Past Campaigns

Information on the Coalition’s FY’17 Budget Campaigns Please follow these links to sections on our website with more details on the FY’17 budget process:

Overall FY’17 budget priority fact sheet (updated 5-6-16), including the Coalition’s requests for line items such as Emergency Assistance, HomeBASE, youth homelessness, RAFT, Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, EAEDC, etc.

Expanding the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT, line item 7004-9316) homelessness prevention program: Campaign fact sheet (updated 4-21-16); downloadable organizational endorsement formonline organizational endorsementtestimony from Susan O. in support of the RAFT expansion

Providing $4 million for housing and services for unaccompanied youth who are experiencing homelessness: Campaign fact sheetcurrent organizational endorser list (as of 4-15-16); campaign endorsement formmore information about youth homelessness and the work of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Provide Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter and resources to families expreriencing homelessness before they have to stay in places not meant for human habitation: Campaign fact sheetsupplemental budget campaign fall 2016/winter 2017

Increasing funding for the Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP, line item 7004-9030): Campaign fact sheet


Maintaining TAFDC benefits for families with disabilities: Campaign fact sheet

Information on the Coalition’s 2015-2016 Bill Campaigns 

Information on the Coalition’s FY’16 Budget Campaigns 

Conference Committee budget outcomes (7-8-15)

Overall budget priority fact sheet (updated 4-15-15); letter to FY’16 budget Conference Committee members

Senate budget amendment fact sheet 

Housing and services for unaccompanied youth (updated 5-7-15)

Emergency Assistance family shelter and services program (EA) (updated 3-26-15); House budget amendment fact sheet

HomeBASE re-housing and homelessness diversion resources for families: Senate budget amendment fact sheetHouse budget amendment fact sheet

Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP)

Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP)

Transitional Aid to Families with Dependment Children program (TAFDC) House budget amendment fact sheet

To read our analysis of Governor Baker’s FY’16 budget proposal, which was released on March 4, 2015, please click here.