Homelessness Prevention

Beverly Bootstraps Community Services' case workers work with Beverly and Manchester residents who are at risk of homelessness due to rent or utility arrears and the high cost of housing.  The primary goal is to stabilize families by helping them maintain their current housing. Through case management services, staff work with individuals and families to:

• Help with eviction notices
• Assess for financial assistance for rent, mortgage and/or utility payments
• Help with subsidized housing, including application issues
• Provide assistance with personal budgeting and credit management

Beverly Bootstraps Community Services serves the Beverly and Manchester areas. We try not to turn anyone away from Beverly Bootstraps Community Services, Inc.  If we find someone is not eligible for financial assistance, we make every effort to make other services we offer available or to make appropriate referrals. 

All requests for funding are carefully reviewed by two or more of case workers during the appeal process. In order to qualify for financial assistance, clients must show that they will be able to make ongoing future payments.

Financial Assistance Guidelines*

• Each person requesting assistance must provide basic contact information; name, address, phone, number of people living in household, age of kids, income, expenses and benefits. A budget is reviewed for each individual requesting financial assistance.

• Clients must inform Beverly Bootstraps Community Services of other organizations where they received financial assistance.
• A hardship letter must be provided to Beverly Bootstraps Community Services outlining the need for financial assistance and actions that will be taken to work towards financial stability.
• Clients must have lived in Beverly for over one year to qualify for financial assistance.
• For utility assistance clients must have made consistent payments for a minimum of 5 months.

* We have limited funds at Beverly Bootstraps Community Services. Completing an intake and a hardship letter does not guarantee financial assistance.  Each request for funding is taken on a case by case basis.

Fund to Prevent Homelessness

The Fund to Prevent Homelessness (http://www.ftph.org/) has been helping families since 1989. This organization is a tax-exempt non-profit charity focused on providing confidential assistance to working families who are facing foreclosure or eviction due to unusual circumstances that have depleted their financial resources. The fund supports families that do not qualify for other funding and would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Eligibility Requirements

Meeting with a Case Worker to confirm other eligibility requirements and provide financial consulting.

1. Must be a family, as defined as a minimum of one child living with an adult.
2. Working and able to meet future payments once overdue rent or mortgage is paid.
3. Facing eviction or foreclosure.
4. Not qualified for welfare assistance.

Clear Point Horizons Affordable Housing

In response to a dire need for affordable housing, Beverly Bootstraps Community Services purchased a condominium with assistance from Clear Point Consultants, a women-owned business, located in Manchester, Massachusetts.  

Clear Point Horizons is designed to provide a stable living environment to a Beverly family who is homeless or at risk of being homeless. This program provides support services to promote self-sufficiency.