City of Boston HPRP Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program

DIRECTORY OF SUB-GRANTEES

Updated: March 29, 2010 Homelessness Prevention Providers

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Primary Office Neighborhood HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Commonly Served Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Tabitha Gaston 178 Tremont St.  Citywide  Single  Landlords or  Landlord engagement & education  Marginalized  Spanish (617) 348-6449 Boston, MA  Office in Individuals Property  Early warning system - triage at-risk populations  Creole Gaston@Bostonabc 02111 downtown  Families Managers with tenancies via support to landlords in general  Somali d.org location tenants at-risk  Training directly to landlords to solve  Housing  Cape Verdean Note: Target  Landlords problem tenancies/avert search Creole populations seeking help to homelessness  Early to be served stabilize tenants  Assessment, assistance, stabilization warning Secondary Contact in Public Transportation Location of HPRP “through the and preserve Other Complementary In-House Capacity systems Other Notable event Primary Contact is Access to Office Service Delivery landlord housing Relevant to HPRP HPRP Staff on Vacation or Out Sick door” arrangements – Characteristics/ or divert Capacity Robby Thomas Green Line: Neighborhood household to  HEART (Help at-risk Tenant Program)  HPRP staff (617) 348-6450 Boylston Street T based outreach new housing = important potential resource includes Thomas@Bostonab Red Line: to property and thereby  Foreclosure Prevention Housing Search cd.org Park Street T owners & avoid shelter  Financial Literacy Worker property  Housing Search – workshops, groups managers  Fuel assistance AIDS Action Committee (AAC) Primary Office Neighborhood HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Commonly Served Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Mary Troiano 75 Amory Street.  Citywide  Single  Any HPRP  HIV/AIDS specialized homelessness  Unique  English (617) 450-1218 Jamaica Plain, MA  Multi-service Individuals eligible prevention case management needs and  Spanish [email protected] 02130 office in w/HIV and household that  Integration of homelessness histories of  Phone-based Jamaica Plain AIDS discloses a prevention with HIV services persons with translation location  Families with positive  One stop shop approach HIV/AIDS service for member who HIV/AIDS status  Links with specialized HIV/AIDS  Links with other has HIV/AID in the family programs and opportunities citywide languages Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP Other Complementary In-House Capacity resources Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery Relevant to HPRP targeting HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick people with Characteristics/ HIV Capacity Kelly Mulligan Orange Line: Citywide service  Case management  Substance  Background in (617) 450-1253 Jackson Square T delivery with  Mental health abuse issues mental health, [email protected] Jamaica Plain  Legal services substance Office is very based multi-  Stabilization and “Check-in” services abuse, low - short walk from service center  HIV/AIDS perm. supportive housing income the T station  Rental assistance program housing  HIV prevention services Bay Cove Human Services Primary Location HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Ruth Harel Garvey 66 Canal Street  Single  Households  General homelessness prevention  People with  Spanish (617) 371-3153 Boston, MA 02114 Individuals where there is a  Landlord engagement & education disabilities  French [email protected]  Families disability or  Case management  Mental  Haitian Creole rg  Office in downtown location  In particular, impairment  Problem solving direct with landlords health issues  Note: citywide-oriented agency households impacting  Public benefits access  In-house where lease stability (such  Assessment, assistance, stabilization staff with Secondary Contac in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP violations as mental Other Complementary In-House Capacity clinical Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery relate to a health or Relevant to HPRP mental HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick disability or substance health Characteristics/ an abuse issue) training Capacity Jacqui Martir Green Line: HPRP outreach impairment  Foreclosure Prevention Staff are clinically (617) 788-1753 to households in (such as  Financial Literacy trained (LICSWs [email protected] North Station T Boston Housing mental  Housing Search – workshops, groups and MSWs) g Haymarket T Court health issue)  Help at-risk Tenant Program  Fuel assistance Catholic Charities – Laboure Center Basic Needs Program Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Menny Kalas 275 West Broadway  Individuals  Immigrants  Homelessness prevention case  Low-income  Spanish (617) 464 8591 South Boston, MA  Families  Elderly management (home visits possible) populations  Greek Menny_kalas@ccab 02127  People with  Public benefit access  Elderly  Portuguese . org disabilities  Building income through employment  People with  Other neighborhoods where  Mediation with landlords disabilities agency focuses work: South End,  Assess and address disabilities and (including Dorchester, Roxbury , Mattapan how they may be destabilizing a physical tenancy disabilities Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP Other Complementary In-House Capacity and brain Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery Relevant to HPRP injuries) HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick  Immigrants Characteristics/  Low income Capacity Misty Heppler Red Line Community-  Clinically trained staff in-house groups  Background in (617) 464-8594 based outreach  Housing search real estate misty_heppler@cca Broadway Station with possibility  Familiar with all forms of assisted issues b. org of home visits housing and private market housing Greater Boston Legal Services Primary Location HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house 197 Friend Street  Individuals  Households in  Legal defense for eviction prevention  Marginalized  Spanish Linda Garcia Boston, MA 02114  Families need of legal and/or retention of housing subsidy populations  Chinese (617) 603-1655 defense to  Legal defense to retain income from in general  Haitian Creole  Citywide agency Note: Target protect housing public benefits (TFADC, EAEDC, SNAP  Multi-  Other [email protected] populations  Households – Food Stamps, SSI/SSDI) cultural staff languages as will often be that require a  Legal assistance to households in to agency in needed served in complement of domestic violence situations where general partnership legal assistance housing stability is in jeopardy  Domestic Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP with another to more general Other Complementary In-House Capacity violence Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery HPRP sub- homelessness Relevant to HPRP issues HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick grantee that prevention  Public Characteristics/ provides more provided by benefits Capacity Mac McCreight Green or Orange Phone-based general another HPRP  General legal aid services access  Legal services (617) 603-1652 Line: assistance and in homelessness sub-grantee  Poverty law issues lawyers with mmccreight@gbls North Station T offices near prevention  Tenants’ rights extensive North Station  Public benefits housing issue  Family law matters experience

