Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC)

Housing services: the organization directly subleases approximately 55 scattered-site apartments throughout the community to formerly Homeless and disabled individuals and families. Facilitate furniture and furnishings, utility assistance and the provision of ongoing home-based tenancy stabilization services to ensure long-term successful housing outcomes.coordinated entry and street outreach: provided street outreach travels throughout the local community identifying and engaging with those living and sleeping outside. Outreach provides food, water, clothing,transportation, other basic survival necessities and connections to shelters. The coordinated entry team provides case management, comprehensive housing search support and facilitates connections to specialized housing placements designed to meet the complex and unique needs of those Homeless and disabled.

The adult shelter opened in 1986 and operates a sixteen (16) bed adult emergencyhomeless shelter offering meals, housing search, case management and other basicnecessities.

Project soup: operates an emergency food service program for the local community. Services include food pantry marketplace open 6 days per week; home delivery of groceries for theelderly and disabled; community meals served every monday and wednesday; and casemanagement, including enrollment support for public benefits, such as snap (foodstamps).

Homelessness prevention: the organization ensured imminently at-risk families did not lose housing and fall into homelessness through the provision of eviction prevention measures, such as providing financial assistance for tenant rental and utility arrears.