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Backpack To School Returns
As seen in the Cape Cod Chronicle by Ryan Bray ORLEANS – The start of a new school year is just around the corner. For parents, that...
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Aug 6, 2025


Cape nonprofit prepares school kids in 8 towns with backpacks full of supplies
As seen in the Cape Cod Times by Zane Razzaq The program serves students who live in Cape's outermost eight towns: Brewster, Chatham,...
hpcadmin2020
Aug 1, 2025


Adrian Oomer: Cooking with Compassion
As seen in Edible Cape Cod by Andrea Pyenson Photos by Larry Egan It is hard to overstate how uplifting it is to meet a child who not...
hpcadmin2020
Jul 14, 2025


New program offering incentives to house homeless youth
As seen in the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror by Kaie Quigley (Jan. 6, 2025) The town and Nantucket Community Solutions for Behavioral...
hpcadmin2020
Jan 9, 2025


Adopt-A-Family Returns For 29th Year: HPC Rallies Volunteers To Holiday Shop For Families
As seen in the Cape Cod Chronicle by Ryan Bray ORLEANS – For staff and volunteers with the Homeless Prevention Council, the holiday...
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Dec 3, 2024


HPC To Oversee Rental Program
As seen in the Cape Cod Chronicle by by William F. Galvin. HARWICH – The affordable housing trust has chosen the Homeless Prevention...
hpcadmin2020
Oct 15, 2024


HPC Summer Wrap up News: A Message from Hadley
Hello HPC Supporters! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer season. Here at HPC, we’ve been very busy expanding our programs, adding...
hpcadmin2020
Sep 26, 2024


9-year-old Cape Cod boy uses cooking skills to help families in need
When Adrian Oomer learned about homelessness in second grade, he felt the kind of sadness that compels people to action.
Lisa Hughes, WBZ News
Sep 7, 2024


Funder Spotlight: Cape Cod Five
Over many years, Cape Cod 5 has demonstrated its commitment to supporting and enhancing the vibrancy and vitality of the Cape Cod community
Homeless Prevention Council
Aug 13, 2024


Backpack To School Program Returns For 23rd Year
As seen in the Cape Cod Chronicle by Leia Green The Homeless Prevention Council (HPC) has begun its annual effort to distribute backpacks...
Leia Green
Aug 8, 2024


Cape & Islands United Way Awards 2024 Grants
Homeless Prevention Council was one of 29 area nonprofits who received a Community Impact Grant from the Cape & Islands United Way.
Falmouth Enterprise
Jul 8, 2024


Regional Count of Homeless Persons Jumps 33 Percent
As seen in The Provincetown Independent 568 people were either in shelters or sleeping rough on Jan. 23 PROVINCETOWN — Every year on one...
Oliver Egger
Jun 27, 2024


HPC Spring / Summer News: A Message from Hadley
Happy Spring, Friends of HPC! We are busier than ever at HPC. It’s been a whole year since we moved into 8 Main Street, and we’re now...
Homeless Prevention Council
Jun 1, 2024


Spring Shuffle Has Become an Anxious Scramble
By Elias Duncan, as seen in the Provincetown Independent Keeping the faith during Provincetown’s annual housing shift Time is running out...
Elias Duncan
May 18, 2024


Cape resident Melissa Sleeper bought a camper when her rent went up. Now she has to move.
By Susan Vaughn, Special to Cape Cod Times MARSTONS MILLS — Melissa Sleeper has been living in her camper on a friend’s property in...
Susan Vaughn
Apr 2, 2024


Funder Spotlight: Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation
One of the Homeless Prevention Council's committed partners is the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Their support has been...
Homeless Prevention Council
Mar 25, 2024


As Housing Crisis Deepens, Rental Assistance Programs Offer Support
by Ryan Bray, The Cape Cod Chronicle HARWICH – As the cost of food, housing and other materials continues to rise, more and more Cape...
Ryan Bray
Mar 22, 2024


'Fear of ending up on the street.' Easing Cape, Islands youth homelessness goal of plan
by Rachael Devaney, as seen in the Cape Cod Times, March 19, 2024 During high school, Beans, 24, was terrified that the family members he...
Rachael Devaney
Mar 20, 2024


Funder Spotlight: Cape Cod Foundation
Committed. Strategic. Community-centered. These are some of the words that come to mind when thinking of The Cape Cod Foundation. HPC...
Homeless Prevention Council
Mar 1, 2024


Hope for Homeless Youths
23 February 2024 - ORLEANS, MA From Lower Cape TV A new grant might find paths to help homeless youth and young adults on Cape Cod. The...
Lower Cape TV
Feb 28, 2024
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