Please click on this link to watch the replay of this very interesting and informative discussion.

We had two very dynamic speakers, Rachel Hand, the Executive Director of Family Promise North Shore Boston and Sue Gabriel, the Executive Director of Beverly Bootstraps. 

Family Promise is a privately-funded emergency shelter for families who are denied support by the state shelter system. Family Promise helps families regain their footing through personalized services related to employment, sustainable housing and family well-being. https://www.familypromisensb.org/about/staff-board/

Beverly Bootstraps is the leading social service agency on the North Shore. Beverly Bootstraps provides emergency and long-term assistance including food, housing, adult and youth programs, education, and counseling, and advocacy. Beverly Bootstraps is community-funded and supported. https://www.beverlybootstraps.org/about-us/

You will learn:

• The various types of homelessness

• Causes of homelessness

• Statistics of homelessness in Massachusetts

• Family Homelessness

• Resources: State Shelter System

• Causes of Food Insecurity

• Programs to Help People to Become Self-Sufficient

• Food Assistance

• Impact from the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Childhood Hunger