Crossroads Family Shelter

Crossroads’ mission is to “support families as they transition from homelessness to independent living and self-sufficiency”. Today Crossroads provides shelter, case management, housing search, stabilization services, and food pantry assistance to homeless, formerly-homeless and low-income families. Crossroads has long served a multi-cultural population in the East Boston and surrounding communities. It maintains close ties with numerous schools, child care centers, housing agencies, and other service providers in the Greater Boston Area. The shelter houses 14 families with 20-30 children at any given time. It also operated a food pantry. Crossroads Family Shelter was established in 1985 by the Most Holy Redeemer Parish in East Boston. Since its inception Crossroads has been a home to more than 700 families with over 1500 children.