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