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BCRHA Tenancy Preservation Program
Agency: Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority
The Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority’s (BCRHA) Tenancy Preservation Program (TPP) is a homelessness prevention program that serves Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Counties. TPP works with renters and families with disabled members who are facing eviction due to a disability (e.g., mental illness, developmental disabilities, s...
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Central West Justice Center
Agency: Community Legal Aid
The Central West Justice Center, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Legal Aid, provides free legal help to low-income and elderly residents of Western and Central Massachusetts. Our advocates focus on cases involving humanitarian-based immigration law (advocacy and education), employment rights, housing and homelessness issues, and access to pu...
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Court Service Centers
Agency: Court Service Centers
Court Service Centers (CSC) are operating and providing services remotely, on a first-come, first serve basis, with emergencies receiving priority. CSCs are available to court users who do not have attorneys, offering services that include: one-on-one help filling out/ completing court forms information about court rules, procedures and practices c...
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Eviction Clinic
Agency: Springfield Partners for Community Action
Springfield Partners' Eviction Clinic offers counseling and education to Springfield residents at risk of being evicted from their homes. The program offers one-on-one assistance to residents preparing for Hampden County Housing Court hearings. Our counselor serves as a mediator between the tenant and the landlord. The goal is to ensure that tenant...
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Greenfield Court Service Center
Agency: Court Service Centers
The Greenfield Court Service Center (CSC) is operating and providing services both virtually and in-person (details below). Services are on a first-come, first serve basis, with emergencies receiving priority. CSCs are available to court users who do not have attorneys. Services provided at the Greenfield CSC, and other CSCs across the state, inclu...
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Legal Services
Agency: Community Legal Aid
Community Legal Aid, Inc. (CLA) provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals, families and elderly residents of Western and Central Massachusetts. Community Legal Aid assists in the areas of Benefits and Employment, Elder Law, Veteran's issues, Families and Children, Housing and Homelessness, Individuals with Disabilities, CORI and ...
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Mediation Services
Agency: Quabbin Mediation
Quabbin Mediation mediates disputes that arise in all areas of community life, including business, neighbor, family and divorce, court, and tenant-landlord disputes. Quabbin Mediation also offers training in mediation, communications, meeting facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and Training Active Bystanders.
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Mediation Services
Agency: Collaborative Resolutions Group Inc.
The Collaborative Resolutions Group Inc. (CRG) is a Community Mediation Center that offers customized mediation, training, facilitation, restorative practices, and conflict coaching services.Mediation is a way of dealing with conflict and coming to agreements. Mediators help people find "win-win" solutions. It’s faster, costs less, and more creativ...
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Springfield No One Leaves
Agency: Springfield No One Leaves
Springfield No One Leaves (SNOL) is a member-led organization that helps Springfield residents stay in their homes when their houses have been (or are about to be) foreclosed on. SNOL organizes blockades, vigils, and other public actions to put public pressure on the banks while educating tenants on their rights and working with legal services to g...
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Veterans Civil Legal Aid
Agency: Community Legal Aid
Veterans Civil Legal Needs will help with discharge status upgrades (leading to increased eligibility for veteran-specific services) and access to affordable housing, healthcare and benefits programs.Community Legal Aid, Inc. (CLA) will work closely with the Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center to improve the health of Hampshire County’s vet...
