{"id":5059389,"date":"2024-07-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5059389"},"modified":"2024-07-12T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:00:00","slug":"chelsea-overflow-shelter-is-la-casita-to-migrant-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2024\/07\/12\/chelsea-overflow-shelter-is-la-casita-to-migrant-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea overflow shelter is &#8216;La Casita&#8217; to migrant families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hallways inside the emergency overflow shelter in Chelsea are bustling with parents and children, many of whom stayed in day shelters and slept at Logan Airport before coming here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 200-bed shelter opened in April at the former Chelsea Soldiers\u2019 Home, which closed earlier this year. It\u2019s one of several overflow shelters the state set up to support the population of newly arrived migrants, which surged to over 11,000 last fiscal year \u2014 a 152% increase over the prior year \u2014 with more families arriving each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the two months since opening the Chelsea shelter, advocates say \u201cLa Casita,\u201d which it\u2019s called informally, has become a successful model for housing migrant families and offering comprehensive services on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get the shelter quickly up and running, the state is working with La Colaborativa, a Latino-focused social services organization based in Chelsea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI immediately said, \u2018If you\u2019re doing it, we want to run it,\u2019\u201d said Gladys Vega, La Colaborativa\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have boots on the ground. We have done this work for decades, and we want to make sure that we take care of the recent arrivals as we are taking care of the community members at the new Survival Center,\u201d Vega said, referring to the services offered at La Colaborativa\u2019s own facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/local\/2024-07-08\/chelsea-overflow-shelter-is-la-casita-to-migrant-families-in-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the full story at GBH News<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.wgbh.org\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GBH<\/a> and Massachusetts Latino News (MALN) are partners in providing greater visibility and voice to local Hispanic-Latinos 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