Housing Families Community Partners | Additional Services Offered |
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CAPIC | Legal aid and mediation referrals / typically regarding housing issues |
Chelsea Collaborative | Support for and Partner of Pro Bono Legal Services Program in Chelsea |
City of Everett | Eviction prevention referrals / Housing Authority collaboration for permanent housing placements |
City of Malden | Homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing program funding / Housing Authority collaboration for permanent housing placements / Eviction prevention referrals |
City of Medford | Homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing program funding / Housing Authority collaboration for permanent housing placements / Eviction prevention referrals |
City of Revere | Housing Authority collaboration for permanent housing placements |
Department of Housing and Community Development | Shelter placements |
Department of Transitional Assistance | Food Stamps/SNAP / Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) |
Food Link | Connects Housing Families with rescued / sustainable food for healthy snacks and meals |
Greater Boston Legal Services | Connects Housing Families with low-income individuals in need of legal aid and mediation |
Heading Home | Provides emergency shelter and permanent housing as well as job training to homeless families |
Homes for Families | Ensures that homeless families have a voice and educates them on current policies and advocacy opportunities. |
Horizons for Homeless Children | Refers trained volunteers to HFI both for tutoring and childcare. They also provide technical assistance and training opportunities. |
Lesley University | HFI trains and supervises six graduate student interns who provide individual and group art and play therapy. |
Malden Public Schools | Partners with HFI to operate a Saturday School for homeless and formerly homeless children. HFI also provides regular training to school staff. |
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute | Connects Housing Families with low-income individuals in need of legal aid and mediation |
Mediation for Results /Just-A-Start | Negotiation services through the court system for both landlords and tenants. |
National Center on Family Homelessness | Provides program staff with training for providing high-quality trauma-informed care to children and youth. |
Neighborhood Developers | Provides affordable housing for HFI families |
New Lease | A new collaboration of property management companies and service providers with the goal of transitioning at least 200 families per year into permanent housing. |
Raising a Reader | A nationally recognized parent-child literacy program that also provides training for staff / resources for additional support / and books and materials for families |
YMCA – Malden | Provides financial and budgeting services as well as free gym memberships to our families |
Housing Families is also a proud member of: Everett Chamber of Commerce, Medford Chamber of Commerce, Melrose Chamber of Commerce, Revere Chamber of Commerce, and Wakefield Lynnfield Chamber of Commerce.