Homestart Primary Location HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Allegra Clark 105 Chauncy Street  Individuals &  Individuals and  Intensive case management to  Deep and  Spanish (617) 542-0338 x 265 Boston, MA Families in Families address income needs – job, extensive  French [email protected] 02111 the Court involved in vocational opportunity focus experience in g Process Housing Court  Planning housing “maintainability” – homelessness  Downtown Crossing location  Families with  Families, rent problem solving to arrange viable prevention  Citywide agency strong work burdened by tenancy that household can afford  Expertise in history who 50% or more, long term – thru budgeting/finance issues faced Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP have facing eviction Other Complementary In-House Capacity by persons Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery experienced for non- Relevant to HPRP with work HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick recent loss of payment due to history Characteristics/ income or employment Capacity Kendra Castaldo Red Line: HPRP outreach other loss or earned  Multiple programs to prevent and  Staff has (617) 542-0338 x 252  Downtown in Housing financial income drop solve homelessness, including a State- experience castaldo@homestar Crossing T Court, hardship funded HPRP program piloting this t.org HPRP services at initiative and Orange Line Downtown will bring it to  Chinatown T Crossing office scale with and in homes. HPRP Just-a-Start Mediation Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Elizabeth Winston 1035 Cambridge St., Suite 12  Families  Families and  Mediation  Professional  Limited (617) 494-0444 x 368 Cambridge, MA  Individuals Individuals who  Coaching mediation Spanish ewinston@justastar 02141 are HPRP-  Dispute resolution  Integration t.org eligible who are  Legal education of legal  Although office in Cambridge, at-risk of  Legal materials expertise this agency works citywide in eviction or who  Assistance in drafting documents into dispute Boston are being  Rental Assistance resolution  They are also sub-grantee for evicted  Deep other HPRP cities and work  Families and experience across municipal borders Individuals who resolving regularly are living with housing Secondary Contac in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP family or friends Other Complementary In-House Capacity disputes Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery and must leave Relevant to HPRP  Mediation HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick Characteristics/ Capacity Peter Shapiro Red Line: Services  Lawyer on consulting contract (not  Trained (617) 494-0444 x 317  Kendall or primarily over available for trial day use) mediators with pshapiro@mediatio Central Square, the phone and  Training and educational materials for high level skills nforresults.org Cambridge in Cambridge housing and human services agencies  Green Line to office Lechmere, Bus 69 Kit Clark Senior Services Primary Office Neighborhood HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Commonly Served Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Vu Ngo 1500 Dorchester  Dorchester  Individuals  Single adults  Comprehensive homelessness  Older adults  Vietnamese (617) 825-5000 Ave., Dorchester,  Roxbury over age 45 and couples prevention support services and elderly  Haitian Creole [email protected] MA 02122  South Boston  Couples over over age 45  Links with elder services to stabilize  Immigrant  Cape Verde  Mattapan age 45  Persons in need households/prevent homelessness groups Creole Field Corner, of elderly  Housing search if needed  Multi-  Spanish Dorchester expertise  Comprehensive case management service  Immigrants in  Public benefits applications integration Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP targeted age Other Complementary In-House Capacity Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery group Relevant to HPRP HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick Characteristics/ Capacity John Livingstone Red Line: HPRP services  Multi-service agency specializing in  Expertise in (617) 619-6961  Fields Corner primarily in services for elders with expertise in local resources jlivingstone@kitclar Fields Corner immigrant groups – including Haitians for elderly and k.org office and in and Vietnamese immigrants homes MA Coalition for the Homeless Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Marisa McQuaid 15 Bubier Street  Individuals &  Households  General homelessness prevention  School  Spanish (781) 595-7570 x 15 Lynn, MA Families needing general services and assistance issues  Portuguese marisa@mahomele homelessness  Income maximization  Family issues  Cape Verdean ss.org  Note: HPRP services delivered in prevention  Assistance with accessing mainstream  Assisted Creole field locations that are medical and approach benefits and resources housing social service clinic sites  Households  Case management access facing school  Problem solving  Healthcare related  Housing search center challenges  Housing applications update system affiliations Secondary Contact in event Public Location of HPRP Service  Households Other Complementary In-House Capacity Other Notable Primary Contact is on Transportatio Delivery that would Relevant to HPRP HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick n Access to benefit from Characteristics/ Office systemized Capacity Robyn Frost Red Line: Dorchester House support with  Other homelessness prev. services  State-level (781) 595-7570 x 12  Shawmut 1353 Dorchester Ave. subsidized  Statewide homelessness policy and policy robyn@mahomeles T Dorchester housing apps best practice advancement expertise on s.org  MBTA Codman Square Health  Households  Advocacy on school issues homelessness bus 637 Washington St. needing help to  Housing search and best service Dorchester access benefits  Access to primary care thru field sites practices Call for appointment to maximize their incomes Project Hope Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Nancy Sullivan 550 Dudley Street  Tenant  Families  Homelessness prevention focused on  Workforce  Spanish (617) 442-1880 x 221 Roxbury, MA Families vulnerable to income and asset building strategies issues and nsullivan@prohope. homelessness  Link households to workforce income org Dudley Square location due to income development building  Note: Agency traditionally has related  Intensive case management  Job related focused on Roxbury and Dorchester problems – i.e.  Plans to maximize income potential linkages neighborhoods insufficient  Intensive case Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP income, job loss Other Complementary In-House Capacity management Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery or lack of Relevant to HPRP model HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick earning power  Homeless & Characteristics/ at-risk Capacity Ruthie Gomez Silver Line: HPRP services at  Agency has comprehensive resources families  Multi-cultural (617) 442-1880 x 219  Dudley Square Project Hope and programs for homeless and at-  Immigrant staff [email protected] Station offices and in risk families families  Many native rg  # 15 Bus from private homes  Links to workforce development and Spanish Dudley education resources to advance speakers on earning potential staff Multiple MBTA Bus Lines Travelers Aid Family Services Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Myra Ackerman 727 Atlantic Ave.  Families with  All families  Crisis intervention  Homeless  Spanish (617) 542-7286 x 229 Boston, MA children  Families that  Universal and clinical assessments and at-risk  Cape Verdean mackerman@tafsbo under age 18 require HPRP  Mainstream public benefits survey families Creole ston.org Easy walk from South Station staff with  Budgeting, financial management  Mental  Citywide clinical mental  Identification of causes of instability – health issues  Downtown office location next to health training medical, job loss etc  Child South Station and skills  Employment search and referral protective (LICSWs)  Housing search if needed custody Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP Other Complementary In-House Capacity issues Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery Relevant to HPRP  Disability HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick issues Characteristics/  Protective Capacity Lindsay Baber Red Line and HPRP services at  Housing search capacity custody  Trained MH (617) 542-7286 x 260 Silver Line: Travelers Aid  Clinically trained staff (LICSWs) issues clinicians lindsayb@tafsbosto offices  Housing programs for homeless  Child n.org South Station T  Multi-services to end homelessness protection Urban Edge Primary Location HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts for Referrals Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Katie Provencher 1542 Columbus Ave. Suite 2  Families  Families who  Homelessness prevention early  Issues in  Spanish (617) 989-9309 Roxbury, MA 02119  In particular, live in assisted warning system and stabilization assisted  Creole kprovencher@urba families in housing owned  General multi-step homelessness housing  Portuguese nedge.org Note: Agency traditionally has assisted and operated prevention assistance (Section 8,  Tagalog focused on Roxbury and Dorchester housing (i.e. by Urban Edge  Financial literacy education public (language of and Jamaica Plain Section 8, and their housing) Philippines) public partner  General  Russian housing) agencies housing Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP  Families Other Complementary In-House Capacity expertise Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery “upstream” in Relevant to HPRP  Working HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick slide towards with renters Characteristics/ homelessness in properties Capacity Leneva Penton Silver Line HPRP services at  Foreclosure prevention program going into  Multi-cultural (617) 989-9324 Urban Edge  Leadership development programs foreclosure and multi- lpenton@urbanedg offices in  First-time home-buying lingual staff e.org Roxbury  Financial fitness  De-leading  Real estate development Rapid Re-Housing Providers

