Malden Cares Offers Recovery Lifeline
The organization, which works out of the Health and Human Services Department, has helped cut opioid overdose numbers in half since it began in 2021
THE WAITING GAME
He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square
IN MASS, A LACK OF COORDINATION HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED
“We don’t have a network of communication between the communities, so it’s very easy for people to slip through the cracks, which is not good for them.”
HOUSING FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS, EXPLAINED
Studies show that permanent supportive housing works, including in Massachusetts. Here’s how it has worked so far, how it could work on a larger scale, and what’s holding it back.
