Shelters

On Monday, July 18, Mayor Linda Tyer announced an allocation of $8.6 million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for a slate of housing initiatives to address housing […]

Alanna Tiernan works as a housing specialist at ServiceNet’s Greenfield Family Inn, a family shelter in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The Inn offers comfortable, home-like environments for [...]

BY MARY BYRNE THE GREENFIELD RECORDER WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022 GREENFIELD — In an effort to better identify the needs of the city’s homeless population, a group of organizations has […]

BY GRETA JOCHEM THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE TUESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2022 Across all four western Massachusetts counties, 2,836 people faced homelessness one night in February. That’s an increase from [...]

BY ARYAN RAI THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE APRIL 17TH, 2022 It took a global pandemic to highlight that the homelessness crisis in Massachusetts is not just limited to cities like Boston. […]

BY ARYAN RAI DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2022 It took a global pandemic to highlight that the homelessness crisis in Massachusetts is not just limited to cities like […]

BY MARY BYRNE THE GREENFIELD RECORDER SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2022 GREENFIELD — Nearly five years ago, Matt Montanaro received a phone call from Fran Lemay, then-director of the Greenfield Family [...]

BY BERKSHIRE EAGLE STAFF BERKSHIRE EAGLE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2022 PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Bank Foundation distributed $596,800 in philanthropic investments to 87 nonprofits located [...]

BY CHRIS LARABEE THE GREENFIELD RECORDER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 GREENFIELD — Social service agencies across Franklin, Hampshire and Berkshire counties set out Wednesday night to drive around [...]

BY JEANNIE MASCHINO BERKSHIRE EAGLE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022 Pittsfield Rotary Club Foundation President John Perreault announced a $10,000 grant from the Foundation to ServiceNet for the new [...]