24 Hour Emergency Shelter Services

Our emergency shelters in Brockton and Quincy are for individual men and women. Every night, up to 65 men and women stay at MainSpring House in Brockton and another 105 stay at Father Bill's Place in Quincy. During a typical year, we serve more than 2,500 individuals.

While staying at the shelter, guests can participate in a wide range of services designed to help them move from homelessness to a home of their own. These services include:

Health Care

In Quincy, an on-site registered nurse from Boston Health Care for the Homeless (BHCH) provides nursing services to shelter guests. A BHCH physician makes weekly visits to the shelter.

In Brockton, a nurse practitioner from Brockton Neighborhood Health Services provides medical care.

Adult Education

Through the Quincy Community Action Program, which receives funding from the Department of Education, teachers are available to assist guests working to obtain their GED (high school equivalency).

Mental Health Services

Through our partnership with Tri-City Mental Health, clinicians deliver clinical assessments and evaluations to shelter guests. Case managers also take to the streets to initiate contact with homeless individuals who are unwilling to enter a shelter.

South Shore Housing Employment Initiative Program (SHIP)

Father Bill's Place and IMPACT Employment Services link the homeless to job placement, training, support and stabilization services, transitional and permanent housing placement and on-going supportive services. At MainSpring House, one full-time staff member seeks housing options for shelter guests.

Substance Abuse Services

In collaboration with Bay State Community Services, Father Bill's Place works to connect homeless people struggling with substance abuse with various treatment programs. At MainSpring House, a substance abuse specialist works with shelter guests.

Family Program

Father Bills & MainSpring provides shelter for 67 homeless families at four different locations in Southeastern Massachusetts:
Conway House, Middleboro
Montello House, Brockton
Evelyn House, Stoughton
Scattered Sites Program, Brockton

Each shelter program provides a safe refuge and a supportive environment to homeless parents and their children while they seek a permanent solution to their housing needs.

We offer case management, adult education, life skills classes, housing search services, and enrichment activities in our family programs, to help families make a successful transition to housing.