Goals

The Coalition was established:

-- To provide a forum for individuals and organizations from diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds to work together to frame solutions, and to collaborate to achieve those solutions;

• To provide technical assistance, trainings and capacity building for people who work with homeless people and for homeless people themselves;
• To be a voice with and for homeless people in the media, at the State House and City Hall, and in community dialogue; and
• To facilitate collaboration and coordination.

The mission of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless is to eradicate homelessness from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It aims to meet this mission through the following goals:

• To advocate for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness in areas of public policy, including but not limited to: the availability of decent, accessible, affordable housing; adequate income maintenance programs; medical care; mental health services; social services; job training and employment.
• To develop and maintain a network of members and supporters, and to provide technical assistance and coordination through our policy committees
• To provide public education about the problem of homelessness and its solution
• To organize the homeless in order to empower them to advocate for themselves in public policy matters, and to assume a significant role in the decision making structure of the Coalition
• To advocate for legislation that will be supportive of the needs of homeless people
• To operate a Furniture Bank to assist homeless households in moving from shelters to homes of their own, and to provide material assistance to programs which serve homeless people

For more information or to get involved, call the Coalition at (781) 595-7570