Below are 7 shelters for homeless in Middlesex, MA County.

Somerville’s first and only shelter for homeless adult men and women opened in 1986 in a church in West Somerville. Sixteen homeless people are able to stay on a transitional basis (12 male and 4 Female) while we assist them with rebuilding their lives and moving them into permanent housing. We offer services that include meals, medical care, case management, and referrals and coordination with community services.

Opened in 1987 in East Somerville, our shelter serves five families at a time. Case management, housing search, referrals to community resources, and child-care activities are among the many services we offer.

This is a program in which SHC collaborates with the Somerville Housing Authority, Somerville Community Corporation and Winn Management. SHC provides supportive services for these formerly homeless men and women. There are a total of 14 individuals with whom SHC works in this congregate housing setting-individual bedrooms with some shared facilities and common areas. Many of the current occupants have transitioned out of our shelter and into this housing program.

In operation since 2001, this is a collaboration with the Somerville Housing Authority which makes it possible for homeless people with disabilities to move from emergency shelters and the streets to their own apartments while continuing to receive support and wrap-around services from SHC. This program offers housing to approximately eight household units.

This collaboration with the Department of Public Health and HUD, is a model program that provides permanent housing and supportive services to homeless young adults (18 to 24) who are recovering from addiction and who have a strong desire and commitment to continue their sobriety. The program currently leases-up five apartments along with a one-bedroom unit. S&S serves a total of eleven male and female young adults. SHC is currently engaged in negotiations with regards to the possibility of doubling the capacity of this successful housing model.

This is our most recently implemented permanent housing programs that currently consists of 27 leased apartments. Similar to the Shelter-Plus-Care model, SHC provides supportive stabilization services to newly housed families and individuals with a goal of having participants live independently and become - as much as possible - self-sufficient members of our community. SHC is hoping to expand this innovative program; however, this largely depends on SHC's ability to secure private funding to ensure the programs' long-term sustainability.

This is a collaborative program with the Somerville Community Corporation and is designed to house homeless families within the community and offer them supportive services to help with the transition from homelessness to independent living situations.