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What's New
Partnerships + Funding + Community Support = Reduced Homelessness
Read about Action Emergency Shelter's integrated services
Employment & Training
Winter/Spring Program Schedule
ˇAprenda El Inglés! Learn
English! Aprenda Ingles! Free English
classes start January 9th
Action Shelter plans
efficiency units Gloucester Daily Times 7/31/06
Action Toy drive
missing its 'Mr. Santa Claus' Gloucester Daily
Times 7/10/06
Action 41st Annual
Meeting Photos 6/14/06
Action housing advocacy
Gloucester Daily Times,
May 22, 2006
Action Energy
alternative energy programs Boston Globe 4/9/06
"Unity through English
language" Gloucester Times editorial 4/14/06
Certified Medical
Assistant video Medical Assistant
training program introductory video 2/1/06
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read more Action news.
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Advocacy & Housing
Do you need....
- Help with an eviction, a quit notice or a court summons?
- Rent or mortgage assistance?
- Mediation in a landlord tenant dispute?
- Help with public housing or application issues?
- Help with public benefits issues? This includes help with: TAFDC or
EAEDC problems, Emergency Assistance, food stamps, Social
Security, SSI or SSDI issues, Medicaid/Mass Health issues and
consumer problems.
- Help managing your budget or debt?
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Crisis intervention?
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Assistance with a housing search (in collaboration with North Shore
Housing Services)?
Action can provide direct help or connect you to the
organization that may best suit your needs.
Call us:
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tel. (978) 282-1000
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fax. (978) 283-0523
9 a.m.--5 p.m. Monday - Friday
Action, Inc.180 Main Street, Second Floor., Gloucester, MA 01930
Main entrance is on 5 Pleasant Street.
There is no charge for services. However, those wishing assistance must meet
Federal Poverty Guidelines for certain services.
Click here to download a pdf
version of this page
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For Massachusetts legal information on line, go to Neighborhood Legal Services, or click here:
www.neighborhoodlaw.org
Here is an online Tenant/Landlord Rights handbook done by ABCD in Boston: HOUSEMAN
Massachusetts Consumer Guide to Tenants Rights and Responsibilities
Do you qualify for
the
Earned Income Tax
Credit?
Affordable telephone
service for
income-eligible
consumers
Lifeline and Link-Up
MassResources.org
provides
detailed information
about the many types
of assistance
available to those
living in
Massachusetts. The
site includes useful
benefits calculators
that can help you
determine income
eligibility.
National Council
on Aging Benefits
Check Up Apply
for Extra Help
through Medicare's
Prescription Drug
Coverage and see
what other for
benefits you may be
eligible
BenefitsCheckUp.org
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