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The Casa Project
The Casa Project is an upstream homelessness prevention program that provides wraparound individualized services that secure housing stability for families and individuals. Every year, we assist over 1,800 households, working under the mission of ensuring everyone has a place to call home.
For over 20 years this one-stop service model has addressed housing instability and prevented displacement and homelessness for thousands of families, individuals, older adults, young adults, and children across the Commonwealth.
Our Casa Housing Advocates empower, serve, and educate households facing housing issues, helping them overcome barriers, and secure resources to remain stably housed.
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Households Assisted in Addressing Financial Barriers
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Households Assisted in Preventing Housing Instability
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Hours of Advocacy Provided
$198,457
Secured in Funding to Address Housing Instability.
Meaningful Collaborations
The integration of The Casa Project and the Birth to Big Kid Initiative creates a tangible, family-centered response to poverty and disparities. It works toward the advancement of early childhood development while focusing on the prevention of housing instability, homelessness, and displacement. By combining safe sleep education and homelessness prevention, we offer a holistic approach that prevents infant mortality and housing instability, beginning before birth and continuing through toddlerhood. With a focus on low-income expectant mothers, the initiative partners with hospitals and health centers to provide material items and identify proactive interventions that prevent instability for mothers and infants.
This unique and upstream programming integration utilizes a service delivery model that ensures expectant mothers, infants, and children have the stability and resources they need to grow up safely and stably housed. Whether it's a crib for a newborn, housing advocacy for a family facing eviction, a bed to transition a toddler out of the crib, or connection to resources in the community, this programming integration assists families at every critical stage.
As part of the newly launched MassHealth Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) initiative, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless provides critical homelessness prevention services to MassHealth members with complex health and housing needs. Our HRSN services are designed to reduce health disparities, promote long-term housing stability, and support the well-being of vulnerable populations across the Commonwealth.
Through this program, MCH supports individuals who are at high risk of housing and nutrition insecurity, many of whom are frequent users of emergency services and live with chronic health conditions. As the largest HRSN housing services provider in Massachusetts, MCH partners with 14 of the state’s 17 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), delivering housing stabilization services to 13 ACOs and both housing and nutrition support to 1 ACO.
Partnering with these contracted ACO's:
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Community Care Cooperative
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Fallon Health- Atrius Health Care Collaborative
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Fallon Health – Reliant Medical Group ACO
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Mass General Brigham ACO
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Revere Health Choice
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Tufts Health Together with Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA)
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Tufts Health Together with UMass Memorial Health
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East Boston Neighborhood Health WellSense Alliance
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WellSense BACO
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WellSense Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) Performance Network ACO
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WellSense Boston Children’s ACO
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WellSense Mercy Alliance
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WellSense Southcoast Alliance
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WellSense Signature Alliance
As the state of Massachusetts continues to transform the Flex Services Program into the new framework of the Health Related Social Needs (HRSN), we are actively equipping our agency in the process of becoming a Managed Care Entity (MCE). This transition will enable us to continue serving members referred by ACO's, providing support in housing and nutrition, and becoming a Hub for these services.
Click here to reach out to a member of MCH's team is you would like to collaborate with MCH and the Casa Project.
Our program's services support the needs of collaborating entities that refer households from healthcare facilities to obtain assistance from The Casa Project.
These are our collaborating entities:
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Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
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Codman Square Health Center
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Dimock Center
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DotHouse Health
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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
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Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center
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Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
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Lynn Community Health Center
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Manet Community Health Center
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Mattapan Community Health Center
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New Bedford Community Health Center
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North Shore Community Health
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South Boston Community Health Center
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Upham's Corner Health Center
To learn more visit: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/masshealth-members-who-need-assistance-with-food-or-housing
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The Casa Project engages in contracted work with community-based organizations and municipal entities.
Currently, Casa is partnering with:
City of Boston Office of Housing Stability,
Town of Lexington Youth and Family Services Division
Lynn Public Schools
Minuteman Senior Services
Mystic Valley Elder Services
Get help from the HRSN Program
Get Help with Health-Related Social Needs Support
MCH's Casa Project offers services in partnership with MassHealth as well as several ACOs to help individuals who are experiencing challenges with homelessness, housing instability, and unhealthy living conditions.
To be considered for eligibility you must be a Massachusetts resident on MassHealth.
How to Apply:
Fill out our quick referral form, and a team member will contact you to determine what services you qualify for.
Participating Partnerships
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