Stories, updates, and announcements from Horizons for Homeless Children.
August 4, 2023
Lawrence, MA – Lazarus House Ministries in conjunction with Horizons for Homeless Children, recently celebrated the reopening of the Horizons Playspace for children at the Lazarus House Emergency Shelter. The Playspace closed during COVID and recently reopened after renovations. Horizons is recruiti
June 28, 2023
Horizons for Homeless Children is poised to serve children in the Petersham community by providing dedicated playtime with trained volunteers. Volunteers are needed to empower children through play and applications are now open. Join a team of volunteers dedicated to making connections with children
April 5, 2023
For immediate release Concord, MA – April 12, 2023 – Horizons for Homeless Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young homeless children and their families, is partnering with Making Opportunity Count (MOC) to open a new space and service that will benefit families t
March 1, 2023
Horizons has also put more emphasis on the wellbeing of its staff whose work is integral to the progress being made by children and parents. The pandemic made the need for staff support more obvious than ever. Leadership responded with new resources accessible during working hours, to bolster the te
February 28, 2023
Playspace Activity Leader, Robin Hauck, arrives at the shelter and rings the bell, then waits for the buzzer to sound and the door to unlock. She has done this every Wednesday night for over three years. The kids living in the shelter are waiting for that buzzer, too. “Sometimes they come to the top
January 26, 2023
2022 was a milestone year in Horizons’ history, thanks to you. We celebrated one full year in our Edgerley Family Horizons Center, where children aged two months to five years received comprehensive early childhood education while their parents worked towards a better future for their families. Read
November 23, 2022
Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the recipients of grants totaling $7,000,000 from Growing the Workforce Fund, designed to address early childhood workforce challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Joined by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Representative Katherine Clark, Mayor
November 18, 2022
In a recent op-ed, Economic Mobility Pathways CEO and former Acting Mayor Kim Janey shared her perspective on solutions that can help families experiencing homelessness here in the Commonwealth. We agree that low-income families in Massachusetts do not need to be “fixed” by a patchwork safety net of
November 9, 2022
Horizons has once again received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC.) NAEYC Accreditation ensures that programs are safe, well prepared, and intentional about ensuring children’s developmental and learning success. Horizons overall score was 94%, a
October 12, 2022
When Nayia, a 3-year-old in Horizons for Homeless Children’s toddler room, was playing grocery shopping, she wheeled her toy cart full of food items to the play register. “Oh no!” she said when she arrived. “We don’t have enough money!” Nayia promptly turned back and started putting the play food ba
October 11, 2022
Boston Children’s Museum and Horizons for Homeless Children joined forces to create the Powerful Playtimes playgroup, the first of several programs to come out of the ongoing partnership between the Museum, Horizons and Eastern Bank, which has generously funded the collaboration.
October 11, 2022
Experiencing homelessness takes a toll on the physical and mental health of those going through it. Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program’s (BHCHP) new Family Clinic on the second floor of the Edgerley Family Horizons Center brings health care directly to the families served by Horizons.