The City of New Bedford has been awarded $1,758,917 in homeless assistance funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of a competitive grant process under the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded approximately $2 billion to renew support to thousands[ Continue reading. ]

Here’s your opportunity to join in and help out!  The 2019 Point In Time (PIT) Count is scheduled for a 24 hour period beginning January 30th and running through early afternoon the next day, January 31st.  Volunteers are needed; check out the survey monkey for volunteer registration by clicking here.  Donations are welcome and can[ Continue reading. ]

As has become tradition, the HSPN  reviewed its year of action at its December meeting, focusing on the work it undertook throughout the course of 2018.  A copy of the powerpoint presented at that meeting is available here: HSPN ANNUAL SUMMARY.2018.

The HSPN was honored to welcome Robert Pulster from the National Initiatives Team of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to its December 2018 meeting.  Mr. Pulster presented important information about the USICH’s release of the new federal strategic plan, Home, Together. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Pulster emphasized the importance[ Continue reading. ]

The HSPN follows a set of written standards in ensuring consistency, best practices and excellence with respect to program and system performance.  These standards, memorialized in 2016 were updated by the City’s Department of Planning, Housing & Community Development on behalf of the New Bedford CoC.  The product of that effort are the COC WRITTEN STANDARDS.2018 which[ Continue reading. ]