Military Friends Foundation, Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Association distributed meals this week in Springfield, Swampscott and at Hanscom Air Force Base.
Hampden County alone stands to lose $9 million a year, money that supports 304 apartments where people who’d been chronically homeless now have a roof over their heads.
Eligible employees are in nonpatient care jobs. Baystate said it continues to recruit and hire physicians, advanced practice providers and bedside caregivers.