitional House (for Men) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 541-0222 Victory Transitional House, located in Dorchester, is a supportive residential program designed to accommodate six single men who are living with HIV/... Details → Victory Programs - Women's Hope Transitional Home (for Women) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 541-0222 Women’s Hope Transitional Home:Located in Dorchester, Women’s Hope Transitional Home provides transitional housing for up to seven women who are l... Details → Victory Programs - Yetman House (for Women) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 541-0222 Details → Emmaus - Bethel Transitional Apartments (for Women & Children) Transitional Housing Haverhill, MA 01831 (978) 241-3516 Bethel Transitional Apartments provide transitional housing and case management to formerly homeless women and their children. Families live in their... Details → Hopefound - Transition To Independent Living (for Men) Transitional Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 892-9100 For men who are currently sober and progressing in their recovery from addiction, the Men’s Transitional Housing Program (MTHP) offers support for a... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Adult Shelter Transitional Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-2546 Somerville’s first and only shelter for homeless adult men and women opened in 1986 in a church in West Somerville. Sixteen homeless people are able... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Family Shelter Transitional Housing Somerville, MA 02145 (617) 776-6661 Opened in 1987 in East Somerville, our shelter serves five families at a time. Case management, housing search, referrals to community resources, and... Details → New England Shelter For Homeless Veterans - Single Room Occupancy Units (for Veterans) Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02108 (617) 371-1800 There are 59 project-based single room occupancy (SRO) permanent units housed within the John Joseph Moakley Veterans Quarters located at the shelter.... Details → Pine Street Inn - Permanent Housing Programs Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 892-9100 Over the past 10 years, Pine Street has focused significant efforts toward creating more permanent, supportive and affordable housing options for home... Details → Rosie's Place - Permanent Housing (for Women) Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 442-9322 Since 1974 poor and homeless women have found an oasis of hope and nourishment at Rosie’s Place. The mission of Rosie’s Place is to help women mai... Details → Ywca Boston - Berkeley Residence Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02116 (617) 375-2524 Details → Victory Programs - The Bobbie White House Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 541-0222 Details → Victory Programs - Cedar House Permanent Affordable Housing Boston, MA 02118 (617) 541-0222 Details → Emmaus - Columbia Park Apartments Permanent Affordable Housing Haverhill, MA 01831 (978) 241-3437 Columbia Park Apartments consists of 32 affordable apartment units in a historic setting along a quiet, tree-lined boulevard in Haverhill. The apartme... Details → Emmaus - Emerson Street Apartments (for The Disabled) Permanent Affordable Housing Haverhill, MA 01831 (978) 241-3437 Emerson Street Apartments offers 12 units of permanent independent housing for homeless disabled individuals. Eligible men and women live separately... Details → Emmaus - Gilead House (for The Mentally Ill) Permanent Affordable Housing Haverhill, MA 01831 (978) 241-3551 Gilead House is a supportive transitional residence for mentally ill adults who are recovering from substance abuse. Residents have their own rooms an... Details → Emmaus - Jericho Safe Haven Permanent Affordable Housing Haverhill, MA 01831 (978) 241-3540 Jericho House provides six units of Safe Haven supportive housing program for chronically homeless men and women. The program targets individuals livi... Details → Hopefound - Shelter Plus Care Permanent Affordable Housing Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617) 983-0351 Men and women seeking emergency shelter may come to the Shattuck Shelter, located 170 Morton Street in Jamaica Plain.  Beds for new guests are assign... Details → Hopefound - Spillane Lodging House Permanent Affordable Housing Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617) 983-0351 Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Sewell St. Single-room Occupancy Permanent Affordable Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-6111 This is a program in which SHC collaborates with the Somerville Housing Authority, Somerville Community Corporation and Winn Management. SHC provides... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Shelter-plus-care Permanent Affordable Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-6111 In operation since 2001, this is a collaboration with the Somerville Housing Authority which makes it possible for homeless people with disabilities t... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Sobriety And Stability (for Ages 18 To 24) Permanent Affordable Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-6111 This collaboration with the Department of Public Health and HUD, is a model program that provides permanent housing and supportive services to homeles... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Better Homes I & Ii Permanent Affordable Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-6111 This is our most recently implemented permanent housing programs that currently consists of 27 leased apartments. Similar to the Shelter-Plus-Care mod... Details → Somerville Homeless Coalition - Home-for-good Permanent Affordable Housing Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 623-6111 This is a collaborative program with the Somerville Community Corporation and is designed to house homeless families within the community and offer th... Details →
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