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Family Shelters In Greater Boston

Note: ** Indicates the shelter has community rooms

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Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
569 Columbus Ave.
Boston, MA 02118
617-859-0400

Community Rooms: 0
Total Capacity: 60 families (scaftered-site)
Services: Advocacy; counseling; Spanish; Vietnamese; French-Creole; Portuguese; transportation for housing search.
Restrictions: n/a
Referral: DTA

Millennium House
16 Mayfair St.
Roxbury, MA 02119
617-438-0081

Community Rooms: 0
Total Capacity: 4
Services: Spanish, advocacy, clothing
Restrictions: Boys up to 16
Referral: DTA

Nazareth House
91 Regent Street
Roxbury, MA 02119 .
617-541-0100


Community Rooms: 0
Total Capacity: 8-10 families
Services: Advocacy; counseling; meals; transportation
Restrictions: At least one family member must be HIV positive; women + children only, no males over 16 years old; 30 days clear + sober; 2 yr limit;
Referral: EA eligible

**Project Hope
45 Magnolia Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
617-442-1880

Community Rooms: 2
Total Capacity: 8
Services: Counseling; cook own meals; referrals; clothing if available; Spanish; handicap accessible; visiting nurse; day program.
Restrictions: Sobriety- no history of drug addiction or battered women; generally no males over 14 yrs, but male children decided on case by case basis.
Referral: EA eligible; self for community beds.

** Queen of Peace
401 Quincy Street
Boston, MA 02125
617-288-4182

Community Rooms: 11 beds
Total Capacity: 11 beds
Services: Dinner + breakfast; nurse visit once/week; clothing if available; 3 week stay; women & children (boys under 5)
Restrictions: not heavy on meds, drugs or alcohol; in at 4prn & out by 9am
Referral: Self

Re-Vision House
38 Fabyan Street
Dorcester, MA 02124
617-825-8642

Community Rooms: 0
Total Capacity: 22
Services: Advocacy; counseling; community kitchen + pantry; French Creole; Spanish; handicap accessibility; medical care through Health Care for Homeless; transportation; storage facilities.
Restrictions: Sobriety (random drug testing); all children 5 or under must be in for mealtime; women + children only
Referral: EA eligible

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