Worcester’s ‘A Better Life’ housing program helps break generational poverty by promoting self-sufficiency

Worcester’s ‘A Better Life’ housing program helps break generational poverty by promoting self-sufficiency

WHEN MELISSA SANTIAGO lost her apartment and became homeless in 2020, she was a 22-year-old single mom to a five-year-old and a newborn. She and her daughters moved into a shelter in Holyoke where they stayed for nearly two years.