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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Updated Western Mass Resource Directory Now Available

The Western Mass Network to End Homelessness has recently released an updated network resource directory.

Please click here to find the Network’s updated resource directory.  The most significant addition is a more comprehensive listing of veterans’ services, both across the region and by county.  The most significant deletion is a function of the expenditure of all allocated ICHH (Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness) resources for family prevention/diversion services and the REACH program for individual services, as well as the end of many of the HPRP (federal Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program) funds.

Mass. Jobs and Workforce Summit

Second Annual
Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit
State and National Strategies on Job Creation and Skills Training

Tuesday, June 21st 2011
8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Publick House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

2011 Topics Include:
MA Employer Leadership, Youth Jobs and Opportunities, State and Federal Workforce Legislation, and Current Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Getting People Back to Work

Click here for more information and to register.

Ending Homelessness Through Housing First: June 16 Forum

ENDING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH HOUSING FIRST : What Congregations & Communities Can Do

A Community Forum at
First Presbyterian Church, Waltham
34 Alder Street, Waltham MA 02453

All Are Welcome!
Admission Free; $5 suggested donation
Thursday, June 16 2011
7:00PM – 8:30PM

Sponsored by
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM), Waltham Ministerial Association, The Metro Boston Interfaith Working Group on Housing and Homelessness, Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness, Chaplains on the Way, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), Community Day Center of Waltham, Family to Family Project, Homes for Families, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Massachusetts Council of Churches, WATCH Community Development Corporation, and others

Click here for more information.

Help MBN Spread Word on Johnny D’s Event!

Friend of the Metro Boston Regional Network (MBN),

EXCITING NEWS! The MBN is hosting a fun, mid-week night out. Read all about it and RSVP at: Johnny D’s End Homelessness Bash. This is an evening of music, dining, and mixing with all the local folks involved in solving homelessness and those who care about the issue. The door is open to all and at an affordable price!  Please bring colleagues, employees, and friends.

Your help is needed to spread the word – please cut and paste the message below my signature in this email – and send it out to your own large network of colleagues, employees, and friends. Please personally encourage them to come.  This is going to be the must-go-to event of the Spring in Metro Boston for folks in the human service, affordable housing, local government, and volunteer sectors.  Don’t miss this opportunity to support MBN!

Thank you for your support.

Help MBN Spread Word on Johnny D's Event!

Friend of the Metro Boston Regional Network (MBN),

EXCITING NEWS! The MBN is hosting a fun, mid-week night out. Read all about it and RSVP at: Johnny D’s End Homelessness Bash. This is an evening of music, dining, and mixing with all the local folks involved in solving homelessness and those who care about the issue. The door is open to all and at an affordable price!  Please bring colleagues, employees, and friends.

Your help is needed to spread the word – please cut and paste the message below my signature in this email – and send it out to your own large network of colleagues, employees, and friends. Please personally encourage them to come.  This is going to be the must-go-to event of the Spring in Metro Boston for folks in the human service, affordable housing, local government, and volunteer sectors.  Don’t miss this opportunity to support MBN!

Thank you for your support.

Commonwealth Workforce Coalition: Boston Networking Group

Commonwealth Workforce Coalition

Invites you to the

Boston Networking Group

 June 22,2011
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
at the United Way of Mass Bay and Merrimack Valley

This Commonwealth Workforce Coalition network session is open to all workforce development professionals, and: is especially relevant for direct service and supervisory staff; provides a forum to share experiences, discuss on-the-job challenges; learn from peers, build contacts; find support for your work, and; will focus on networking.

This training is provided for you at no cost but online registration is required by June 15, 2010. Please see registration instructions on second page of attached flyer.  Boston Networking 6-22-11 Flyer

Visit CWC’s website http://cwc.cedac.org/ to find out more about this training and other CWC activities.

Some Good Employment News Where You Wouldn’t Expect to Find It

Crosscut.com
Some good employment news where you wouldn’t expect to find it
By Judy Lightfoot
May 13, 2011

Combine homelessness with joblessness in a family’s life, and economic self-sufficiency starts to look like it lives on the moon. But despite continued high unemployment in the U.S. and Washington state, increasing numbers of formerly homeless families here are finding and holding jobs.

A recently released progress report by Building Changes offered good news on several fronts: Among the heads of household in the 1,217 families assisted by the Washington Families Fund, employment had increased 50 percent as of 2010. Average earned income had risen 32 percent. And the number of the families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) had decreased by 30 percent.

The encouraging trends may derive in part from a seemingly minor but important evolution in the dominant model for solving the problem of homelessness.

Click here to read the full article.

Some Good Employment News Where You Wouldn't Expect to Find It

Crosscut.com
Some good employment news where you wouldn’t expect to find it
By Judy Lightfoot
May 13, 2011

Combine homelessness with joblessness in a family’s life, and economic self-sufficiency starts to look like it lives on the moon. But despite continued high unemployment in the U.S. and Washington state, increasing numbers of formerly homeless families here are finding and holding jobs.

A recently released progress report by Building Changes offered good news on several fronts: Among the heads of household in the 1,217 families assisted by the Washington Families Fund, employment had increased 50 percent as of 2010. Average earned income had risen 32 percent. And the number of the families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) had decreased by 30 percent.

The encouraging trends may derive in part from a seemingly minor but important evolution in the dominant model for solving the problem of homelessness.

Click here to read the full article.

AG Launches For-Profit School Investigation

Attorney General Martha Coakley has launched an investigation into the practices of several for-profit colleges in the state, according to a report in last week’s Boston Globe. Crittenton Women’s Union as been in the forefront of this critical issue and welcomes the AG’s action.

Seventy-nine percent of those seeking assistance from CWU’s Student Debt Legal Assistance program over a 10-month period had attended at least one non-profit college. The default rate was four times higher for loans out taken by students of for-profit colleges than loans taken out by students of nonprofit institutions.

In response to this growing problem, CWU published a policy brief last fall and reported the findings to the AG’s office. In addition, CWU initiated legislation in January to create a commission to investigate predatory practices at for-profit colleges and create stronger oversight of these schools.

Take Action!
An Act to Form a Commission on For-Profit Schools (H.1066/S.134) will be heard before the Joint Committee on Higher Education

Wednesday, June 8th , 2011, 10:00am
Hearing Room A2, The State house

CWU hopes you can attend to support our efforts. Written testimony can be submitted to: Joint Committee on Higher Education, State House, Room 472, Boston, MA 02133.

If you have any questions, please contact Chelsea Sedani, Public Policy Coordinator, at 617.259.2936 or csedani@liveworkthrive.org