Building a Place for Hope, Dignity, and Connection

Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance is building a new Resource Center at 134 Gold Street in Worcester—a dedicated place where people experiencing homelessness can meet basic needs, connect with critical services, and take steps toward permanent housing.

The 20,000-square-foot facility will bring resources together under one roof, creating a welcoming place for people who too often have nowhere to go during the day. The Center will provide access to bathrooms, showers, laundry, charging stations, storage, food, and other everyday necessities, while connecting guests with housing, employment, wellness, outreach, and other supportive services.

Filling a Critical Gap

Worcester has overnight shelter resources, but homelessness does not end when morning comes.

The Resource Center is designed to complement the existing shelter system by providing a dedicated place for people to go during daytime hours. Instead of navigating services scattered throughout the community—or simply trying to find a safe place to spend the day—guests will be able to meet immediate needs and connect with support in one central location.

A shower, clean clothes, a charged phone, a safe place to store belongings, or a conversation with an outreach worker can be more than a convenience. These are practical tools that can make it easier to attend an appointment, search for work, communicate with a housing provider, complete paperwork, and remain connected to the people helping someone move toward stability.

More Than a Building

The Resource Center is being built around a larger goal: helping people spend less time experiencing homelessness.

By bringing basic amenities together with outreach and supportive services, the Center will create more opportunities to build relationships with people who are unhoused and connect them with housing, employment, healthcare, benefits, and other resources.

This is not another shelter. Our goal is a new piece of Worcester's response to homelessness. Designed to work alongside existing shelters, outreach teams, housing programs, community organizations, and public partners.

Construction officially broke ground in May 2026. The first phase of the Resource Center is anticipated to open in spring 2027.

Help Us Open the Doors

Our $13.6 million capital campaign supports the purchase, renovation, furnishing, equipping, and operation of the Resource Center, as well as the supplies and resources that will serve its guests.

Thanks to public investment, community partners, foundations, businesses, and individual supporters, we have already secured more than $10.5 million toward that goal!

$10,513,478 raised of $13,603,152

77% funded · $3,089,674 remaining

Now we are asking our community to help us close the gap.

Whether your support comes as an individual gift, a corporate contribution, a foundation investment, or a major philanthropic commitment, your donation will help turn 134 Gold Street into a lasting community resource for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

Together, we can build more than a facility. We can disrupt the systems that propogate these situations, and build a place where someone can walk through the door, meet an immediate need, make a connection, and take another step toward a warm and safe home.

Be Part of Building the Resource Center

Every contribution brings us closer to opening the doors.

Help us reach our $13.6 million goal and make the Worcester Resource Center a reality.

To summarize the above in a few points.

• Essential Needs: Will provide bathrooms, showers, laundry, food, phone charging, storage, and other everyday necessities.

  Guests can access housing assistance, employment support, healthcare, benefits, outreach, and wellness services.

• Community Partnership: Designed to work alongside shelters, outreach teams, housing programs, community organizations, and public partners.

• Construction Timeline: Groundbreaking took place in May 2026, with the first phase anticipated to open in spring 2027.

• Capital Campaign Goal: $13,603,152 to purchase, renovate, furnish, equip, and operate the Resource Center.

• Progress to Date: $10,513,478 raised — approximately 77% of the goal, with $3,089,674 remaining.

• How to Help: Individual donations, corporate contributions, foundation grants, and major philanthropic gifts will help complete the project and provide resources for guests.