Patty Alonso Recipient of Ed O’Neil Award for Work with Homeless

2021-02-08T10:26:32-05:00February 5th, 2021|Categories: Blog, HACBeat, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Working with homeless individuals can be difficult work. There are many obstacles to getting them housed that must be overcome: lack of identification and references; difficulty staying in contact and completing paperwork; and sometimes physical and mental health issues. [...]

Building a Sense of Home and Safety

2020-01-28T16:26:59-05:00January 28th, 2020|Categories: Blog, HACBeat, News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Zelda Bergstrom (left) talks with Stephanie, one of the clients in our Youth Homeless Services Program, who we were able to place into permanent housing. For five months last year, Stephanie* lived in the woods of Cape Cod [...]

Donor Spotlight: Dot and John DeYoung

2019-12-27T11:52:44-05:00December 27th, 2019|Categories: Blog, HACBeat, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

John and Dot DeYoung have been longtime supporters of Housing Assistance. Since 2002, Dot and John DeYoung have donated monthly to support Housing Assistance’s work, but it wasn’t until a little over six years ago, when they [...]

HAC Supports Homeless During Arctic Blast

2019-03-11T15:11:52-04:00February 8th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Homeless Outreach Specialist Derick Bussiere was one of four HAC staffers to assist the region’s homeless during last month’s stretch of frigid temperatures.  The start of the new year brought with it one of the longest stretches of sub-freezing weather [...]

New Outreach Specialist Dedicated to Helping Cape’s Homeless

2019-07-08T10:47:06-04:00December 11th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

HAC’s new outreach specialist Shannon Tracy with her colleague Deborah McDonnel’s dog Ida. Tracy moved to Cape Cod in September. Working with the homeless can be challenging, but HAC’s newest outreach specialist Shannon Tracy understands those difficulties are [...]

Richard Waystack: Affordable Housing Champion

2019-03-11T15:12:48-04:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Bernadette and Richard Waystack during this summer’s 25th Annual Bob Murray Housing with Love Walk. While in Harwich, they got some support from their granddaughter Juliet.  With a 31-year career in the real estate industry on Cape Cod, Harwich’s Richard [...]

HAC’s Homeless Outreach Program Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

2019-03-11T15:15:11-04:00June 9th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Derick Bussiere, a former housing search specialist at the NOAH Shelter, has served as HAC’s homeless outreach specialist since last June. Bussiere started working at HAC in April 2014.  No great deed has ever been accomplished alone. It’s a fact [...]

Cassi Danzl Leads Family and Individual Services

2019-03-11T15:15:59-04:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Cassi Danzl joined HAC in January. She oversees the agency’s Family and Individual Services Department which includes housing search, homelessness prevention, HAC’s financial literacy workshops and homeless outreach efforts throughout Cape Cod.  One of the first things visitors to Cassi [...]

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