Massachusetts HIV/AIDS Housing Directory Created: 2004 Updated: 2011

Introduction

ABOUT TAP ABOUT HOUSING TAP is the Technical Assistance Program of Victory Programs, Inc. There are various types of housing programs and various types of TAP has worked to create and maintain a continuum of housing rental subsidies. The terms used to describe different types of options for people infected with—and affected by—HIV since its programs and different types of subsidies can be confusing. The list creation in 1991 as the AIDS Housing Corporation (AHC). AHC of terms below is meant to help the users of this directory to clarify became TAP when it merged with Victory Programs, Inc., in 2010. any such confusion. Today TAP is New England’s leading provider of technical assistance to organizations which sponsor AIDS housing programs. S+C PB Shelter Plus Care Project Based Rental Assistance This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY for hard-to-reach homeless individuals and families. It is “attached” to a specific project and cannot be used at another location (i.e., it is not “mobile”). This HIV/AIDS Housing Directory is intended to provide information to assist people living with HIV/AIDS—as well as to their case S+C TB managers, housing advocates, and other interested individuals—to Shelter Plus Care Tenant Based Rental Assistance locate appropriate housing. This directory provides basic information This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, for hard-to-reach homeless individuals and families. It is “attached” to the individual about the programs listed: the types of programs they are, their or family and can be used in the community (i.e., it is “mobile”). locations, the supportive services they offer, and how to contact them. S+C SB Shelter Plus Care Sponsor Based Rental Assistance This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, This directory was first published in 2004 for all six of the states in for hard-to-reach homeless individuals and families. It is assigned to a housing New England. Most of the information contained herein for authority or to a non-profit organization which can then sub-lease a unit to a tenant. Massachusetts, however, was updated in 2011. S+C Mod/Rehab Shelter Plus Care Moderate Rehabilitation The directors of HIV/AIDS housing programs can help to ensure the This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, entries in this directory are accurate and up-to-date. Directors of for hard-to-reach homeless individuals. It is assigned to a housing authority or to a HIV/AIDS housing programs are requested to review the entries for non-profit organization to rehabilitate buildings for units to be leased to tenants. their particular programs from time to time and to contact us with SRO Mod/Rehab corrective and/or up-dated information as appropriate. Please Single Room Occupancy Moderate Rehabilitation contact us by e-mail at [email protected]. Thank you. This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, for hard-to-reach homeless individuals. It is assigned to a housing authority or to a non-profit organization to rehabilitate buildings specifically for SRO (Single Room Occupancy) units to be leased to tenants.

HCVP PB Housing Choice Voucher Program Project Based Rental Assistance This is a subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, that is “attached” to a specific project and cannot be used at another location.

HCVP TB Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenant Based Rental Assistance This subsidy, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, is for low-income individuals and families and other populations, that is “attached” to the tenant and can be used in the community (i.e., it is “mobile”). It replaced the voucher program formerly and commonly called “Section 8.”

811 Section 811 of the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act This federal funding provides funding for the building or renovation of housing for low- income people with disabilities; the subsidies of a project funded by 811 must be used in that project.

HOPWA Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS This federal program provides flexible funding for subsidized housing and supportive services for individuals and households with HIV/AIDS.

SHP Supportive Housing Program. This program, funded under the federal McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act, provides housing (subsidies) and supportive services for homeless individuals and families.

1

Abby’s House

Serves 13 very low income women (with or without children). CORI check is required.

STAFF CONTACT

Tess Sneesby Director 21 Crown Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 1-508-756-5486 x 20

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Abby’s House must be women with very low Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education income and be either (1) homeless, or (2) at risk of becoming Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance homeless, or (3) survivors of domestic violence. This program Case management Planned leisure activities is not specifically targeted to people with HIV/AIDS. A CORI Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care check is required. On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 5 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Abby’s House is a program in two buildings located in workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Worcester within walking distance of bus stops. One building appointments Drop in center has 13 SROs (single room occupancies); residents share three Assistance w/ transportation Child care full bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a yard. The Medication management Respite care other building has 7 two-bedroom apartments each with a full GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents bathroom and a living room/kitchen area (each one is Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE generally used by one woman with one or two children). Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting LEASING INFORMATION Transitional Program meetings SRO The tenant sings a lease with the agency. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCY HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Community Healthlink. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP

Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

2 AIDS CARE / Hampshire County

HIV Client Services including Housing Search

STAFF CONTACT

Betsy Shally-Jensen Director AIDS Care/Hampshire County P.O. Box 1299 Northampton, Massachusetts 01061 1-413-586-8288 x 5

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES AIDS Care/Hampshire County provides social and medical case Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education management services, which include housing search, for Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance anyone living with HIV/AIDS in Hampshire County and the Case management Planned leisure activities surrounding area. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center AIDS Care/Hampshire County is located in Northampton on Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE the 2nd floor of a medical building with parking about a mile workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities north of Cooley Dickinson Hospital. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care LEASING INFORMATION Medication management Respite care The successful tenant signs a lease with the landlord. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips SPONSORING AGENCY PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA

Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other Updated: 2011 None

3 Assisted Living Program

Serves approximately 400 individuals and families with HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts.

STAFF CONTACT

Susan Buoncuore Director of JRI’s Housing Programs Justice Resource Institute 25 West Street 4th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02111 1-617-457-8142 x 324

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Assisted Living Program (ALP) provides approximately Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education 400 mobile rental subsidies from a variety of sources that can Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance be used throughout Massachusetts. Some of the subsidies Case management Planned leisure activities require the users of those particular subsidies to be homeless Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care to qualify. All participating households must have at least On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction one member who has HIV/AIDS and meets income limitations. On site staff X days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities ALP assists program participants to apply for rental subsidies appointments Drop in center that can be used for apartments in scattered sites throughout Assistance w/ transportation Child care Massachusetts. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE The tenant signs a lease with the landlord. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional SPONSORING AGENCY Program meetings SRO Justice Resource Institute. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

4 Bay State Supportive Housing Alliance/AAC

BSSHA serves homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS and families (heads of households living with HIV/AIDS).

STAFF CONTACTS

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 222

For wait list information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 221

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES BSSHA/AAC serves individuals living with HIV/AIDS and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education families the heads of household of which must be living with Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be homeless and low-income Case management Planned leisure activities (verification required). Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center This is a scattered-site program in Greater Boston, Middlesex Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE County, and Boston’s North Shore. Apartment size is workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities determined by household size; the rent must fall within FMR appointments Drop in center (fair market rate). AAC staff members can assist with Assistance w/ transportation Child care searching for apartments. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE The tenant signs a lease with the landlord. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional SPONSORING AGENCY Program meetings SRO AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

5 Bay State Supportive Housing Alliance/Fr. Bill’s-MainSpring

Serves 8 homeless men, women, and children with HIV and histories of substance abuse.

STAFF CONTACT

Peggy Bertocchi-Hall 115 Court Street Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 1-508-353-0717

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Bay State Supportive Housing Alliance/Father Bill’s and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education MainSpring is a transitional housing program that serves eight Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance men, women, and children with HIV/AIDS and histories of Case management Planned leisure activities substance abuse. Participants must be homeless and low- Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care income. CORI check is not required. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Transitional scattered site apartments throughout Boston’s workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities South Shore. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care LEASING INFORMATION Medication management Respite care Tenant signs a lease with the landlord. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips SPONSORING AGENCIES PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Father Bill’s Place and MainSpring, Resident council meeting Transitional in cooperation with the AIDS Action Committee of Program meetings SRO Massachusetts. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

6 Cape Regional Housing Initiative

Shelter Plus Care program serving 14 men and women with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Cindi Maule, MSW Director of Leased Housing Housing Assistance Corporation 460 West Main Street Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 1-508-771-5400 x 238

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Referrals to this program are made through the AIDS Support Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Group of Cape Cod (ASGCC). Applicants must be homeless Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance and income-eligible. Case management Planned leisure activities

SETTING Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction This is a permanent, scattered site program on Cape Cod and On site staff X days a week On site education center the Islands. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical LEASING INFORMATION Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center The tenant signs a lease with the landlord. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management SPONSORING AGENCY Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Housing Assistance Corporation. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

Stabilization services Shelter

Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB

Meal preparation 811

On site food pantry HOPWA

Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

7 Cathedral Housing Program

Serves up to 15 families in which at least one member is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check is required.

STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES This program requires each applicant to document all the Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education following criteria: twelve consecutive months of successful Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance housing in his or her current supportive housing program; Case management Planned leisure activities successful maintenance of his or her individual service plan; Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care and demonstrated ability, motivation, and desire to move to a On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction greater degree of independent living. A CORI check is On site staff X days a week On site education center required. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center This program is located within the Cathedral Public Housing Assistance w/ transportation Child care Development of the Boston Housing Authority in Boston’s Medication management Respite care South End. It is within walking distance to stores and public GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents transportation—it is on the route of the MBTA’s Silver Line. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Households are matched to units of appropriate size based on Support groups Permanent the number of persons in each household. Each unit has a Resident council meeting Transitional kitchen area and a full bathroom. All units are handicapped Program meetings SRO accessible. All the buildings have elevators. CAB Congregate

LEASING INFORMATION HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Each tenant signs a lease with the Boston Housing Authority. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Boston Housing Authority. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other: Public Housing

None

8 Comunidad de Walnut Park

Serves 12 to 14 adults who are living with HIV/AIDS, who are homeless, and who require or would benefit from services in Spanish. CORI check required. STAFF CONTACT

Adria Fernandez Director 1990 Columbus Avenue Unit 168 Roxbury, Massachusetts 02219 1-617-427-3041

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for La Comunidad de Walnut Park must be Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education homeless, disabled by HIV/AIDS or by another documented Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance disability, and be able to meet the housing eligibility Case management Planned leisure activities requirements of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care  On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction SETTTING   On site staff 5 days a week On site education center La Comunidad de Walnut Park is located in Egelston Square in Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Roxbury, a neighborhood of Boston. It occupies the 19th and workshops Transportation to medical th Access to YMCA facilities 20 floors of a BHA high-rise building (with two elevators) for appointments Drop in center the elderly and disabled. It is within walking distance to Assistance w/ transportation Child care stores and public transportation. The program has 10 studio Medication management Respite care apartments and 2 one-bedroom apartments. All units are GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents handicapped accessible, have kitchens, and full bathrooms; Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE there is a common lounge for the residents and laundry Support groups Permanent facilities are provided at no additional cost. The building has Resident council meeting Transitional 24-hour security at the front door. Program meetings SRO CAB LEASING INFORMATION Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Tenants sign leases with the Boston Housing Authority. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling SPONSORING AGENCIES Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Latino Health Institute. Home health care S+C PB Urban Edge. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Boston Housing Authority. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other: SHP / BHA

None

9 Corpus Christi Residence

A program for homeless individuals with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Evelyn Quezada Assistant Manager 155 Franklin Street Lawrence, Massachusetts 01841 1-978-689-4321

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Corpus Christi Residence must be living with Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education HIV, be homeless, and have at least three months of clean Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance time; also, they must need supportive housing and be able to Case management Planned leisure activities live in an independent group residence. Each resident receives Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care an individualized service plan. On site staff Computer instruction On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE  workshops Corpus Christi Residence has 8 SROs (single room occupancies) Transportation to medical with a shared kitchen, four full bathrooms, and two living appointments Access to YMCA facilities rooms (one SRO and one bathroom are handicapped Assistance w/ transportation Drop in center accessible). The building is a three-story house (with an Medication management Child care Respite care elevator) located near public transportation, grocery stores GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents (including a Spanish one), the Greater Lawrence Family Health Community activities/trips Center, a library, and several churches. The program also has Support groups PROGRAM TYPE two family units located in a separate building for parents and Resident council meeting Permanent children. Program meetings Transitional SRO CAB LEASING INFORMATION Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Residents sign contract agreements. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other SPONSORING AGENCY Relapse prevention Lazarus House Ministries. Home health care RENTAL SUBSIDIES S+C PB Mental health counseling Health and dental care S+C TB S+C SB Wellness programs Re-integration counseling S+C Mod/Rehab SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other Updated: 2011 None

10 Foley House

Serves 10 men and women who are homeless and are living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Aylin Unel Director Foley House 214 Bradford Street Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657 1-508-487-6440

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Foley House must be living with HIV/AIDS and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education be homeless. Foley House is a clean and sober house. Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance Arrangements for detoxification treatment can be arranged for Case management Planned leisure activities applicants prior to admittance; applicants taking methadone Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care are eligible for this program. A CORI check is required. On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 7 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Foley House is a two-story house in a residential Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities neighborhood in Provincetown located near stores. The appointments  Drop in center building has 10 single bedrooms each with a full bathroom Assistance w/ transportation Child care and mini-refrigerator. The building has a wheelchair lift and Medication management Respite care all units are handicapped accessible. The community areas GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents include two kitchens, two living rooms, two sitting areas, a Community activities/trips front porch, and a back yard. Laundry facilities are on-site Support groups PROGRAM TYPE Permanent and are provided at no extra charge. Resident council meeting  Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB  Congregate Tenants sign leases with the Provincetown Housing Authority. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services SPONSORING AGENCIES Shelter Substance use counseling Other AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod. Relapse prevention Provincetown Housing Authority. Home health care RENTAL SUBSIDIES S+C PB Mental health counseling  S+C TB Health and dental care  S+C SB Wellness programs  S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other   Updated: 2011 None

11 HOAP Housing (Homeless Outreach & Advocacy Program)

Provides 75 scattered-site units with rental assistance as well as case management services to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Worcester area.

STAFF CONTACT

Gary Comeau HOAP Housing Director 162 Chandler Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 1-508-860-1162

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES HOAP Housing works with individuals and families with Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education HIV/AIDS who are homeless; it offers triage and assessment, Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance primary medical care, mental health care, and supportive Case management Planned leisure activities housing opportunities. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center HOAP Housing works with private landlords throughout the Monthly educational Worcester area to lease 75 individual scattered site housing LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities units to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care LEASING INFORMATION Medication management Respite care Leasing varies depending on individual tenancy requirements. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips SPONSORING AGENCY PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Community Healthlink, Inc. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB

Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

12 Home Connections Program Serves families where the head of household is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI Check required.

STAFF CONTACTS

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 222

For wait list information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 221

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Home Connections Program serves families whose heads Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education of household are living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance low income and be chronically homeless (as defined by HUD); Case management Planned leisure activities applicants must provide a certificate of homelessness and Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care verification of income. A CORI check is required. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE The Home Connections Program is a scattered-site program workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities for apartments in the private market. Apartment size is appointments Drop in center determined by family size and the rent must fall within the Assistance w/ transportation Child care FMR (fair market rate). AAC staff members are available to Medication management Respite care assist with apartment search. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips LEASING INFORMATION PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent The Cambridge Housing Authority is the provider of the rental Resident council meeting Transitional subsidies and leases are signed by the individual tenants and Program meetings SRO the landlords. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCIES HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Substance use counseling Other Cambridge Housing Authority. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

13 Home Support Program

Serves 8 families with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Antoine Gelin Director 1125 Tremont Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02120 1-617-989-3219

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Home Support Program is for families living with HIV/AIDS. Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education The families should be homeless and have four or fewer Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance members in their households. Applicants taking methadone Case management Planned leisure activities are eligible. A CORI check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care  On site staff 8 hours a day Computer instruction SETTING   On site staff 5 days a week On site education center The Home Support Program is a scattered-site program of Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE eight units located within Hynes House (a building with 700 workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities units, elevators, and a 24-hour concierge service). Each unit appointments Drop in center has two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a kitchen, and a living Assistance w/ transportation Child care room. The building is located near stores and public Medication management Respite care transportation (bus lines and the MBTA’s Ruggles Station on GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents the Orange Line). Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Residents sign contract agreements. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Whittier Street Health Center. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

14 Homeless Prevention Program

Serves low-income individuals and families with HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts.

STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Homeless Prevention Program is for individuals and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education families living with HIV/AIDS who are at risk for Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance homelessness. Applicants must demonstrate that the financial Case management Planned leisure activities assistance will help to stabilize their households. This Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care program may be able to provide assistance for up to—but not On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction to exceed—three months of past-due and/or current rental or On site staff X days a week On site education center mortgage payments. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center The Homeless Prevention Program is statewide. It is designed Assistance w/ transportation Child care to help individuals and families maintain their current Medication management Respite care housing until they can stabilize their incomes or find other, GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents more affordable, housing. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional The Homeless Prevention Program attempts to help Program meetings SRO participants to maintain their current leases or mortgages. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCY HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

15 Hope House

Serves 10 men and women with an AIDS diagnosis and who are homeless. CORI check not required.

