BSN is a 501C3 non-profit organization consisting of a coalition of volunteers, shelters, and agencies. BSN performs the following tasks:
•Fostering the sharing of resources and information among homeless shelters in the Boston area
•Providing financial assistance to those moving into permanent housing (Household Moving Assistance Fund)
•Providing financial assistance to those obtaining Massachusetts-issued ID cards (You Are Somebody ID Program)
•Providing funds in emergency transportation situations (Emergency Transportation Fund)
•Learning of the most urgent needs of the shelters and aims to fulfill them, picking up where grants and funding stop
These efforts are needed now more than ever! The shelters we currently work with and have contributed to include:
•Boston Rescue Mission
•Bridge Over Troubled Waters
•New England Center for Homeless Veterans
•Rosie's Place
•St. Francis House
•Starlight Missions
•Women's Lunch Place
•Young Adult Resource Network's (YARN) Home for Little Wanderers'
•Youth on Fire