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(Left to Right): Paul Hammersley, founder of Malden Cares, recovery coaches Kenny Gumes, Sandra Wood and PJ Bell. The Malden Cares recovery coaches go around Malden, knocking on doors to provide residents with addiction recovery resources. Photo courtesy of Malden Cares/Paul Hammersley.
EMMA SIEBOLD

Malden Cares Offers Recovery Lifeline

The organization, which works out of the Health and Human Services Department, has helped cut opioid overdose numbers in half since it began in 2021

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EMMA SIEBOLD January 9, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

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CHRIS FARAONE December 5, 2023
ADAM SENNOTT

IN MASS, A LACK OF COORDINATION HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED

“We don’t have a network of communication between the communities, so it’s very easy for people to slip through the cracks, which is not good for them.”

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ADAM SENNOTT November 16, 2023
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