STAFF CONTACT

David Ramos Director 306 Osborn Street Fall River, Massachusetts 02724 1-508-235-5355

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Hope House is a permanent housing program for individual Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education men and women living with HIV/AIDS and who are homeless. Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance Applicants should have 90 days clean time or be coming from Case management Planned leisure activities a hospital or a detoxification program. Applicants who are in Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care the end stages of illness receive priority admission status. On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 7 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Hope House is a three-story house in Fall River located near workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities stores, public transportation, and medical offices. The appointments Drop in center building has 10 handicapped accessible units (bedrooms) on Assistance w/ transportation Child care the first floor; each unit has a bed, a locked personal cabinet, Medication management Respite care a television with cable, and a refrigerator; every two units GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents share a full bathroom which is handicapped accessible. The Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE house has a community living area, a kitchen, and a porch on Support groups Permanent the first floor; the house has a back yard and a deck. On-site Resident council meeting Transitional laundry facilities are provided at no additional cost. The Program meetings SRO administrative offices are on the second floor. CAB Congregate

LEASING INFORMATION HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Residents sign contract agreements with the agency. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB St. Anne’s Hospital. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

16 Housing First Program

Shelter Plus Care program serving 35 men and women with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Cindi Maule, MSW Director of Leased Housing Housing Assistance Corporation 460 West Main Street Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 1-508-771-5400 x 238

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Housing First Program is for homeless men and women Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must also meet income Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance limits. Referrals are made by the AIDS Support Group of Cape Case management Planned leisure activities Cod (ASGCC) to the Barnstable Housing Authority (BHA). The Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care BHA maintains the waiting list for all 35 vouchers and On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction administers 8 of the vouchers; the Housing Assistance On site staff X days a week On site education center Corporation (HAC) administers the remaining 27 vouchers. Monthly educational HAC is the contact for information about the Housing First LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Program. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care The Housing First Program is a scattered site program with GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents vouchers for one bedroom units. Participants rent units Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE within Barnstable County. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting LEASING INFORMATION Transitional Program meetings SRO Tenants sign leases with individual landlords. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCIES HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Barnstable Housing Authority (grantee). Substance use counseling Other Housing Assistance Corporation (sponsor). Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod (sponsor/service provider). Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None Updated: 2011

17 Housing Opportunity for Chronically Homeless (HOCH)

HOCH serves homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACTS

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3041 x 222

For wait list information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 221

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES HOCH serves individuals with HIV/AIDS who meet HUD’s Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education definition of chronically homeless individuals who have low Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance income (verification required). CORI check and credit check Case management Planned leisure activities are not required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center HOCH is a scattered site program for apartments in Greater Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Boston, Middlesex County, and Boston’s North Shore; the workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities rents must fall within FMR (fair market rate). AAC staff appointments Drop in center members can assist with searching for apartments. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASING INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents The tenant signs a leas with the landlord. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups SPONSORING AGENCY Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

18 Hull House

Serves four single adults disabled by HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be homeless.

STAFF CONTACT

Adam Gleason 38 Broad Street Quincy, Massachusetts 02169 1-781-654-1698

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Hull House is a housing program for single, homeless men and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education women who are disabled by HIV/AIDS. Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance

SETTING Case management Planned leisure activities Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care Hull House is a two-story, SRO (single room occupancy) On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction building on Nantasket Beach in Hull close to public On site staff X days a week On site education center transportation. Each unit has a refrigerator, dresser, and bed. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE The common areas include bathrooms, a kitchen, a sitting workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities area, and porches. The first floor is wheelchair accessible. appointments Drop in center The program provides coin-operated laundry facilities. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASING INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Tenants sign leases with the agency. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups SPONSORING AGENCIES Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Father Bill’s Place and MainSpring. Program meetings SRO South Shore Neighborhood Housing Services. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

Updated: 2011

19 Huntington at Symphony

Serves 25 men and women with HIV/AIDS who are homeless. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Anthony Andreottola Clinical Director 270 Huntington Avenue Suite 401 Boston, Massachusetts 02115 1-617-266-7040 X 22

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Huntington at Symphony must be eligible for Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education housing through the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance Residents must be medically stable and be able to clothe, feed, Case management Planned leisure activities and care for themselves with minimal support. A CORI check Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care is required. On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 7 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational Huntington at Symphony is a seven-story apartment building LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities (with an elevator) located in Boston near stores, restaurants, appointments Drop in center and public transportation (bus lines and the MBTA’s Orange Assistance w/ transportation Child care and Green Lines). The program has 25 studio apartments— Medication management Respite care each with a full bathroom and an efficiency kitchen. All units GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents have emergency pull cords and hold bars in the bathrooms. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Two units are fully handicapped accessible. The program has Support groups Permanent a community lounge and coin-operated laundry facilities. Resident council meeting Transitional NOTE: The building in which Hunting at Symphony is located Program meetings SRO also houses clients of the Department of Mental Health, elderly CAB Congregate residents, and low-income persons. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

LEASING INFORMATION Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Residents sign leases with the landlord. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB SPONSORING AGENCY Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Justice Resource Institute. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

20 Joseph McAllaster House

Serves 9 men and women living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be homeless. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for the Joseph McAllaster House must be homeless Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education men or women living with HIV/AIDS and be able to live Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance independently at the time of admission. Any applicants with Case management Planned leisure activities histories of addiction must have six months of clean time. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care Applicants taking methadone are eligible for this program. A On site staff 8 hours a day Computer instruction CORI check is required. On site staff 7 days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities The Joseph McAllaster House is a five-story townhouse in appointments Drop in center Boston’s South End located near stores and public Assistance w/ transportation Child care transportation. It has 9 bedrooms (SROs—single room Medication management Respite care occupancies) each with a private bathroom. There are five full GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents kitchens and a community living room for residents to share. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE All units are wheelchair accessible. The building has an Support groups Permanent elevator and coin-operated laundry facilities. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Tenants sign leases with the property management company HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site and with the housing authority. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other SPONSORING AGENCY Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

21 Joy Street Residence

Serves 20 men and women (and children) disabled by HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for the Joy Street Residence must be disabled with Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education HIV/AIDS, homeless or at risk of homelessness, and, if there is Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance a history of addiction, have six months of clean time. There Case management Planned leisure activities are no age restrictions for children who live with their Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care parent(s). Applicants do not have to be clients of the AIDS On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction Action Committee. On site staff 5 days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities The Joy Street Residence is located on Beacon Hill in Boston. appointments Drop in center It is near stores, medical facilities, and all forms of Assistance w/ transportation Child care transportation. The building, which has an elevator, has 20 Medication management Respite care units: 6 studio apartments, 10 one-bedroom apartments, and 4 GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents two-bedroom apartments. Each unit has a kitchen and a full Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE bathroom; all units are handicapped accessible and have Support groups Permanent emergency pull cords. The building has a community kitchen, Resident council meeting Transitional dinning room, living room, meeting room, additional Program meetings SRO bathrooms, a coin-operated laundry, and a roof deck. CAB Congregate

LEASING INFORMATION HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Residents sign leases with the property management company. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

22 LAKAY Project

Serves 15 homeless men, women, and families with an adult member who is disabled by HIV. CORI check is not required. STAFF CONTACT

Ginette Jean-Felix Director 420 Washington Street Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124 1-617-265-0628 x 225

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The LAKAY Project serves people who speak Haitian Creole, Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education English, Spanish, French, and other languages. All applicants Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance must be homeless and disabled by HIV/AIDS—families must Case management Planned leisure activities have an adult member disabled by HIV/AIDS. Applicants with Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care histories of addiction must have at least six months of clean On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction time. CORI check is not required. On site staff X days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities The LAKAY Project consists of 15 scattered-site, market-rate appointments Drop in center apartments in residential neighborhoods. The size of a Assistance w/ transportation Child care particular apartment and other features depend on the size Medication management Respite care and needs of the particular individual or family. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips LEASING INFORMATION PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Tenants sing leases with the housing authority and the Resident council meeting Transitional landlords. Program meetings SRO Tenants sign a contract agreement with CCHER. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCY HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Center for Community Health, Education, and Research, Inc. Substance use counseling Other (CCHER). Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

