Harvard Square Homeless Shelter
The shelter will be open October 18th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025.
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter
The shelter will be open October 18th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025.
The shelter will be open October 18th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025.
The shelter will be open October 18th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025.
ANNOUNCEMENT: IF YOU WERE ON THE OCTOBER WAITLIST, YOU MUST RE-SUBMIT THE FORM (linked below) IF YOU WISH TO BE ADDED TO THE NOVEMBER WAITLIST
Please contact us if you have any questions. Our email is hshs.waitlist@gmail.com and our phone number is (617) 544-7073 (email communication is preferred).
The 2024-2025 season will run from October 15, 2024 to April 15, 2025, with lotteries running Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Once you fill out the form, staff will be in contact with an assigned lottery number before the next lottery date. This number is not a ranking, but can be thought of as an ID. Be sure to check your spam folder!
IMPORTANT: You must resubmit this form every month to remain on the waitlist. The November list is now open.
HSHS will be operating a regular lottery for open beds throughout the 2024-25 season. Clients who win a bed will be able to stay with us for the entire season. This season will run from October 15th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025. After the season ends, the shelter will be closed until mid June.
We will run the first lottery on Monday, October 14th. From then on, we will run lotteries every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 8:00am if there are beds available. If there are no beds available, no lottery will be run. The winning lottery numbers will be posted on the shelter’s door, on our voicemail, and here on our website. Winners will also be notified via phone or email.
If you win a bed, you must enter the shelter by the night before the following lottery date at 11:30PM (for example, if you are informed that you have won a bed on Monday, you must enter the shelter by Tuesday at 11:30PM or your bed will be lotteried to another client).
NEW IMPORTANT INFO: On the first of every month, the waitlist will be reset. You must fill out the lottery entrance form (online or paper) again each month in order to be eligible to win a bed. Clients who were previously on the waitlist will be contacted monthly via email as a reminder to re-fill out the form. Please note: clients will be given a new number upon reentry. If the first of the month is a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, staff will pull from the previous month’s list for that lottery date only.
Please be aware that HSHS is a dry shelter. This means that clients may not be under the influence of or use non-prescribed drugs/illicit substances in the space.
Feel free to reach out to hshs.waitlist@gmail.com or call us at (617) 544-7073 with questions or concerns. Email communication is preferred.
The HSHS Case Management Directors have compiled this Info Sheet with information about accessing other emergency shelters, transitional housing, IDs, clothing, food, and more. Let us know if there is anything you would like us to add using the Info Sheet Feedback form linked Here, and please reach out to radirector.hshs@gmail.com with any questions!
We are located in the basement of University Lutheran Church at 66 Winthrop Street in Cambridge, MA.
SHELTER HOURS: Every night from 7:00pm - 8:00am (9:00am on Saturdays)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you are interested in staying at HSHS, contact hshs.waitlist@gmail.com.
For questions about volunteering at HSHS, contact hshs.volunteer@gmail.com.
For questions about supply donation to HSHS, contact hshs.donation@gmail.com.
For all general inquiries, please contact hshs.info@gmail.com.
Shelter Phone: (617) 544-7073
This phone line is not always monitored outside of shelter hours, so email is preferred.
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