Our Legal Program helps guests overcome obstacles that could prevent them from fair and equitable access to the justice that our legal system can provide. We are so grateful to have the support of our many amazing Legal Program partners including, Greater Boston Legal Services, Lawyers for Civil Rights, Rian Immigrant Center and Ropes & Gray LLP to provide the most comprehensive help we can! #legalaid #support #justice
Rosie's Place
Individual and Family Services
Boston, MA 4,112 followers
Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States.
About us
In Massachusetts, 1 in 10 residents live in poverty. More than 15,000 people are homeless on any given day. And a stunning 1 in 3 adults are considered food insecure. Rosie’s Place addresses these critical needs by providing comprehensive, compassionate, immediate and expert support to every woman who seeks our help. The mission of Rosie’s Place is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women to maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. Rosie's Place relies solely on the generosity of our individual, foundation and corporate supporters. We do not accept city, state or federal funding so that we can maintain our independence.
- Website
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http://www.rosiesplace.org
External link for Rosie's Place
- Industry
- Individual and Family Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1974
- Specialties
- Human services, Social services, Women's services, Homelessness, and Poverty
Locations
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Primary
889 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118, US
Employees at Rosie's Place
Updates
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Our staff recently took part in an end-of-year celebration and resource fair at Mason Pilot Elementary School. Rosie’s Place Advocates connected with families in the community and shared information about our spectrum of programs and services. #community #resource
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For 50 years, our doors and hearts have remained open turning hope into help for our community’s most vulnerable. With your support, today and tomorrow, Rosie’s Place will continue giving women in need the sanctuary, support and opportunity they deserve. Join Friends for All Seasons, our monthly giving program, today, and support us year-round. In honor of our 50th anniversary, help us reach our goal of 50 new friends! Join us at www.rosiesplace.org. #community #monthlygiving #boston #turninghopeintohelp
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For poor and homeless women—on the streets or with nowhere cool and safe to go—this weather is more than difficult, it’s dangerous. As always, our Day Shelter is open, providing our guests with a welcoming cool space as well as water, sunscreen, showers, meals and more. #Boston #HeatEmergency #SummerSafety #shelter #community
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Our Director of Public Policy Tri Tran, chair of Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) advisory council, presented Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll the Community Champion Award at MIRA’s Give Liberty a Hand gala. Rosie’s Place, is proud to lend our hands to working for liberty and justice for all.
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Rosie’s Place is proud to have just received the Boston Bar Association’s John G. Brooks Legal Services Award recognizing our “holistic approach to meeting the complex needs of our most vulnerable residents.” We are heartened by this honor.
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Fifty years ago, Kip Tiernan and a few friends opened Rosie’s Place in an abandoned supermarket, marking the birth of the first women’s shelter in the United States. Kip’s vision, activism and compassion are the foundation of everything we do at Rosie’s Place. Today, on what would have been her 98th birthday, we celebrate Kip’s boundlessly caring spirit and honor the impact she has had on every member of our community. #boston #kiptiernan #community
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A guest recently came to our Legal Program’s regular advice and referral clinic seeking help in asking her landlord to address mold in her apartment building. Working with our volunteer attorney, the guest documented the toxic conditions and very soon after, the unhealthy living conditions were remediated. #housing #legalaid #support
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Did you know that period products are not covered by SNAP benefits? At Rosie’s Place, we ensure that our guests have access to these basic and critical items every day. And we are so grateful to our friends Dignity Matters, Inc. who help us in this effort! #periodproducts #support #dignity
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