23 LARC (The Living and Recovery Community)

Serves 15 men and women living with HIV who have histories of substance abuse. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Donald Drake Director 170 Morton Street 11-North Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130 1-617-522-2936

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The LARC Program is a transitional housing and treatment Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education program for men and women with HIV/AIDS with histories of Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance addiction disorders. Admission requires a successfully Case management Planned leisure activities completed detoxification program and a demonstrated desire Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care and ability to maintain sobriety. Applicants must have medial On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction clearance for inpatient substance abuse treatment and have On site staff 7 days a week On site education center the medical stability and psychiatric/neurological competency Monthly educational to engage in the program. Applicants taking methadone are LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities eligible for this program. Some residents of LARC may be appointments Drop in center residents of other HIV/AIDS housing programs who have Assistance w/ transportation Child care relapsed but who have demonstrated a strong desire to become Medication management Respite care clean again. A CORI check is required. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips SETTING PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent LARC is located on the 11th floor of the Lemuel Shattuck Resident council meeting Transitional Hospital in Jamaica Plain on the edge of Boston’s Franklin Program meetings SRO Park. It is within walking distance to the MBTA’s Forest Hills CAB Congregate Station on the Orange Line. LARC has 15 bedrooms, four HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site bathrooms, a kitchen, a dining area, a solarium (group room), Stabilization services Shelter and an acupuncture treatment room. The program is Substance use counseling Other: Stabilization Program handicapped accessible. The program has laundry facilities. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB LEASING INFORMATION Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Residents sign contract agreements. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab SPONSORING AGENCY Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab Victory Programs, Inc. NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other Updated: 2011

24 Luis Martinez House

Serves 10 individual men and women living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check is required.

STAFF CONTACT

Ed Gomes Supervisor 101 Nye Street New Bedford, Massachusetts 02746 1-508-984-7514

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Luis Martinez House serves 10 men and women living Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be living with HIV/AIDS and Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance be homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Applicants Case management Planned leisure activities taking methadone are eligible for this program. This is a Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care Harm Reduction program. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE The Luis Martinez House is a three-story building located near workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities stores and public bus lines. The building has 5 two-bedroom appointments Drop in center apartments; each resident has an individual bedroom and Assistance w/ transportation Child care shares a full bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen with one Medication management Respite care other resident. The building has an elevator. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips LEASING INFORMATION PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Tenants sign leases with the housing authority. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO SPONSORING AGENCY CAB Congregate Steppingstone, Inc. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

25 Maranda’s House

A transitional program that serves nine women who are homeless and living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Pat Clark Director 72 Jacques Avenue Worcester, Massachusetts 01608 1-508-860-1005

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Maranda’s House is a transitional housing program. Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Applicants must obtain medical clearance to participate in the Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance program and they must be willing to comply with treatment Case management Planned leisure activities recommendations. Maranda’s House will accept women who Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care are on methadone. Also, Maranda’s House will accept women On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction living in a shelter, other program facility, or loss of housing On site staff 5 days a week On site education center due to eviction or other circumstances. A CORI check is not Monthly educational required. LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities appointments SETTING Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care Maranda’s House is located in a residential area in Worcester Medication management Respite care near stores and public transportation. The program has 9 GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents SROs (single room occupancies); residents share three Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE bathrooms, two kitchens, and a laundry (at no cost). The Support groups Permanent building is handicapped accessible. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Residents sign leases with the agency. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Residents pay 30% of their incomes to live at Maranda’s Stabilization services Shelter House. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB Community Healthlink. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

26 Nazareth Residence

Serves 9 homeless families in which at least one person is living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Mary Farren Director 91 Regent Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-541-0100

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Nazareth Residence is a clean and sober transitional housing Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education program for families (with a single head of household) living Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance with HIV/AIDS. Parents must be well enough to care for their Case management Planned leisure activities children (mothers may be pregnant). Any mental health issues Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care must be stabilized. Severn units are reserved for families On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction referred by the Massachusetts Departments of Transitional On site staff X days a week On site education center Assistance (DTA) and Housing and Community Development Monthly educational (DHCD). LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities appointments SETTING Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care Nazareth Residence is located in Roxbury near public bus Medication management Respite care routes. Seven family units have private bathrooms—either full GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents or half bathrooms. Family living areas include community Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE living and dining areas, a kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry Support groups Permanent facilities. The building also has a play area for children, a Resident council meeting Transitional meditation room, and an elevator—as well as office space for Program meetings SRO staff members. The building is handicapped accessible. CAB Congregate

LEASING INFORMATION HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Nazareth Residence does not have leases; however, residents Substance use counseling Other are required to meet the responsibilities of the program and, as Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES applicable, of DTA and/or DHCD. Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB SPONSORING AGENCY Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston. S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other/None Updated: 2011

27 New Beginnings

Serves 12 homeless men and women living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Director 89 Bethany Road Framingham, Massachusetts 01702 1-508-370-3573

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The mission of New Beginnings is to improve the quality of Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education life of the residents by providing case management and goal- Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance oriented learning opportunities. Case management Planned leisure activities

SETTING Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction New Beginnings is a permanent, congregate, housing program On site staff X days a week On site education center for 12 homeless adults with HIV/AIDS. It is located at Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Bethany Hill, a large building in Framingham that is within a workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities 15 minute walk to downtown Framingham. A LIFT bus to appointments Drop in center downtown Framingham stops in front of the building every Assistance w/ transportation Child care two hours. New Beginnings has 3 four-bedroom apartments; Medication management Respite care each bedroom has an individual lock and key; each apartment GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents has a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and one and a Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE half bathrooms. All apartments are wheelchair accessible and Support groups Permanent the building has elevators and coin-operated laundry facilities. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Tenants sign leases, which are self-continuing, with the HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site property management company. First month’s rent and a Stabilization services Shelter security deposit are required at the time a lease is signed. A Substance use counseling Other CORI check is done by the management company. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB SPONSORING AGENCY Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC). S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

28 New North Citizens’ Council Serves 10 low-income individuals and families who are either (1) homeless, or (2) at risk of homelessness, or (3) paying more than 90% of income towards the rent.

STAFF CONTACT

Maria Perez Director 2383 Main Street Springfield, Massachusetts 01107 1-143-746-4885

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES This housing program provides two separate services to Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education individuals and families with HIV/AIDS in the greater Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance Springfield area who meet certain income limits. (1) Short- Case management Planned leisure activities term rental assistance of up to $150 per month for no more Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care than six months; applicants must be in case management to On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction receive this service. (2) Ten tenant-based rental subsidies to On site staff X days a week On site education center be used in the private market in the community. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center Both services—the short-term rental assistance and the long- Assistance w/ transportation Child care term rental subsidies—can be used in the greater Springfield Medication management Respite care area (including the private rental market). GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips LEASING INFORMATION PROGRAM TYPES Support groups Permanent: Long-term Rental (1) For the short-term service, the lease/rental agreement Resident council meeting Assistance Program meetings would already exist between the participant (tenant) and the Transitional CAB landlord. (2) For the long-term service, the participant SRO

(tenant) signs a lease with the landlord. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Congregate Stabilization services Scattered Site SPONSORING AGENCIES Substance use counseling Shelter New North Citizens’ Council. Relapse prevention Other: Short-term Emergency The City of Springfield. Home health care Rental Assistance

Mental health counseling RENTAL SUBSIDIES Health and dental care S+C PB Wellness programs S+C TB Re-integration counseling S+C SB

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE S+C Mod/Rehab Grocery shopping SRO Mod/Rehab Meal preparation HCVP PB On site food pantry HCVP TB Food vouchers 811 Meal delivery services HOPWA

Updated: 2011 SHP None

29 Next Step Home

Serves six homeless individuals with HIV/AIDS and families with at least one member living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Judith Tabor Director 466 North Main Street Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 1-508-674-2788