HomeStart Primary HPRP Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts Location Population(s) Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Targeted Competences Capacity In-house Gregory Grays- 105 Chauncy Street  Homeless  Individuals with  Housing Search  Expertise in  Spanish Thomas Boston, MA 02111 Individuals a minimum  Housing Placement issues faced  French (617) 542-0338 X 242 (must meet gross income of  Follow-up stabilization services by persons Thomas@homestar -Downtown Crossing location the $1,200 per provided, with a focus on establishing with work t.org -Citywide agency McKinney month sustainable tenancies history definition of  Individuals with Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP homeless), extensive work Other Complementary In-House Capacity Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery particularly history Relevant to HPRP HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick homeless  Individuals Characteristics/ individuals referred from Capacity Ashley Mann Red Line St.Francis who are case manager  HomeStart has the capacity to take  Every day M-F (617) 542-0338 X 243 -Downtown House, currently @ Pine Street rapid re-housing referrals for the from 3p-4p a [email protected] Crossing hopeFound, Pine working or Inn, hopeFound same target population from staff member rg Street Inn, had a sudden and St. Francis homeless shelters in Boston, Revere, will be Orange Line HomeStart loss of House Chelsea and Waltham with State HPRP available to -Downtown income  Individuals who funds. take direct calls Crossing can transition for initial -Chinatown to private assessment for market units the rapid re- housing program. Call 617-542-0338 to speak with the staff member of the day. Span, Inc.

