Northampton State Hospital

01/23/2026

The top executive of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, the city’s largest homeless services provider, has resigned amid mounting internal dissent over staff layoffs and complaints that the nonprofit was drifting from its mission to serve vulnerable people living on the streets.

The city’s largest homeless services provider is under pressure from looming Medicaid cuts and staff dissent.

11/21/2025

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-11-19/lawmakers-poised-to-open-up-state-disability-records-to-families-researchers

Gov. Healey is expected to sign legislation giving family members access to the medical records of their developmentally disabled loved ones who lived in Massachusetts institutional housing.

11/06/2025

09/05/2025

08/25/2025

The Northampton State Hospital Oral History Project: A Truth in Time is gathering personal accounts from people who lived, worked, or were otherwise connected to the hospital.

Every voice matters—whether you were a patient, a staff member, a family member, or part of the surrounding community.

Add your voice to the history of Northampton State Hospital. The Northampton State Hospital Oral History Project: A Truth in Time is gathering personal accounts from people who lived, worked, or we…

08/14/2025

PreservationWorks (f. 2015) is a national advocacy organization committed to the preservation and adaptive reuse of the remaining “Kirkbride Plan” psychiatric hospitals, built across North America and Australia during the second half of the 19th century according to the principles of Dr. Thomas ...

08/04/2025

Michele came to work herself out of a job at Northampton State Hospital.

Also starring Dupree, Michele’s little dog, who enters the interview with the sound of a bell around its collar.

https://northamptonstatehospital.org/people/michele/

07/24/2025

The state’s last prison health care contract brought despair and congressional scrutiny. Our investigation indicates that the new vendor is off to a troubling start.

07/06/2025

As the nation's first disability pride event turns 35, a founder, attendee, and speaker look back

06/04/2025

05/26/2025