Helping Families in Need
Response to State Housing Crisis
Massachusetts has seen a dramatic increase in families seeking emergency housing. Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system is at capacity and Catholic Charities is working diligently with partners across all sectors to ensure that the most vulnerable within our communities have a safe place to sleep during this unprecedented time of need.
The Boston Globe: For Families Seeking Emergency Shelter, Limbo Feels Like a Safe Place to Sleep
“As we are in the thick of it — we don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel right now”. “We are in crisis mode. We don’t see this ending for a long time.” The Boston Globe provides a glimpse of life for families living in Catholic Charities Boston’s SafetyNet Shelter, which opened up right before Thanksgiving to address the critical issue of families and pregnant women in need of shelter at a time when the state’s emergency shelter system has reached capacity.
United Way of Mass Bay Awards First SafetyNet Shelter Grant to Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities Boston is the first organization to be awarded a Safety Net Shelter grant to provide temporary rooms to families experiencing homelessness who have an urgent and immediate need to find shelter. extremely low-income families with children, and pregnant people who have an urgent and immediate need.
“It is heartbreaking to see families living with uncertainty of where they will sleep at night. With the arrival of colder weather we are grateful for the Governor and her administration’s leadership and our partners at United Way in activating funds quickly to stand up this emergency shelter plan." -Kelley Tuthill, President, Catholic Charities Boston
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Additional Resources
For information on the state of emergency and additional ways to help visit mass.gov/help-families-in-crisis.