Massachusetts Housing And Shelter Alliance Inc

Programs: Emergency shelter and transitional programs - provides, in partnership with community-based service organizations and landlords, 527 shelter and transitional housing beds each night. The program provides clients with safe living accommodations, meals, transportation, case management, income-related referrals and public benefits access, referral services, housing search and other services focused primarily on helping individuals access permanent housing. The program has some components that focus on specific subpopulations of homeless individuals, such as veterans, chronically homeless adults, and women and individuals with varying degrees of disabilities. The program includes a state-historic shelter contract, a federal emergency solution grant, and a safe haven grant that serves veterans.

permanent housing and related services - provides, in partnership with community-based service organizations and landlords, 499 units of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals across the state. These services are delivered in every region of the state and are the programmatic basis for the organization's cost-benefit analysis and increasingly recognized outcome-focused data studies. The program includes home & healthy for good - state, home & healthy for good - boston, journey to success, post detox/pre recovery, home front and permanent housing & stabilization.

rapid rehousing - assisted 255 individuals in gaining permanent housing through a rapid rehousing program which allows individuals to access start up, moving, utilities and short-medium term shallow rent subsidy funds when entering into housing. The program currently operates in the greater boston area of massachusetts. The organization has developed best practices from the implementation of this program to be used on rapid rehousing initiatives moving forward.

advocacy, planning and technical assistance - provides a forum in the commonwealth of massachusetts for the planning and coordination of policy, community and stakeholder education and communication of issues, and the piloting and implementation of housing and services for homeless individuals. Programs and advocacy are designed to end the commonwealth's reliance on emergency services for homeless individuals. The organization conducts site visits and program reviews to share best practices, provides technical assistance, and strives to create a network of resources and collaborative service providers. The organization targets resources, advocacy and planning to ensure the state reduces its reliance on emergency services and focuses its efforts on permanent housing as a solution to homelessness.