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March 18, 2025
“Open Closet” Caps Off Clothing Drive for Children and Families Clients
A week-long “Open Closet” for clients in our Children and Families programs took place March 10-14 in a large room at their offices on Park...
Read MoreMarch 17, 2025
Jessie’s House: Providing Shelter, Support, and Resources
One of the first family shelters in Massachusetts, Jessie’s House gives struggling families a safe place to call home while they work with CHD staff...
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2025
Tracking Homelessness: A Morning with the “Point-in-Time” Count
“Hello! We’re from CHD!” Anybody there?” called out Daimarie Marquez-Santiago. “We have food!” Marquez-Santiago, a program supervisor in CHD’s division of Diversion, Shelter, and Housing...
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2025
CHD Joins Effort to Help Displaced Residents of Condemned Building
They were individuals renting illegal units and living in a commercial building that had no heat, running water, or functioning plumbing—about a dozen people in...
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2025
Nominate a Game Changer!
At each home game, the Springfield Thunderbirds, in partnership with CHD, present a “Game Changer” award to recognize someone who has made a difference in the...
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2025
CHD's All In Sled Hockey Wins Gold Medal at Empire State Winter Games
The Springfield Thunderbirds Sled Hockey Team, which won a silver medal at the Empire State Winter Games last year, this time outdid themselves—and all their...
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2025
Lotus Home Prioritizes Recreational Activities to Boost Mental Health
Staff from CHD’s Lotus Home in Hartford, CT, which provides long-term housing and services for up to five women who have severe mental illness, recognize...
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2025
CHD and Community Partners to Conduct “Point-in-Time” Count of Homeless in Chicopee and Holyoke on Jan. 29
On Wednesday, January 29, teams from CHD and other community partners will be surveying the streets of Chicopee and Holyoke to see how many people...
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2025
Join CHD’s Cancer House of Hope “Bikes Fight Cancer” Team
Wouldn’t it be great if fighting cancer was as easy as riding a bike? What if someone told you…it can be! The CHD Cancer House...
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2025
Waterbury Community Partners Work to Open CHD Hospitality Center 24/7 This Winter
A significant collaboration is underway in Waterbury, CT to increase shelter resources so that no one needs to face the severe health risks of sleeping outside...
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