IMPORTANT: Changes Regarding COVID-19

We are open. We have housing and rent subsidies for you. We are here to help. 

To keep everyone safe, you can call us for Tele-Support. However, we also schedule appointments for those who need face-to-face help in the office. For Tele-Support or appointments, please call 413-345-2613 or email ACCinAmherst@gmail.com

Amherst Community Connections provides support services, housing, and rental subsidy to help people meet their sheltering needs. Housing is a basic human need, we believe it is also the solution to homelessness. With COVID-19 safety protocol in mind, we currently provide onsite in-person service and Tele-Support to help our community members to obtain:

• ACC’s Rental Subsidy Program

• Affordable housing

• Amherst Emergency Rental Assistance

• Birth Certificate

• Covid testing at UMass Amherst

• Employment

• Food stamps/SNAP

• Free phone

• Fuel Assistance

• ID/Driver’s License replacement

• Income Tax Filing service and info on the free tax assistance

• Internet for low income

• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

• RAFT 

• Social Security Card replacement

• SSI 

• Stimulus Check: Q&A about #2 Stimulus Check

• Unemployment Benefits

• Bus passes--inquire at ACC

• I-Pad/Kindle--inquire at ACC 

• Hotspot--inquire at ACC

Our Commitment to You and the Community...

We hope before too long we can once again provide free medical care and community activities. Our goal is to bring you back to the office to enjoy coffee/muffins, use the computers/phone/copy machine in a warm community space where we can work together to achieve your dreams of stable housing and financial independence. Until then, please stay safe and be well.

Hwei-Ling Greeney and everyone at ACC