The City of New Bedford's Continuum of Care (CoC) uses system performance measures developed by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to assess how well it is moving toward ending homelessness within the CoC, itself. By looking at a series of data produced by the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), an aggregate look into the performance of certain metrics from 2015 - 2017 provides insight as to some strengths of the CoC as well as areas that may be targeted for improvement. Take a look at the System Performance [ Continue reading. ]
HSPN Meeting Presentations
2018 POINT IN TIME (PIT) COUNT RELEASED!
The City of New Bedford has conducted its annual “Point In Time” [PIT] count that creates a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the city, both sheltered (living in emergency or transitional housing) and unsheltered. This is a big operation and requires a lot of effort and many hands. The results from the 2018 PIT, initially presented at the HSPN April 19, 2018 meeting, are now available here: PIT 2018 PRESENTATION. For a quick look at some 2018 data, take a look at this year's infographic available here: PIT 2018 [ Continue reading. ]
FY2017 Final Rank and Order of Projects
On August 17, 2017 the HSPN membership voted to accept the ranking of this year's CoC projects. Get all the information on our CoC funding competition page! [ Continue reading. ]
2017 NEW BEDFORD HOMELESS COUNT…
The City of New Bedford has conducted its annual “Point In Time” [PIT] count that creates a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the city, both sheltered and unsheltered. This is a big operation and requires a lot of effort and many hands. The results from the 2017 PIT, initially presented at the HSPN April 20, 2017 meeting, are now available here: 2017 PIT PRESENTATION. [ Continue reading. ]
End of the 2016 / Beginning 2017 News…
The City of New Bedford’s HSPN held its final meeting of 2016 and capped it off with a retrospective of the work of the membership over the past year. A copy of the powerpoint presentation is available here, so take a look and consider joining the HSPN in 2017. Membership forms for the new year are also now available at this link and on the Membership page. [ Continue reading. ]
2015 in Review
As the calendar year draws to a close, the HSPN takes a look at what it accomplished in 2015 and considers the work it has to do in the coming year. Take a look by clicking on a PDF of the powerpoint recapping HSPN’s 2015. [ Continue reading. ]
The Call is Here
THE CALL [Coordinated Access to Local Links] is the new coordinated entry system serving the three Continuums of Care within Bristol County. Beginning December 1st, everyone experiencing homelessness will go through one door–the same door–to access services and housing in New Bedford. The Operational Standards for THE CALL were approved at the November 19th HSPN meeting and are available here. These standards are the protocols being used by both THE CALL and local agencies in assisting those who are homeless get connected with the shelter/housing [ Continue reading. ]
HSPN Outreach Task Force Holds First Meeting
Dedicated folks got together for a training/meeting at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church on Wednesday, September 2nd to discuss and learn more about outreach and engagement strategies and resources in New Bedford. There were multiple speakers and the 25+ present in attendance were enthusiastic about collaborating and taking away some great information. Look for announcements of future meetings and check out some of the resource materials that were shared along with a copy of the minutes at these links: Outreach Meeting Minutes.September 2015 How to [ Continue reading. ]
