For homeless agency, the focus is on permanence

For the past five years, Father Bills Place in Quincy has sheltered fewer and fewer homeless people, with the goal shifting to permanent, not emergency, housing. Just over a year ago, it merged with MainSpring in Brockton to create a super-agency dealing with the South Shore's homeless. (Full article: 926 words)

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