Individuals
If you are an individual in need of emergency shelter for the night, we operate two shelters for adults (no children or minors):
Father Bill’s Place
38 Broad Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 617-770-3314
MainSpring House
54 North Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: 508-587-5441
COVID-19 UPDATE: We are accepting new intakes at our individual emergency shelters, utilizing a new intake procedure designed to protect the health of our guests, staff, and community at-large.
If you are in need of shelter, we ask that you call one of our main shelters to schedule an intake appointment in advance:
- MainSpring House: 54 North Main Street, Brockton, MA 02301, phone: 508-587-5441
- Father Bill’s Place: 38 Broad Street, Quincy, MA 02169, phone: 617-770-3314
Intake begins at 4:30 p.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. daily. New intakes must complete a COVID-19 test, which we will schedule with one of our partner healthcare providers.
For more information, please call our shelter sites.
Families
We are required to have a referral from the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHDC)/Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) for families to stay within our program (except for emergency situations). To apply for shelter, call 866-584-0653 or locate a DTA office near you here. The following DTA offices have staff that can assist with emergency shelter applications:
- Boston – 2201 Washington Street
- Boston (Roxbury) – Nubian Square
- Brockton – 60 Main Street
- Chelsea – 80 Everett Avenue, 3rd Floor
- Hyannis – 181 North Street
- Lawrence – 280 Merrimack Street
- Lowell – 131 Davidson Street
- New Bedford – 160 West Rodney French Boulevard
- Salem – 45 Congress Street, Suite 1176
- Springfield – 310 State Street
- Worcester – 50 Southwest Cutoff
Father Bill’s & MainSpring has a Front Door Program located inside the Brockton DTA office at 60 Main St. that develops a plan with the ultimate goal of connecting families with housing or other systems of care.
Veterans
Contact our Veterans Program by phone at 508-894-0292 and/or by email at veterans@helpfbms.org.
