The Homeless Service Provider’s Network (HSPN) outreach/fundraising committee called “Rise-Up for Homes” is sponsoring this year’s New Bedford Connect, a one-day event that brings together, in a single location, a wide variety of community volunteers, vital resources and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Direct services[ Continue reading. ]

COC COMPETITION MA-505 COC RFP NOW AVAILABLE! On Friday, September 10, 2021, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes instructions and both new and renewal application forms for 2021 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing[ Continue reading. ]

The 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC runs through the November deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Check out the competition timeline for 2021 here: 2021 COMPETITION TIMELINE

At its July 2021 HSPN meeting, attendees heard and reviewed an initial presentation addressing the New Bedford continuum’s “System Performance Measures” which reflected how well all ESG and CoC-funded programming within the New Bedford CoC had performed in the aggregate or, as a “system” in 2020. The review looked at how New Bedford’s performance compared[ Continue reading. ]

The City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing & Community Development has released the 2021 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 will be available for distribution once City of[ Continue reading. ]

The City of New Bedford has once again conducted 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 is the development of[ Continue reading. ]

If you’re interested in joining the City of New Bedford’s Homeless Service Provider Network (HSPN), now is your opportunity!  The 2021 HSPN Membership Form is available here in a convenient fillable format.  Simply complete the application and either mail it in to Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov or drop it in the mail to the HSPN c/o the City[ Continue reading. ]

The HSPN presented its Annual Sister Rose Award for 2020 to Danielle Brown with Steppingstone during its virtual December HSPN membership meeting.  The award recognizes an outstanding current or former member of the New Bedford HSPN or member agency staff and is named in honor of its first recipient, Sister Rose Ellen Gallogly, former Executive[ Continue reading. ]