Tag: charlie baker
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Workforce Housing Program Receives $100 Million MassHousing Investment
Governor Charlie Baker announced a $100 million MassHousing fund for a new Workforce Housing program, aimed at supporting families that fall in between the low class and middle classes May 11. The objective of the Workforce Housing program is to assist individuals and families between 61% to 120% of area median income (AMI) by providing…
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Governor Baker releases $2.5 Million to Combate Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
Governor Charles Baker has proposed $2.5 million dollars in awards to help combat this illness earlier this month. This funding release will allow criminal justice agencies, District Attorneys, Sheriffs, funding to combat this affliction, Baker’s office said in a press release issued on February 1. One piece of this funding is to provide additional beds…
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Gov. Baker announces $5 Million investment Targeting Chronically High Unemployment
Photo: Massachusetts National Guard New initiatives to fight chronic unemployment will be included in the proposed FY 2017 budget, Governor Charlie Baker’s office said recently. Baker and Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, Ronald L. Walker II, who is also a member of the governor’s task force on persons facing chronically higher rates of unemployment,…
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State Officials Take on Family Homelessness
With nearly 4,500 homeless families throughout the Commonwealth, officials are taking action to amend the system and help them find housing and shelter. At the moment, a bill is making its way through the State House that would ease access to emergency shelters and childcare vouchers. One of the biggest changes that the bill would…
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CRUCIAL FUNDING: State legislature overrides veto on youth homelessness funding
Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of funding to combat youth homelessness has been overridden by both the Massachusetts Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously. The $2 million in new funding had been recommended by the Massachusetts Conference Committee and was the result of a multi-year effort by several organizations to increase funding specifically for the…
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VOICES FROM THE STREETS: Oh hell yeah
On a rare morning last week when I had nothing to do I hastily caught a press conference by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Let’s cut to the chase. “If committing to signing the (host city) agreement is what’s required to move forward, then Boston is no longer pursuing the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic games,” Walsh…
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WINNERS AND LOSERS: Formerly homeless Harvard students win big
WINNERS: ZACK HODGES One of Harvard’s top football defenders, Zack Hodges, is eyeing a spot in the NFL’s upcoming draft. His journey, which involved a period of homelessness in the Carolinas after his mother fled an abusive husband, is a true Ivy League success story. Hodges earned his crimson badge of courage and we’re thrilled…
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VOICES FROM THE STREET: Well, Charlie?
In my zeal to crucify the Mayor Marty Walsh administration for what happened with Long Island shelter and its aftermath, it was brought to my attention and also to the attention of other activists that, while we were busy roasting the mayor, the state had emerged unscathed from our criticism. Well, for my part, let…
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CRISIS MODE: Long Island refugees demand state intervention
Advocates marched and rallied on Thursday, April 23 to call for the state to replace the beds and programs that were lost after the city closed the Long Island shelter and detox unit last October. They say that the city has not done enough to help displaced homeless people and recovering addicts. “We’re here to…