Homeless Service Providers Network

New Bedford Connect is an annual event with a goal of connecting the homeless to services they might need now, and eventually a stable future.

The Homeless Service Providers Network and Rise Up for Homes are organizing the events.

Carrying out the 25-hour count will be members of the Homeless Service Providers Network and other volunteers.

The goal is to raise money for Rise Up for Homes, an organization that provides funding for the city's Homeless Service Providers Network.

The grant awards announced this week are renewal funding for previously funded local programs

The number of homeless people in New Bedford has increased slightly, according to data collected in January by the city's Homeless Service Providers Network. Reverend David Lima says the count in 2017 was about 350 people living in shelters and on the street, but this year the numbers went up a little, to 398...

Massachusetts will be receiving $73 million.

Homelessness is a chronic problem in New Bedford, but there are many people working on it. Reverend David Lima, a member of the Homeless Service Providers Network in New Bedford was a guest on Townsquare Sunday. He spoke with WBSM's Jim Phillips about what's being done to give the homeless the help they need...

New Bedford is getting more than $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist the homeless. The grant was announced on Thursday. Patrick Sullivan of the city's Office of Housing and Community Development calls the grant "essential...

George Bailey, the man who oversees the Mobile Loaves and Fishes program is this year's recipient of the Sister Rose Award. The award is presented by the Homeless Service Providers Network in New Bedford. It honors someone in the community who has done special work to aid the city's homeless population...