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2022 Data is Now Available

May 23, 2022 By NBHSPN

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. ]

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IMMIGRATION 101 for SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS

April 14, 2022 By NBHSPN

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. ]

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MOVING FORWARD…HSPN Adopted Strategies

August 23, 2021 By NBHSPN

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 with adjoining CoCs (Fall River and GBCATCH), other statewide CoCs and continuums of similar size across the whole country.   A copy of the unabridged version of that powerpoint presentation is [ Continue reading. ]

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2021 POINT IN TIME NUMBERS RELEASED!

April 15, 2021 By NBHSPN

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 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 [ Continue reading. ]

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2020 POINT IN TIME NUMBERS RELEASED!

June 17, 2020 By NBHSPN

The City of New Bedford has conducted its annual “Point In Time” (PIT) count that creates 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 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. This is [ Continue reading. ]

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2019 IN REVIEW

January 16, 2020 By NBHSPN

The HSPN has completed a review of its actions over the past year focusing on the work it undertook throughout 2019.  A copy of the powerpoint is available here: HSPN ANNUAL SUMMARY.2019 [ Continue reading. ]

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YEAR END REVIEW 2018

December 21, 2018 By NBHSPN

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. [ Continue reading. ]

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US INTERAGENCY COUNCIL at the HSPN

December 21, 2018 By NBHSPN

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 and value of the plan as a guide for moving closer to ending and preventing homelessness and its applicability to the New Bedford Continuum of Care, specifically.  Citing the centrality of [ Continue reading. ]

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HOW IS THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURING UP?

July 18, 2018 By NBHSPN

The City of New Bedford's Continuum of Care (CoC) uses system performance measures developed by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to assess how well it is moving toward ending homelessness within the CoC, itself.  By looking at a series of data produced by the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), an aggregate look into the performance of certain metrics from 2015 - 2017 provides insight as to some strengths of the CoC as well as areas that may be targeted for improvement.  Take a look at the System Performance [ Continue reading. ]

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2018 POINT IN TIME (PIT) COUNT RELEASED!

April 19, 2018 By NBHSPN

The City of New Bedford has conducted its annual “Point In Time” [PIT] count that creates a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the city, both sheltered (living in emergency or transitional housing) and unsheltered.  This is a big operation and requires a lot of effort and many hands.  The results from the 2018 PIT, initially presented at the HSPN April 19, 2018 meeting, are now available here: PIT 2018 PRESENTATION.  For a quick look at some 2018 data, take a look at this year's infographic available here: PIT 2018 [ Continue reading. ]

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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Meetings
  • Organization
    • Structure
    • History
    • Executive Board
    • HSPN Bylaws (PDF)
    • Agencies
    • Membership
    • HSPN Planning
    • HSPN Accomplishments
  • CoC Funding Competition
    • 2022 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2021 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2020 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2019 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2018 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2017 CoC Funding Competition
    • 2016 CoC Funding Competition
  • Resources
    • StreetSheets (Homeless Assistance)
    • Federal, State & Local
    • For Agencies
    • For Veterans
    • Acronyms, Etc. Guide (PDF)
  • News
    • HUD News
    • Annual CoC Funding Competition
    • Local Events
    • Press
    • Publications
    • HSPN Meeting Presentations
  • Contact