Emergency and Homeless Shelters

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Contact Information

Heading Home, Inc.
Contact: Elsa Cipriani, Director of Family Services
Email Address: info@headinghomeinc.org
Phone: 617-864-8140
Fax: 617-864-2541

The Schrafft Center 529 Main Street, Suite 100 Charlestown, MA 02129
Area Served: Boston

Map Location Emergency and Homeless Shelters

Narrative

 

Heading Home is one of the Commonwealth's leading providers of emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing for children and adults currently or formerly experiencing homelessness. Our housing-plus-services approach sets clients on a pathway to self-sufficiency. 

Heading Home is one of the few Boston-area shelter providers that supports both single adult individuals and families with children.

Emergency Shelter

Heading Home provides emergency assistance shelter to 360+ families each night including more than 500 children, the majority of whom are cared for by a single mom.

Service Types

  • Family Support
  • Shelters - Emergency
  • Shelters - Homeless

Program Type

  • Housing

Populations Served

  • All Disabilities
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Mental Illness
  • Physical Disabilities

Ages Served

  • Birth to 3
  • 3 - 4
  • 5 - 8
  • 9 - 13
  • 14 - 18
  • 19 - 22
  • 23 – 59
  • 60 +

Additional Information

  • Fees: Free Service