MassHousing has awarded $180,000 in funding to help create new units of affordable sober housing for women in Roxbury and New Bedford and housing stabilization services for women in Tewksbury.
The MassHousing grants will come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations Inc. (CCRI), a nonprofit subsidiary corporation of MassHousing that creates and preserves affordable sober housing in Massachusetts for ecovering substance abusers.
"Quality affordable sober housing is a critical resource in helping people overcome addiction,” said MassHousing Executive Director Thomas R. Gleason. "These grants will help create 33 new housing units for women in Roxbury and New Bedford as well as help fund very important social services for women in the Tewksbury area.”
New Bedford Council on Alcoholism received $75,000 to help create 11 new units of sober housing for women in New Bedford.
The Dimock Center Women’s Renewal Project in Roxbury was rewarded $75,000 to help create 22 new units of sober housing for women on the Dimock Center’s campus in Roxbury.
Lowell House Inc., AfterHours program in Tewksbury received $30,000 to help fund housing stabilization services targeting women over age 45, including crisis intervention, recovery and peer support, and educational and career development for women leaving temporary transitional housing for permanent housing.
