$1.5M in expenses

United way of pioneer valley provides access to emergency support services and assistance via its service centers located in chicopee, holyoke and springfield, ma. It provided approximately 18,000 households with access to basic needs services including referral services to other local agency partners, as well as access to emergency food pantries at all three locations.

$165K in expenses

Thrive program: goal is to strengthen the financial capacity of community college students and area residents by promoting, supporting, through community collaberative efforts, access to a one-stop center offering financial literacy and coaching, workforce development services, and public benefit screening and enrollment. Free services are offered that include money skills classes, workforce development training workshops, free tax preparation, and effective community resource referrals.

$97K in expenses

The western mass. Network to end homelessness (wmneh) is a collaboration that includes dozens of service providers, municipalities and state agencies in the four counties of western massachusetts - hampden, hampshire, franklin and berkshire counties. The network seeks to maximize collaboration, resources and best practices in serving the needs of people who are homeless. Housing first forms the basis for the new approach to solving homelessness and the network is spearheading its implementation across the region. This approach seeks to preserve or provide housing first, with the appropriate support services to go with it, in order to effectively reduce homelessness. The housing first approach has a proven track record of success across the country, including right here in western massachusetts. Uwpv provides financial support for the network, is its fiscal sponsor, and serves on the network's leadership council.

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The western mass. Network to end homelessness (wmneh) is a collaboration that includes dozens of service providers, municipalities and state agencies in the four counties of western massachusetts - hampden, hampshire, franklin and berkshire counties. The network seeks to maximize collaboration, resources and best practices in serving the needs of people who are homeless. Housing first forms the basis for the new approach to solving homelessness and the network is spearheading its implementation across the region. This approach seeks to preserve or provide housing first, with the appropriate support services to go with it, in order to effectively reduce homelessness. The housing first approach has a proven track record of success across the country, including right here in western massachusetts. Uwpv provides financial support for the network, is its fiscal sponsor, and serves on the network's leadership council.

$49K in expenses

Women's leadership council - connects professional women to issues that impact young women, generationally