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Massachusetts Shelter System Is At Capacity

Massachusetts Shelter System Is At Capacity

Currently, the Massachusetts shelter system is at capacity. According to recent coverage by WBUR, the Massachusetts emergency shelter system is the most strained it has been since the 1983 “Right to Shelter” law was passed. The number of families in the emergency...

Boston Foundation Report Card Reveals Housing Crisis

Boston Foundation Report Card Reveals Housing Crisis

Photo Credit: Boston Indicators at the Boston Foundation The Boston Foundation recently published its housing report card for 2023, a comprehensive look at housing costs, zoning, vacancy rates, and other key housing metrics for the Greater Boston area. With Boston...

Massachusetts’ Current Housing Crisis

Massachusetts’ Current Housing Crisis

On August 8, 2023, MA Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency to seek Federal Government assistance in providing shelter for the great number of homeless and migrant families and individuals in MA. Already burdened homeless shelters cannot keep up with the...

Visit to Hale House in Matunuck, RI

Visit to Hale House in Matunuck, RI

Hosted by Lend A Hand donor, friend, and Hale family art collector Kenneth Woodcock, LAH friends were invited for a tour of the historic summer homestead of our founder, Edward Everett Hale, as well as the Studio for Hale Family Art in Matunuck, RI. Donors were...

Spotlight on Spring Event Speaker, Beckie Tachick 

Spotlight on Spring Event Speaker, Beckie Tachick 

Lend A Hand Society’s 2023 Spring Event featured speaker Beckie Tachick, RN, Street Team Manager at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Founded in 1985 by Jim O’Connell, MD, BHCHP ensures that individuals and families experiencing homelessness receive access...

Important New Resources Addressing Poverty and Homelessness

Award winning author Tracy Kidder recently published Rough Sleepers, detailing the meaningful work of Jim O’Connell MD, who after graduating from Harvard Medical School and finishing a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, decided to use his medical expertise...

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