Bed Lottery Entrance Form, Harvard Square Homeless Shelter

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Bed Lottery Entrance Form, Harvard Square Homeless Shelter - 2024-25

HSHS will be operating a regular lottery for open beds throughout the 2024-25 season. Clients who win a bed will be able to stay with us for the entire season. This season will run from October 15th, 2024 to April 15th, 2025. After the season ends, the shelter will be closed until mid June.

Please fill out the form below to join our bed waitlist. This is equivalent to the paper form linked here. After filling out this form, we will contact you with your unique lottery number. This number is not a ranking, but can be thought of as an ID. Make sure to check your spam folder!

We will run the first lottery on Monday, October 14th. From then on, we will run lotteries every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 8:00am if there are beds available. If there are no beds available, no lottery will be run. The winning lottery numbers will be posted on the shelter’s door, on our voicemail, and on our website (hshshelter.org). Winners will also be notified via phone or email.

If you win a bed, you must enter the shelter by the night before the following lottery date at 11:30PM (for example, if you are informed that you have won a bed on Monday, you must enter the shelter by Tuesday at 11:30PM or your bed will be lotteried to another client).

NEW IMPORTANT INFO: On the first of every month, the waitlist will be reset. You must fill out the lottery entrance form (online or paper) again each month in order to be eligible to win a bed. Clients who were previously on the waitlist will be contacted monthly via email as a reminder to re-fill out the form. Please note: clients will be given a new number upon reentry.

Note: If the first of the month is a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, staff will pull from the previous month’s list for that lottery date only.

Please be aware that HSHS is a dry shelter. This means that clients may not be under the influence of or use non-prescribed drugs/illicit substances in the space.

We can accept guests 18 or older.

Feel free to reach out to hshs.waitlist@gmail.com or call us at (888) 285-4038 with questions or concerns. Email communication is preferred.

Name *

What is your birthday? [Optional]

YYYY

In our shelter, there are separate groups of beds for those who identify as men, those who identify as women, and non-binary individuals.

Which option best matches your gender identity? *

Woman

Man

Non-binary

Other:

If you answered non-binary/other above, would you be comfortable being assigned a bed in a single-gender space if that were the only bed available?

If yes, which single-gender space (men's or women's space)?

Please feel free to explain further.

What is your email address (if you have one)?

What is your phone number (if you have one)?

If you do not have an email or phone number, how should we contact you?

Please indicate that you agree with the following statements [all boxes must be checked for entry to be valid]: *

I understand that HSHS is a dry shelter; clients may not be under the influence of or use non-prescribed drugs/ illicit substances in the space.

I have carefully read the information at the top of this form detailing the lottery process.

I understand that if I do not respond to a bed offer by the deadline, I will lose that bed.

I understand that as a seasonal shelter, HSHS should be a last resort and guests should accept other forms of shelter such as longer-term beds, transitional housing, or staying with a family member before accepting a bed at HSHS.

I understand that all guests are expected to utilize resources provided by HSHS, including required weekly meetings with HSHS case managers, to work towards their case management goals with an emphasis placed on finding permanent housing.

I understand that HSHS lottery entries will be reset monthly. I must fill out the lottery entrance form again each month in order to be eligible to win a bed.

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Is there anything else that you would like HSHS staff to be aware of?

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