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for the Next Step Home must be homeless and: Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education have HIV/AIDS; be survivors of domestic violence; be in Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance recovery from substance abuse; or be coping with serious Case management Planned leisure activities mental health issues. People taking methadone are eligible for Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care this program. A CORI check is required. People on the On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction waiting list for this program must call in weekly to check on On site staff X days a week On site education center their status. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center The Next Step Home works with approximately 45 landlords Assistance w/ transportation Child care of apartments throughout Fall River. Program participants use Medication management Respite care the rental subsidies in the community according to their GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents specific needs. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Tenants sign month-to-month leases with their landlords. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Steppingstone, Inc. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

30 Open Door SRO Program

Open Door SRO serves 15 homeless and low-income men living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 222

For wait list information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 211

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for the Open Door Program must be low-income, Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education homeless men who are living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance must provide a certificate of homelessness and verification of Case management Planned leisure activities their incomes. A credit check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center The Open Door Program has 15 SRO (single room occupancy) Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE units in the Cambridge YMCA in Central Square in Cambridge; workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities the building is near stores and the Central Square Station of appointments  Drop in center the MBTA’s Red Line. The units are wheelchair accessible. Assistance w/ transportation Child care The residents share common bathrooms, a kitchen, and Medication management Respite care lounges. The building has an elevator and coin/token- GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents operated laundry facilities. No alcohol or drugs are allowed Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE on the premises. No guests are allowed in the residential Support groups Permanent units. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate The rental subsidies are through the Cambridge Housing HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Authority. Tenants sign leases with S+C Management Stabilization services Shelter Company. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

31 Project HEAL

Serves homeless individuals (8) and families (2) who are living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Troix Bettencourt Team Leader Project HEAL 97 Central Street Suite 205A Lowell, Massachusetts 01852 1-978-460-5532

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Project HEAL is a non-traditional, supportive, permanent, Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education housing program for adults (men, women, and transgender) Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance and families. Applicants must be chronically homeless and Case management Planned leisure activities living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants may be in recovery from Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care substance use and/or have mental health issues. (Two of the On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction Shelter Plus Care units are now specifically dedicated to On site staff X days a week On site education center individuals at risk for HIV infection who are Hepatitis C Monthly educational positive.) Case management services are offered in English, LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Spanish, and Portuguese. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care Project HEAL offers 8 one-bedroom units (Shelter Plus Care) GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents and 2 multiple-bedroom units for families (Middlesex County Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE HOPWA) in Lowell. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting LEASING INFORMATION Transitional Program meetings SRO Not specified. CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

SPONSORING AGENCY Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Institute for Health and Recovery. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None Updated: 2011

32 Project Home

Serves up to six families in which at lease one member is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check is required.

STAFF CONTACTS

Robert J. Oliveira, BSW Program Manager P.O. Box 2097 New Bedford, Massachusetts 02741 1-508-996-3147 x 3912

Lorenzo Vazquez Case Manager 589 South First Street 2nd Floor New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 1-508-996-3147

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Project Home must be families who are Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education homeless; at least one member of the family must have Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HIV/AIDS. Applicants should have histories of addiction and Case management Planned leisure activities have 90 days of clean time. Applicants should have custody Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care of their children who are under the age of 21. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Project Home consists of scattered-site apartments locate workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities around the city of New Bedford in the private market (no appointments Drop in center public housing units are used in this program). The size of an Assistance w/ transportation Child care individual unit is determined by the particular family’s needs. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Tenants sign leases with landlords. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional SPONSORING AGENCY Program meetings SRO Seven Hills Behavioral Health CAB Congregate (an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation). HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

33 Proyecto Opciones

Serves 24 individuals and families with at least one member living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Myriam Scugli Director 95 Berkeley Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 1-617-350-6900

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for Proyecto Opciones must be homeless and living Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education with HIV/AIDS; they should require or benefit from the Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance delivery of services in Spanish; they must be ambulatory and, Case management Planned leisure activities if applicable, be able to care for their children. Applicants Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care taking methadone are eligible for this program. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Proyecto Opciones is a scattered-site program in Boston and workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Chelsea. The size of an individual unit is determined by the appointments  Drop in center needs of a particular family. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASING INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Tenants sign leases with landlords and sign contract Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE agreements with the service provider (Latino Health Institute). Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional SPONSORING AGENCY Program meetings SRO Latino Health Institute. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

34 Reb Brown Friendship House

Serves three individuals living with HIV/AIDS or one individual and one family with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Sarah Wright Director 35 Old South Road Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554 1-508-228-3955

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants for the Reb Brown Friendship House must be living Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education with HIV/AIDS, be homeless or at risk of homelessness, be in Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance financial need (the demonstration of which is required), and Case management Planned leisure activities be a resident of Nantucket. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center The Reb Brown Friendship House consists of two cottages: one Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE has two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a kitchen/dining area, workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities and a deck; the other has one bedroom, a full bathroom, a appointments Drop in center kitchen, a living room, and two decks. One unit is wheelchair Assistance w/ transportation Child care accessible. The cottages have laundry facilities. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Tenants sign leases with the landlord and sign contract Support groups Permanent agreements with the service provider. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO SPONSORING AGENCIES CAB Congregate The Nantucket AIDS Network. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site The Town of Nantucket. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

35 Rental Start-up Program

Serves low-income individuals and families with HIV/AIDS living in Massachusetts.

STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Rental Start-up Program is for households (individuals or Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education families) living with HIV/AIDS which are moving into Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance apartments of appropriate size. The rent cannot exceed 50% Case management Planned leisure activities of the household’s income. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center The Rental Start-up Program is statewide. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical LEASING INFORMATION Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center The tenants sign leases with their landlords. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management SPONSORING AGENCY Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

36 River Street Community

Serves 13 men and women living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Anthony Andreottola Program Director 25 West Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 1-617-266-7040

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The River Street Community, founded in 1995, is a Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education community-based housing program for people living with Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HIV/AIDS and histories of substance abuse. Applicants must Case management Planned leisure activities be homeless or at risk of homelessness and meet the eligibility Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care requirements of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). On site staff 8 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 6 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE The River Street Community is located in a single building at workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities 11 Mary Moore Beaty Circle in the BHA’s Groveland appointments Drop in center Development in Mattapan, a neighborhood of Boston, near Assistance w/ transportation Child care public transportation. It has 13 units: 8 studio apartments and Medication management Respite care 5 one-bedroom apartments; it also has a community room and GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents laundry facilities. The first floor is wheelchair accessible. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Tenants sign leases with the landlord. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Justice Resource Institute. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

37 River Valley Counseling Center

Serves 38 individuals with HIV/AIDS and families in which at least one member has HIV/AIDS. STAFF CONTACT

Javier Cruz Assistant Program Director 120 Maple Street Suite 301 Springfield, Massachusetts 01103 1-413-737-2437

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The River Valley Counseling Center’s Supportive Services and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Housing Program serves the greater Springfield area. Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance Applicants must be living with HIV/AIDS, have low income, Case management Planned leisure activities and be homeless or at risk of homelessness. Most program Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care participants are Latino/a, but this is not a requirement. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE The River Valley Counseling Center’s Supportive Services and workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Housing Program is a scattered-site program; it consists of 38 appointments  Drop in center apartments in the greater Springfield area in both public Assistance w/ transportation Child care housing developments and in privately owned buildings. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Tenants sign leases with their landlords. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting SPONSORING AGENCY Transitional Program meetings SRO River Valley Counseling Center. CAB Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

38 The Robert McBride House

Serves 15 households (individuals or families) in which at lest one member is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required. STAFF CONTACT

Case Manager 70 Queensbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 1-617-236-8319

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Robert McBride House is for households (individuals and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education families) living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must meet income Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance restrictions. Individuals or households of up to two persons Case management Planned leisure activities can apply for one-bedroom apartments (there are 12 one- Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care bedroom apartments); households of two to four persons can On site staff (?) hours a day Computer instruction apply for two-bedroom apartments (there are 3 two-bedroom On site staff (?) days a week On site education center apartments). A CORI check is required. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center The Robert McBride House is a seven-story building in The Assistance w/ transportation Child care Fenway, a neighborhood of Boston; it is located near stores, Medication management Respite care medical offices, and public transportation (bus routes and the GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Fenway and Kenmore Stations on the MBTA’s Green Line). Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE The building has an elevator. Four of its 15 units are Support groups Permanent wheelchair accessible. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Tenants sign leases with the property management company HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site (Maloney Properties). Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling SPONSORING AGENCY Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Victory Programs, Inc. Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

