Abstract
Sponsored by One Family, Inc and carried out by a politically-neutral study team from Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the ten regional forums engaged more than 175 stakeholders in constructive dialogue about transforming the EA system. The forums represented another strategic step toward the goal of ending family homelessness in Massachusetts and follows the 2007 “Report of the Special Commission Relative to Ending Homelessness in the Commonwealth,” and a White Paper, “Ending Family Homelessness in Massachusetts: A New Approach for the Emergency Assistance (EA) Program”, released in 2010 and commissioned by the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation.