Boston Event to Call for Halt of Spending Cuts

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact:

Corey Beach

The National Center on Family Homelessness

617-581-6798, Corey.Beach@familyhomelessness.org

New State Spending Cuts Threaten To

Increase Child Homelessness In Massachusetts

Advocates Will Gather This Week To Urge Continued Funding

NEWTON, Mass. (October 13, 2009): The Massachusetts state government has announced an estimated $1 billion revenue deficit at a time when federal government housing funds are nearing depletion. New state spending cuts may be coming as early as this week. With approximately 17,500 children already homeless in Massachusetts annually, an anticipated rise in home foreclosures will increase the number of children and families without homes. Further spending cuts will exacerbate this crisis.

On Friday, October 16 at 9:30am, leaders from the Massachusetts Campaign to End Child Homelessness will gather at Horizons for Homeless Children in Roxbury to urge continued state and federal support for housing and associated services. National advocate Diane Nilan of the HEAR US Learning Curve Express will join them as part of her national tour to raise awareness about homeless children and families. While here, she will also meet with Massachusetts families who are currently experiencing homelessness.

When: Friday, October 16, 2009, 9:30 AM

Where: Horizons for Homeless Children’s Edgerley Family Community Children’s Center

1705 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA

Who: Representatives from the Massachusetts Campaign to End Child Homelessness;

Diane Nilan, HEAR US Learning Curve Express

Massachusetts Campaign to End Homelessness

The Massachusetts Campaign to End Child Homelessness (www.HomelessChildrenAmerica.org) is a coalition of organizations that includes The National Center on Family Homelessness (www.familyhomelessness.org), Health Care for All (www.hcfa.org), Homes for Families (www.homesforfamilies.org), Horizons for Homeless Children (www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org), and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (www.mahomelessness.org).

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