39 Rockwell House

Serves 10 men and women living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless and very low-income. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Marla Doane Director 28 Rockwell Street Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124 1-617-825-8564

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Rockwell House is for 10 individuals (men and women) living Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be homeless with very low Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance income. Applicants who are taking methadone are eligible for Case management Planned leisure activities this program. A CORI check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 7 days a week On site education center Rockwell House is a three-story residence located in Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston. It is near stores, bus workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities lines, and the Ashmont Station of the MBTA’s Red Line. The appointments Drop in center house has 10 SRO (single room occupancy) units (bedrooms)— Assistance w/ transportation Child care each with a television, a refrigerator, and an adjustable bed. Medication management Respite care Eight of the SROs have full bathrooms; two SROs (which are GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents wheelchair accessible) share one wheelchair-accessable Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE bathroom. The common areas include a kitchen (in which Support groups Permanent each resident has a locked cabinet), a dining room, a living Resident council meeting Transitional room, laundry facilities, porches, and a raised garden. Program meetings SRO CAB LEASING INFORMATION Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Residents sign leases with the landlord and the housing Stabilization services Shelter authority. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB The Pine Street Inn. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

40 ROOF

Serves 16 low-income homeless families in which at least one member is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required. STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The ROOF (Roof Over Our Families) Program is for 16 Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education homeless families in which at least one member is living with Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be low-income, homeless, and Case management Planned leisure activities clean and sober for at least six months and be committed to Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care sobriety. A CORI check is required. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE ROOF is a scattered-site program. The families use the rental workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities subsidies in the community (private market) to rent appointments Drop in center apartments. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASING INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Participants sign leases with their individual landlords. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups SPONSORING AGENCY Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB

Meal preparation 811

On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

41 Ruah

Permanent SRO Housing for 7 women living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Case Manager 10 Russell Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 1-617-492-8828

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Ruah (a Hebrew word meaning Breath of Life) serves 7 Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education homeless women living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must meet Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HUD’s definition of “homeless.” Case management Planned leisure activities

SETTING Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction Ruah is a permanent housing program consisting of 7 SRO On site staff X days a week On site education center (single room occupancy) units. It is located in a residential Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE area of North Cambridge near Porter Square close to stores workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities and public transportation (bus lines, the Porter Square Station appointments Drop in center of the MBTA’s Red Line and Commuter Rail). Residents share Assistance w/ transportation Child care bathrooms and a kitchen. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Residents sign leases with the Cambridge Housing Authority. Support groups Permanent Residents pay a pro-rated portion of their incomes towards Resident council meeting Transitional their rents. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Victory Programs, Inc. Stabilization services Shelter Victory Programs is the property owner. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None Updated: 2011

42 Safe Harbor Program

Serves 20 men and women living with HIV/AIDS who are currently chemically dependent.

STAFF CONTACT

Valerie Tarantino Director P.O. Box 158 Boston, Massachusetts 02127 1-617-534-2526

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Safe Harbor Program is a transitional program for 20 Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education individuals (men and women) living with HIV/AIDS who are Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance currently chemically dependent. Applicants must be Case management Planned leisure activities independent in the activities of daily living and responsible Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care for their own medications; they must have a current PPD On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction (tuberculosis status). Applicants should not be actively On site staff 7 days a week On site education center homicidal or suicidal, or be barred from the Long Island Monthly educational Shelter Annex. Female applicants should not be pregnant. A LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities CORI check is not required. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care Safe Harbor is located next to the Long Island Shelter on GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Boston’s Long Island in Boston Harbor. The program has 20 Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE bedrooms, bathrooms, a living room, and meeting rooms. Support groups Permanent Resident council meeting LEASING INFORMATION Transitional Program meetings SRO Information not provided. CAB Congregate

SPONSORING AGENCIES HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Information not provided. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

43 St. Paul’s Residence SRO Program

Serves 6 homeless and low-income women living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3041 x 222

For wait list information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 211

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES St. Paul’s Residence SRO Program serves 6 women who are Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants must be homeless and Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance provide a certificate of homelessness; applicants must have Case management Planned leisure activities low income and provide verification of income. A CORI check Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care is required. On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE St. Paul’s Residence SRO Program has 6 SRO (single room workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities occupancy) units in The St. Paul’s Residence near Harvard appointments  Drop in center Square in Cambridge. It is near stores and the Harvard Square Assistance w/ transportation Child care Station of the MBTA’s Red Line. The units are wheelchair Medication management Respite care accessible. The residents share common bathrooms, a kitchen, GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents and lounges. The building has an elevator and coin/token Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE operated laundry facilities. No alcohol or drugs are allowed Support groups Permanent on the premises. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate The rental subsidies are through the Cambridge Housing HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Authority. Tenants sign leases with S+C Management Stabilization services Shelter Company. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

44 Serenity Supportive Housing

Serves 12 men and women living with HIV/AIDS.

STAFF CONTACT

Lucinda Nolet, MS, LSW Director 9 Nike Village Topsfield, Massachusetts 01983 1-978-887-0833

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Serenity Supportive Housing is permanent housing for men Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education and women living with HIV/AIDS. The program provides case Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance management with referrals to appropriate services. Case management Planned leisure activities

SETTING Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction Serenity Supportive Housing is located on 15 acres in a On site staff X days a week On site education center wooded and serene rural area in Topsfield; it is approximately Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE 30 minutes north of Boston. The program has 4 three- workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities bedroom houses: each house has a living room, a dining room, appointments Drop in center a kitchen with a dishwasher, a full bathroom, and laundry Assistance w/ transportation Child care facilities. One house and the community meal and meeting Medication management Respite care areas are handicapped accessible. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips LEASING INFORMATION PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent There are no leases. Residents are tenants-at-will and pay Resident council meeting Transitional 30% of their incomes as rent. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Health and Education Services (HES) and CAB Health & Stabilization services Shelter Recovery, divisions of North East Health Systems. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None Updated: 2011

45 Seton Manor Serves 19 men and women living with HIV/AIDS who have histories of addictions and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. CORI check required. STAFF CONTACT

Armindo Oliveira Program Director 200 Corey Road Brighton, Massachusetts 02135 1-617-277-7133

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Seton Manor provides independent living in 19 studio Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education apartments for men and women living with HIV/AIDS who Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance have histories of addictions. Applicants must be homeless or Case management Planned leisure activities at risk of homelessness. A CORI check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care  On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction SETTING   On site staff 7 days a week On site education center Seton Manor is located in Brighton, a neighborhood of Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Boston, in a recently constructed building. It has 19 studio workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities apartments. It is close to stores and public transportation. appointments  Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care LEASING INFORMATION Medication management Respite care Residents sign leases with the Boston Housing Authority. GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips SPONSORING AGENCIES PROGRAM TYPE Support groups Permanent Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston. Resident council meeting Transitional The Boston Housing Authority and Peabody Properties. Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other (BHA)

Updated: 2011 None

46 Sheila Daniels House / Edgewood Serves 3 families in which at least one member is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Ruth Kelly Director 55 Dimock Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-442-8800 x 1327

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Sheila Daniels House/Edgewood is for three families (at least Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education one member is living with HIV/AIDS). Applicants must meet Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance the requirements for subsidized housing and be capable of Case management Planned leisure activities living independently. A CORI check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care

SETTING On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction On site staff X days a week On site education center Sheila Daniels House/Edgewood is located in Roxbury, a Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE neighborhood of Boston, near public transportation and the workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Dimock Community Health Center. The building contains 2 appointments Drop in center four-bedroom apartments and 1 three-bedroom apartment. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASING INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Residents sign leases with the property management company. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups SPONSORING AGENCY Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Dimock Community Health Center. Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

47 Sheila Daniels House / Walnut Ave.

Serves 10 women with HIV/AIDS and their children. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Ruth Kelly Director 55 Dimock Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-442-8800 x 1327

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Sheila Daniels House/Walnut Ave. is for 10 women living with Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education HIV/AIDS and their children. Applicants with histories of Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance substance use must agree to random urine screenings and Case management Planned leisure activities random house inspections. A CORI check is required. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care  On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction SETTING   On site staff 5 days a week On site education center Sheila Daniels House/Walnut Ave. is located in Roxbury, a Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE neighborhood of Boston, near public transportation and the workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Dimock Community Health Center. The building is a appointments Drop in center renovated three-story brick building that contains 10 units: 1 Assistance w/ transportation Child care three-bedroom apartment and 9 two-bedroom apartments. Medication management Respite care

LEASING INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Residents sign leases with the Metropolitan Boston Housing Support groups Permanent Partnership (MBHP). Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO SPONSORING AGENCY CAB Congregate Dimock Community Health Center. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

None

48 SMOC Supportive Housing Program

Serves 4 single adult women living with HIV/AIDS who are in recovery from substance use.

