New Bedford, MA Continuum of Care Assessment

In 2024, the City of New Bedford commissioned TAC to analyze its homelessness response system and provide recommendations for system improvement, including the feasibility of a regional center approach and considerations for a merger of Continuums of Care. TAC reviewed strategic planning documents and data sources, and held focus groups with service providers, people experiencing homelessness, and city leaders. Along the way, TAC hosted two report-out meetings and incorporated feedback from these meetings into its work. The final report used several models to project the numbers of people expected to experience unsheltered homelessness over the next 10 years, and summarized best practice examples from other communities and projects that could enhance efforts to address homelessness in the New Bedford region. Homelessness in New Bedford summarizes all these findings, and offers detailed recommendations for next steps.

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