The 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition convened by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) opened in August of 2022 and will conclude no later than HUD's Submission deadline of September 30, 2022. This year all continuums are planning timelines that are highly accelerated as is New Bedford's own CoC schedule. Check out the New Bedford competition timeline for 2022 here: COMPETITION CALENDAR 2022. [ Continue reading. ]
BIDDING FAREWELL TO PETER JOSEPH MUISE
The New Bedford Continuum of Care lost one of its own family Wednesday evening, July 6, 2022. Peter Muise, former President of First Citizen's Federal Credit Union and longtime member of the HSPN, passed away. Peter's passion,advocacy and tenacity in working on behalf of those in greatest need will always be remembered and missed. His list of accomplishments within the broader community are far-reaching but the breadth of his efforts just within the HSPN have also been numerous. Peter was currently serving on the HSPN Executive Committee and [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FOR 2022
(Approved by the HSPN membership on June 16.2022) The City of New Bedford's HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its regular meeting of June 16.2022. Those priorities are available here: 2022 COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES [ Continue reading. ]
2022 Data is Now Available
The City of New Bedford has completed its annual “Point In Time” (PIT) count creating a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the city, both sheltered (living in emergency or transitional housing) and unsheltered (on the streets/in places not meant for human habitation). Concurrent with that has been the development of the city’s “Housing Inventory Count” (HIC) that provides an inventory of specific emergency, transitional and permanent housing opportunities for those experiencing homelessness in New Bedford. As was [ Continue reading. ]
IMMIGRATION 101 for SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
April is Fair Housing Month so the HSPN asked Rebecca Eissenova, Legal Director with Catholic Social Services in Fall River, to share her presentation on Immigration, particularly as it intersects with the work homeless service providers undertake. The resulting presentation, a copy of which is provided here, offers a great overview into this complicated subject. Take a look through the IMMIGRATION 101 POWERPOINT 2022 used in this presentation or check out the recording of the video presentation at this link: [ Continue reading. ]
EARLY UNSHELTERED STATS for 2022
Although typically a complete Point In Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Chart (HIC) is presented on this website, in advance of that publication this year, an early snapshot of the unsheltered statistics collected in February 2022 has been published in a brief PowerPoint. Check out the early numbers from the street count here: UNSHELTERED PIT 2022 A complete 2022 PIT and HIC analysis will be published during the spring of 2022. [ Continue reading. ]
2022 HOMELESSNESS INFOGRAPHIC
Interested in a quick snapshot about the New Bedford Continuum of Care? Check out this infographic that highlights some information, current as of 2022: 2022 HOMELESSNESS INFOGRAPHIC [ Continue reading. ]
CITY WINS FEDERAL HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FUNDS!
Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the City of New Bedford has been awarded $2,090,727 in homeless assistance funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as part of a competitive grant process under HUD’s Continuum of Care Program. Read the complete PRESS RELEASE here. [ Continue reading. ]
2023 STREETSHEET IS AVAILABLE!
The City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development has released the 2023 StreetSheet. Go to the HSPN Resource Page to access a copy of the sheet in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Hard copies of the StreetSheets are also available upon request by contacting Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov. (Copies are available while quantities last). [ Continue reading. ]
COLD WEATHER OVERFLOW SHELTER – WINTER 2021-2022
Overiew prepared by Steppingstone, Inc. Steppingstone Inc. is providing emergency shelter through a Cold Weather Overflow Shelter Project to unsheltered homeless at a local motel (with a total of 25-30 units set aside for the overflow shelter). This will be offered when there is no vacancy at either of the Catholic Social Services’ (CSS) Shelters. The following information is provided to ensure clarity as to how the Cold Weather Overflow shelter will operate this season: Conditions Activating the Shelter. The Cold Weather Overflow Shelter [ Continue reading. ]
