Shelter Programs
Even under the most trying circumstances, EMPath is committed to helping families achieve long-term success.
Hastings House
Hastings House is the original emergency shelter of EMPath. Known to Brighton residents as a home for unwed mothers until the 1970's, Hastings House is now a congregate shelter for mothers and children.
Hastings House is EMPath's longest running program. Located in Brighton, Massachusetts, Hastings is an emergency congregate shelter that accommodates 58 families. Mobility Mentors work closely with families to help them co-invest in themselves and their children. Working together with residential mobility mentors, participants’ needs are identified and assessed, constraints are recognized and surmounted, and goals are created and tracked. These goals include securing employment, permanent housing, savings, and sustainable pathways toward economic self-sufficiency.
Horizons
Horizons is a small emergency shelter located in Mattapan.
Horizons currently houses eight families on their journey into permanent housing. Participants cannot enter the Horizons program without having first been in either Hastings House or STEPS. At Horizons, everyone supplies their own food and cooks for themselves in shared kitchens.
Hosmer Co-Shelter
Hosmer Co-Shelter houses two families in each unit, often both families transferring from Hastings House.
The Hosmer Co-Shelter program consists of three multi-unit apartment buildings for 34 single moms and their children in 17 units in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. Families are placed into Hosmer units via internal referral and transfer from Hastings House; two families are placed in each unit. While residing at Hosmer, participants work with their Mentor to develop personalized mobility goals. They are keenly focused on obtaining permanent housing, achieving increased employment, and targeted savings.
STEPS
STEPS participants live in units scattered across Greater Boston.
STEPS stands for Striving Towards Economic Progress and Stability. The STEPS program has contracts with various landlords in Boston to house participants. STEPS units house two-parent families as well as other adult family members. It is EMPath's most independent housing program.
