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Lists

 Boston.com (The Boston Globe) Yellow Pages Directory
Search: Enter homeless shelters, shelters, or shelters for battered women and choose location. Powered by Switchboard.
http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?MEM=37

Catholic Worker Houses in Massachusetts
Select MA. Catholic Worker communities (movement founded 1933 by Dorothy Day) support varieties of causes. Focus on nonviolence.
http://www.catholicworker.org/communities/commlistall.cfm
or http://www.paulist.org/dorothyday/cwlist.html

SuperPages.com
Search: Enter homeless shelters, shelters, or shelters for battered women and choose location.
http://yp.gte.net/

Salvation Army, Massachusetts Division
"Evangelical part of the universal Christian church" with mission to "meet human needs in [Jesus Christ's name] without discrimation." This list is the "Adult Rehabilitation Centers." The site also contains a page for their services for the homeless and well as a list of worship and service centers.
Text Browser: Somewhat difficult to read.
http://www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org/mas/locations/index.shtml

Switchboard.com
Search: Use Find a Business. Enter homeless shelters, or select Social Service & Welfare Organizations in pick from this category list, and then enter location. Select #5: Search.
Text Browser: Page down to get to text entry box for searching.
http://www.switchboard.com/

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Individual Shelters

Boston Rescue Mission (BRM)
Christian private non-profit organization (1899). Provides job training, transitional housing, emergency shelter, and meal programs.
http://www.brm.org/

Pine Street Inn
"Pine Street Inn is New England's leading resource for homeless men and women, providing street outreach, shelter, health care, job training, and housing to 1,300 men and women each day."
http://www.pinestreetinn.org/

Rosie's Place
Actually, to quote them: "A solution, not a shelter."
http://www.rosies.org/

Saint Francis House (Boston)
Nonprofit, ecumenical day program founded 1984 by Franciscans. Provides range of emergency, rehabilitative services.
http://www.stfrancishouse.org/

Shelter, Inc.
Provides a variety of services in the Boston area, including: shelters, drop-in centers, free voicemail, transitional housing, and counseling and referral services.
http://www.shelterinc.org

Springfield Rescue Mission
"We feed , shelter, clothe, offer medical attention, literacy training, budget preparation, christian counseling and advocacy - free of charge. Men, women and families seek our services daily on site and through "Operation Sunshine" our inner city outreach van ministry." Christian organization.
http://www.spfldrescuemission.org/

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