SPRINGFIELD – The New North Citizens’ Council has received a nearly $1 million grant that will go toward building a 20-bed emergency shelter for young adults in transition.
The grant to the council, a nonprofit group in Springfield, comes from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Currently, there are only 10 emergency beds in Hampden County, according to the council, which pulled its data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.