STAFF CONTACT

Mary Shanahan Program Director SMOC -- Common Ground Resource Center 300 Howard Street Framingham, Massachusetts 01702 1-508-620-2690

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES SMOC Supportive Housing serves four single adult women Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education living with HIV/AIDS who are invested in recovery from Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance substance use. Applicants must be able to function Case management Planned leisure activities independently, abide by house rules, and pay the rent. The Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care house rules are addressed during the application and On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction interviewing process. On site staff X days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities SMOC Supportive Housing is an SRO (single room occupancy) appointments Drop in center program located in a three-story building in Framingham near Assistance w/ transportation Child care stores, public busses, and the Metrowest Medical Center in Medication management Respite care downtown Framingham. Each SRO unit has a refrigerator, a GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents closet, a dresser, and a bed. The common areas include a Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE bathroom, a kitchen, a living room, porches, and a yard. The Support groups Permanent first floor is wheelchair accessible. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Residents are tenants-at-will. A security deposit of two weeks’ HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site rent is required at entry. Rent is either $95 per week or $412 Stabilization services Shelter per month. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB SMOC: South Middlesex Opportunity Council. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other Updated: 2011

49 Span Transitional Housing

Serves 12 ex-offenders with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Deborah Cooper Director of HIV Services 105 Chauncy Street 6th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02111 1-617-423-0750

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Span Transitional Housing is a transitional housing program Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education for ex-offenders living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants with Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance histories of substance use are required to participate in Case management Planned leisure activities substance use treatment and re-integration treatment. A CORI Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care check is required. On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction On site staff 7 days a week On site education center SETTING Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE Span Transitional Housing is a scattered-site transitional workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities housing program; it has scattered-site beds in congregate appointments Drop in center sober housing facilities in the Boston area. Assistance w/ transportation Child care Medication management LEASNG INFORMATION Respite care GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Clients sign housing agreements. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups SPONSORING AGENCY Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Span, Inc. Program meetings SRO CAB Congregate

HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB

Grocery shopping HCVP TB

Meal preparation 811

On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

Updated: 2011

50 SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative: Bowdoin Manor

Serves 8 formerly homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS with affordable housing and on-site services.

STAFF CONTACT

Stephen Wilkins Director of Marketing and Outreach 1059 Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts 02120 1-617-445-4075 x 208

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative at Bowdoin Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Manor provides affordable and permanent housing and social Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance services to 8 formerly homeless individuals who are living Case management Planned leisure activities with HIV/AIDS. Many of the residents have histories of Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care mental illness, addiction, and incarceration. Applicants must On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction provide primary documentation of their HIV status and On site staff 7 days a week On site education center verification of homelessness. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center Bowdoin Manor is a 120 unit SRO (single room occupancy) Assistance w/ transportation Child care building located on Beacon Hill in Boston. Eight units are set Medication management Respite care aside for this program. Community amenities, such as grocery GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents stores, medical facilities, parks, recreation centers, mental Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE health centers, pharmacies, and public transportation (buses Support groups Permanent and subways), are within walking distances. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Residents sign leases with Commonwealth Land Trust. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site

SPONSORING AGENCY Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Commonwealth Land Trust. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

Updated: 2011

51 SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative at Crawford Street

Serves 17 formerly homeless individuals.

STAFF CONTACT

Stephen Wilkins Director of Marketing and Outreach 1059 Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts 02120 1-617-445-4075 x 208

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative at Crawford Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Street provides affordable and permanent housing and social Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance services to 17 formerly homeless individuals who are Case management Planned leisure activities struggling with histories of mental illness, addictions, and Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care incarceration—and may be living with HIV/AIDS. Applicants On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction must provide verification of homelessness. On site staff 7 days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities The Crawford Street property is located in Roxbury, a appointments Drop in center neighborhood of Boston. Community amenities, such as Assistance w/ transportation Child care grocery stores, medical facilities, parks, recreation centers, Medication management Respite care mental health centers, pharmacies, and public transportation GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents (buses and subways), are within walking distances. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Residents sign leases with Commonwealth Land Trust. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCY Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Commonwealth Land Trust. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other

Updated: 2011

52 SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative: Mass. Ave.

Serves 34 formerly homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS with affordable housing and on-site services.

STAFF CONTACT

Stephen Wilkins Director of Marketing and Outreach 1059 Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts 02120 1-617-445-4075 x 208

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative at Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education Massachusetts Avenue provides affordable and permanent Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance housing and social services to 34 formerly homeless Case management Planned leisure activities individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS. Many of the Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care residents have histories of mental illness, addiction, and On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction incarceration. Applicants must provide primary On site staff 7 days a week On site education center documentation of their HIV status and verification of Monthly educational homelessness. LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities appointments SETTING Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation Child care The SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative on Medication management Respite care Massachusetts Avenue is located in two buildings on GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Community amenities, such Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE as grocery stores, medical facilities, parks, recreation centers, Support groups Permanent mental health centers, pharmacies, and public transportation Resident council meeting Transitional (buses and subways), are within walking distances. Program meetings SRO CAB LEASING INFORMATION Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Residents sign leases with Commonwealth Land Trust. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling SPONSORING AGENCY Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Commonwealth Land Trust. Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other Updated: 2011

53 SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative: Windsor House

Serves 20 formerly homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS with affordable housing and on-site services.

STAFF CONTACT

Stephen Wilkins Director of Marketing and Outreach 1059 Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts 02120 1-617-445-4075 x 208

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The SRO Special Needs Housing Collaborative at Windsor Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education House provides affordable and permanent housing and social Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance services to 20 formerly and chronically homeless individuals Case management Planned leisure activities who are living with HIV/AIDS. Many of the residents have Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care histories of mental illness, addiction, and incarceration. On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction Applicants must provide primary documentation of their HIV On site staff 7 days a week On site education center status and verification of homelessness. Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical SETTING Access to YMCA facilities appointments Drop in center Windsor House is a 70 unit SRO (single room occupancy) Assistance w/ transportation Child care building located in Broadway Street in Lawrence. Twenty of Medication management Respite care the units are set aside for this program. Community GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents amenities, such as grocery stores, medical facilities, parks, Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE recreation centers, mental health centers, and pharmacies, are Support groups Permanent within walking distances. A city bus stop is located directly in Resident council meeting Transitional front of the building; a commuter rail station, with service to Program meetings SRO Boston, is located within a mile of the property. Lawrence CAB Congregate General Hospital is located approximately 1.5 miles from the HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site building; the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (a Stabilization services Shelter provider of primary care) is located one mile away from the Substance use counseling Other program. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB LEASING INFORMATION Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Residents sign leases with Commonwealth Land Trust. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab SPONSORING AGENCY Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab Commonwealth Land Trust. NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services None/Other Updated: 2011

54 Talbot Bernard Housing

Serves up to 5 families in which at least one member of the household is living with HIV/AIDS. CORI check required. STAFF CONTACT

Brenda Rose Director of Housing AIDS Action Committee 75 Amory Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-450-1255

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Talbot Bernard Housing provides permanent housing for five Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education families (at least one member of a family must have Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance HIV/AIDS). Applicants must be able to document all of the Case management Planned leisure activities following criteria: (1) twelve consecutive months of successful Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care housing in their current supportive housing programs; (2) On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction successful maintenance of their individual service plans in On site staff X days a week On site education center their current supportive housing programs; and (3) Monthly educational demonstrated ability, motivation, and desire to move to more LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities independent living. A CORI check is required. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care This program, Talbot Bernard Housing, is located in the Talbot GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Bernard Homes development in Codman Square in Dorchester, Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE a neighborhood of Boston. The development is within Support groups Permanent walking distance of stores, bus stops, and the MBTA’s Silver Resident council meeting Transitional Line. Families are placed in units that are appropriate in size Program meetings SRO for the number of people in their households. Each unit has a CAB Congregate kitchen area, a full bathroom, and is handicapped accessible. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site All buildings in the development have elevators. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other LEASING INFORMATION Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Residents sign leases with the Boston Housing Authority Home health care S+C PB (BHA). Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB SPONSORING AGENCIES Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab Winn Residential, Codman Square Neighborhood Development NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Corporation, and the Boston Housing Authority. Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other: BHA

