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Click here for a PDF list of Community Resources to help during the Covid-19 Emergency
We are partners in the MassHire State Workforce System and the American Job Center Network. We partner with many community resources including agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to assist job seekers and employers. We connect our customers with contacts at our partner agencies to ease the introduction. If you need assistance from our partner agencies, let us introduce you.
COVID-19 Housing Assistance and Eviction Diversion Initiative
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has resources available for individuals and families struggling to make rent or mortgage payments due to COVID-19. The goal of this initiative is to keep tenants safely in their homes and to support the ongoing expenses of landlords once the state moratorium on evictions and foreclosures expire on Saturday, October 17, 2020 but the eviction process that requires notification of tenant rights continues until MA pandemic state of emergency is lifted. The federal CDC moratorium has been extended until March 31, 2021 and will prevent evictions for non-payment for qualified tenants who submit a written declaration to their landlord. Click on these links to learn more about housing assistance and eviction prevention:
https://www.mass.gov/covid-19-getting-help-with-housing-costs
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-eviction-diversion-initiative-overview
https://www.mass.gov/lists/eviction-diversion-initiative-public-information-campaign-materials#notice-to-quit-informational-flyers-
Information flyers and videos in multiple languages
Western MA Community Legal Aid can assist with evictions: www.communitylegal.org or call and leave a message at 855 252 5342.
CALL: 2-1-1 to connect with housing resources in Massachusetts
For Housing Assistance in Franklin County, call the Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority: 413-863-9781. https://www.fcrhra.org/
For Housing Assistance in Hampshire County, call WayFinders: 413-233-1500 / 800-332-9667
https://www.wayfinders.org/
MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board
Appointed by the Mayors of the City of Northampton and the City of Greenfield, the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board (MassHire FHWB) develops workforce policy for the region. The Board consists of government, business, labor, education and community-based organizations. The Board’s goal is to contribute to the economic health and growth of the region by creating an effective workforce development system that is responsive to job seekers and employers alike through programs like the Manufacturing Skills Initiative and other career pathways and the School to Career Program within local high schools.
Education and Training Partners
We partner with local colleges, adult education, English Language programs, and private training agencies to provide occupational and skills training. A few of the organizations we partner with include:
State Workforce Partners
Community Partners
Community Action Pioneer Valley
Community Action Pioneer Valley is an anti-poverty agency that serves Franklin, Hampshire and the North Quabbin regions with a mission of upholding the common good by offering leadership, advocacy, and concrete resources that support children, youth, individuals, families, and local communities to thrive.
Services include Youth Services, Head Start, Family Services, Family Resource Center, fuel assistance, tax prep assistance. Explore their programs and services on the Community Action Pioneer Valley website.
Early Education Services
New England Farm Workers Council is the Child Care Resource and Referral agency and the Child Care Voucher Program managers for Western Massachusetts, learn more here.
Housing and Homelessness
Home ownership, emergency housing, homelessness prevention programs, landlord and tenant rights are some of the services available through the Housing and Consumer Education Centers.
Franklin County: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Hampshire County: Wayfinders
North Quabbin Area: Resources for Communities and People
COVID-19 Housing Assistance and Eviction Diversion Initiative
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has resources available for individuals and families struggling to make rent or mortgage payments due to COVID-19. The goal of this initiative is to keep tenants safely in their homes and to support the ongoing expenses of landlords once the state moratorium on evictions and foreclosures expire on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Through December, the federal CDC moratorium will prevent evictions for non-payment for qualified tenants who submit a written declaration to their landlord. Click on these links to learn more about housing assistance and eviction prevention:
https://www.mass.gov/covid-19-getting-help-with-housing-costs
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-eviction-diversion-initiative-overview
CALL: 2-1-1 to connect with housing resources in Massachusetts
For assistance in Franklin County, call the Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority: 413-863-9781. https://www.fcrhra.org/
For Assistance in Hampshire County, call WayFinders: 413-233-1500 / 800-332-9667
https://www.wayfinders.org/