Fall River event to provide help for homeless and those at-risk of homelessness

The Fall River Homeless Service Providers Coalition (HSPC) and the Mayor’s Task Force to End Homelessness is hosting its tenth annual Project Homeless Connect event, a one-day, one-stop offering of services designed to provide people, who are homeless or are at-risk of homelessness, what they need to move toward housing and stability.

Project Homeless Connect will take place on Friday, August 2, 2019 at Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree Street, Building G (cafeteria), Fall River. The schedule is 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., with a short speaking engagement preceding.

More than 50 vendors provide adults and children with housing opportunities, hygiene products, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, SSI benefits, employment counseling and job placement, dental services, health screenings and services, family planning, food stamp applications, breakfast, lunch, and backpacks filled with snacks and other supplies.

Free transportation is provided to and from the event as well as to the Registry of Motor Vehicles so that folks can obtain their state identifications.

For more information on The Fall River Homeless Service Providers Coalition, visit their website here.