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Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network

A Community Response for Homeless Families

The Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network of Massachusetts is a cooperative, interfaith partnership offering hope to homeless families with children through safe transitional shelter, meals and supportive case management as they seek permanent housing.

The Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN), formed in New Jersey in 1986 and now identified as Family Promise, is a successful community response to homelessness. IHN enables religious groups to unite hearts and hands to provide shelter, meals and compassionate assistance for homeless families. By uniting thirteen congregations, plus day centers and social service agencies, an IHN program can do what individuals alone cannot.

Our Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network (MIHN) opened in September, 2008. Local social service agencies screen guests and refer appropriate families with children to us through our MIHN Director. Guests, depending on their needs, use our Day Center in Natick from 8 am to 5 pm to shower, care for pre-school children, and seek housing and employment with assistance from our Director. Guests return via our MIHN van to one of our host congregations in the early evening, including The Federated Church of Ashland, where they receive meals, companionship and overnight accommodations.

The Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network is the fourth network in Massachusetts, joining networks in Worcester, Southbridge/Sturbridge and Leominster/Fitchburg.

We will host our guests the week starting August 29, 2010 and November 21, 2010.

To learn more about this exciting program and the families that are helped, please click here.

Please click here to find out more about the program and ways that you can help!

Click here to read about our recent experiences with the families in November.

Click here for the MIHN First Annual Report

Click here for the latest IHN report about our church's efforts!

For latest MIHN news letter click here. For list of current volunteers click here.

Click here to see pictures of how the rooms are typically setup for our IHN guests.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Nancy Lynch, Federated Church of Ashland Coordinator or at (508) 881.1060.

Additional details and updates about the Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network can be found here.

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