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Primary: 105 Chauncy Street  Reintegrati  Existing Span  Rapid Re-housing  Reintegrati  Spanish ng clients clients, on Laurie Bloom Boston, MA 02111 of Span timing out of  Portuguese  Issues who have Span (617) 423-0750 X -Serving Greater Boston faced by  French timed out Transitional 162 ex- of Span Housing, or offenders  Chinese lbloom@spanin transitiona treatment (limited) c.org l housing, programs or where Span treatment placed them. Secondary Contact in Public Location of Other Complementary In-House Capacity Other Notable programs event Primary Transportation HPRP Service  Recently Relevant to HPRP Contact is on Access to Office Delivery into which HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick Span released ex- Characteristics/ placed offenders Capacity them. (w/in 6 Lyn Levy Red Line Span’s  months post-  Multi-lingual -Downtown office release) may staff (617) 423-0750 Crossing apply for [email protected] Orange Line Span rg -Chinatown reintegration services. Technical Assistance Provider

Technical Assistance Program, Victory Programs, Inc. Primary Location HPRP Audience Appropriate HPRP Services Special Expertise Second Contacts for Referrals Referrals and Program Model and Cultural Language(s) Competences Capacity In-house Liz Stewart 13 Isabella Street  .All Boston  DND may refer  Assess training needs -Experience N/A (617) 927-0088 X 25 Boston, MA 02116 HPRP sub- sub-grantees to  Conduct & Coordinate training serving multi- [email protected] grantees Victory for  Develop tools & materials for ethnic, multi- HPRP assistance administering HPRP racial  Sub-grantees  Respond to sub-grantee HPRP populations may self-refer questions via phone / email and GLBT Secondary Contact in event Public Transportation Location of HPRP to Victory for Other Complementary In-House Capacity individuals Other Notable Primary Contact is on Access to Office Service Delivery HPRP TA Relevant to HPRP HPRP Staff Vacation or Out Sick Characteristics/ Capacity Elizabeth Malloy Orange Line -trainings to sub-  Supportive housing experience,  Certified HUD (617) 927-0088 X 26 -Back Bay grantees including HOPWA trainer [email protected] Green Line -available for -Copley phone consultation