Prior to coming to Housing Assistance as a case manager at our Scattered Sites shelter in Hyannis last September, Gemma Rehm spent over six years as a mental health specialist at Cape Cod Hospital. The similarities between the two roles, [...]
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. [...]
During each month, Housing Assistance’s Homeless Outreach staff works with roughly 25 to 40 homeless individuals at a time. While their work is critical throughout the year, it is even more important during the winter months when frigid temperatures [...]
Housing Assistance's management team has been meeting weekly on Zoom. Each department in our agency has also been meeting virtually to connect, support one another, and ensure we can continue supporting our clients. By Alisa Magnotta We [...]
Over the course of nine months in 2018, when Debi was pregnant with her third son, she was homeless. She gave birth to him on September 26 of that year. “Three weeks after he was born, I said, ‘I [...]
With frigid temperatures set to arrive over the next few days, Housing Assistance is seeking the following new unused items that will go to keep homeless individuals safe this winter. All donations can be dropped off at our offices at [...]
The Chandler Travis Philharmonic performs at the 2018 Cavalcade / Courtesy of Joe Navas Photography (www.joenavasphoto.com) More than 20 of the Cape’s most talented musicians and performers will come together once again to spread holiday cheer and [...]
As we prepare for winter, Housing Assistance is seeking your help to provide items that will keep homeless individuals on Cape Cod safe over the next few months. We are partnering with several homeless outreach organizations to collect necessary items, [...]
Lawrence holds one of the tomatoes he helped grow this summer. The garden has provided him with a sense of productivity. Most mornings or evenings, you can find Andrew watering the garden behind his Hyannis house. It’s an [...]
Dorothy Battles had driven by the historic property on Old Main Road in North Falmouth, countless times. She often told her husband Kenneth, the former co-owner of the Sea Crest Beach Hotel, it was her dream home so much so [...]
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 [...]
HAC CEO Rick Presbrey (left) with Paul Rifkin of Falmouth. […]
When HAC first opened the Day Center at NOAH last May, it looked to Lonnie Daniels to assist the nonprofit as it began this new endeavor. […]
HAC’s Darrell Thomas (middle right) talks to the volunteers that serve meals at the NOAH Shelter. Whenever an individual comes to the NOAH Shelter in Hyannis, they have experienced serious trauma. […]
There are many ways to celebrate a birthday, but living at a campground with three children is probably not the way 30-year-old Amanda* envisioned the transition to 31 would occur. […]
WCAI’s Sean Corcoran sings “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” with several students from the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School. During the first hour of the 11th Annual Shelter Cape Cod Telethon, State Representative Timothy Madden made his way onto the festively [...]
Glen Baker collected donations at the Stop & Shop in South Yarmouth. In many ways Glen Baker is your average fifth grader. He plays football and baseball and enjoys hanging out with his friends at the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation [...]
The calendar said November 2, but the light snow falling on the ground and cold winter breeze made it seem more like December 25. […]