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55 Transitional Program

Serves 5 men and 5 women who are chronically homeless and living with HIV/AIDS. Credit check required.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Manager 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 222

For waitlist information: Scattered Site Housing Coordinator 17 Sellers Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 1-617-661-3040 x 211

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES The Transitional Program is a transitional housing program Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education for five men and five women that lasts from six to eighteen Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance months. Applicants must be living with HIV/AIDS, have low Case management Planned leisure activities incomes, and be chronically homeless as defined by HUD (the Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care federal Department of Housing and Urban Development). On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction Applicants must provide a certificate of homelessness and On site staff X days a week On site education center verification of income. A credit check is required. [Applicants Monthly educational for the units in the YWCA must also provide documentation LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities of at least six months of sobriety.] appointments  Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care The Transitional Program is an SRO (single room occupancy) GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents program in located in Central Square in Cambridge. The units Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE are in the Cambridge YMCA and the Cambridge YWCA; both Support groups Permanent are close to stores and public transportation (busses and the Resident council meeting Transitional MBTA’s Red Line). Residents of the SROs share common Program meetings: Required SRO bathrooms, kitchens, and lounges. The units are wheelchair weekly skills-building meeting Congregate accessible and both buildings have elevators and coin/token CAB Scattered Site operated laundry facilities. Alcohol and drugs are not allowed HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Shelter on these premises and no guests are allowed in the residences. Stabilization services Other Residents have to attend a mandatory community meeting Substance use counseling once a week. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES S+C PB Home health care S+C TB LEASING INFORMATION Mental health counseling S+C SB Health and dental care There are no leases. S+C Mod/Rehab Wellness programs SRO Mod/Rehab SPONSORING AGENCY Re-integration counseling HCVP PB AIDS Action of Massachusetts. NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP TB Grocery shopping 811 Meal preparation HOPWA On site food pantry SHP Food vouchers Other: Not stated Meal delivery services None

56 Ummi’s

A transitional program that serves 13 women (and their children) living with HIV/AIDS who have histories of substance use and mental health issues. STAFF CONTACT

Princilla Dias Director 55 Dimock Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-442-6778

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Ummi’s is a transitional housing program for 13 women (and Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education their children) living with HIV/AIDS who have histories of Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance substance use and mental health issues. Applicants must be Case management Planned leisure activities homeless and tri-diagnosed (HIV, substance use, and mental Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care health issues). Also, applicants must be willing to work with On site staff 24 hours a day Computer instruction Ummi’s multi-cultural intensive case management team to On site staff 7 days a week On site education center secure placements in permanent housing. Some women have Monthly educational their children (who must be under 12 years of age) with them LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities in the program. appointments Drop in center Assistance w/ transportation SETTING Child care Medication management Respite care Ummi’s is a three-story house in Roxbury, a neighborhood of GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents Boston. It has 13 bedrooms (any children live with their Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE mothers). The community areas include bathrooms, a kitchen, Support groups (for HIV) Permanent a dining room, a living room, play areas for children, and a Resident council meeting Transitional yard (which has a children’s pool); the on-site laundry Program meetings SRO facilities are provided free of charge. One unit is wheelchair CAB Congregate accessible with a private bathroom and laundry facility. HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Stabilization services LEASING INFORMATION Shelter Substance use counseling Other Residents sign a contract agreement. Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB SPONSORING AGENCY Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care Dimmock Community Health Center. S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

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57 Victory Transitional House

Serves 6 homeless men living with HIV/AIDS in recovery from substance use.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Director Supportive Housing Program 3 Virginia Street Dorchester, Massachusetts 02125 1-617-282-1984

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Victory Transitional House is a transitional housing program Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education for 6 homeless men living with HIV/AIDS who have histories Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance of substance use. Applicants must be homeless as defined by Case management Planned leisure activities HUD (the federal Department of Housing and Urban Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care Development), who are living with HIV/AIDS, and who have On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction histories of addiction. On site staff X days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Victory Transitional House is located in a residential area near appointments Drop in center Upham’s Corner in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston; it is Assistance w/ transportation Child care near public transportation (bus lines), stores, and other Medication management Respite care services. The house has 6 SRO (single room occupancy) units; GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents the common areas include two full bathrooms, a living room, Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE a kitchen, and a coin-operated laundry facility. Two SRO Support groups Permanent units are wheelchair accessible. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Residents pay pro-rated portions of their incomes as HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site contributions to unfunded care. Victory Programs, Inc., is the Stabilization services Shelter property owner. Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB Victory Programs, Inc. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

58 Vinfen Community Outreach Services

Serves a total of 50 men and women living with HIV/AIDS in three locations in Boston. Cori Check required.

STAFF CONTACTS

Keith Pratt Program Director Vinfen Community Outreach Services 125 Amory Street Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 1-617-522-8057

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Applicants must be single men or women living with Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education HIV/AIDS and meet income limits; applicants who need a Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance supportive living environment must be stable enough Case management Planned leisure activities medically and behaviorally live independently with support. Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care On site staff 7 hours a day Computer instruction SETTING On site staff 5 days a week On site education center Vinfen Community Outreach Services provides case Monthly educational LIFE ASSISTANCE management services to three locations in Boston’s workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Roxbury. The buildings appointments Drop in center in all three locations have elevators and many of the units Assistance w/ transportation Child care (studio and one-bedroom apartments) are handicapped Medication management Respite care accessible. All are located near stores and public GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents transportation. Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE Support groups LEASING INFORMATION Permanent Resident council meeting Transitional Residents sign leases. Program meetings SRO CAB SPONSORING AGENCIES Congregate HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site Vinfen Corporation. Stabilization services Shelter Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES Home health care S+C PB Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA

Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

59 Women’s Hope Transitional

Serves 7 women living with HIV/AIDS who are in recovery.

STAFF CONTACT

Program Director Supportive Housing Program 12 Chamblet Street Dorchester, Massachusetts 02125 1-617-442-7800

BACKGROUND SERVICES OTHER MEETINGS/SERVICES Women’s Hope Transitional is a transitional housing program Housing search assistance Parenting support classes Move in assistance HIV education for 7 homeless women living with HIV/AIDS who have Lease up assistance Spiritual guidance histories of substance use. Applicants must be homeless as Case management Planned leisure activities defined by HUD (the federal Department of Housing and Furnished apartments/rooms Pastoral care Urban Development), who are living with HIV/AIDS, and who On site staff Y hours a day Computer instruction have histories of addiction. On site staff X days a week On site education center Monthly educational SETTING LIFE ASSISTANCE workshops Transportation to medical Access to YMCA facilities Women’s Hope Transitional is located in a residential area appointments Drop in center near Upham’s Corner in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Assistance w/ transportation Child care Boston; it is near public transportation (bus lines), stores, and Medication management Respite care other services. The house has 7 SRO (single room occupancy) GROUP MEETINGS Internet access for residents units; the common areas include three full bathrooms, a living Community activities/trips PROGRAM TYPE room, a kitchen, and a coin-operated laundry facility. One Support groups Permanent SRO unit is wheelchair accessible. Resident council meeting Transitional Program meetings SRO LEASING INFORMATION CAB Congregate Residents pay pro-rated portions of their incomes as HEALTH/LIFE SERVICES Scattered Site contributions to unfunded care. Victory Programs, Inc., is the Stabilization services Shelter property owner Substance use counseling Other Relapse prevention RENTAL SUBSIDIES SPONSORING AGENCY Home health care S+C PB Victory Programs, Inc. Mental health counseling S+C TB Health and dental care S+C SB Wellness programs S+C Mod/Rehab Re-integration counseling SRO Mod/Rehab NUTRITION ASSISTANCE HCVP PB Grocery shopping HCVP TB Meal preparation 811 On site food pantry HOPWA Food vouchers SHP Meal delivery services Other

Updated: 2011 None

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