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Claremont Non-Profit Hopes to Offer Free Housing to Young Moms

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The proposal calls for the construction of six units in a building shared by One-4-All Family Space, which offers childcare and academic assistance to community members.

A plan to provide housing and support services for teen mothers in Claremont will go in front of the city’s planning board Monday.

Cathy Pellerin, with the non-profit Claremont Learning Partnership, has been working with six young women who she says are in need of a safe place to stay.

“Out of the six, four are currently couch-surfing with infants, and two are in very unsafe, unstable environments,” she said.

The new housing would be in a building shared by One-4-All Family Space, which offers free childcare center and a space to do homework for teens. The same building formerly housed Hope for New Hampshire’s Claremont drug recovery center.

That center recently closed for financial reasons, but the state is working on a new contract to keep some of its services alive.

Some of the women Pellerin would like to be able to house have family members who had been receiving support for drug addiction at the recovery center, Pellerin said.  

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