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room with someone. Approximately 500 persons have used the Center over the past twelve months, numbering 60 a day in the winter and 40 in the summer months. Homeless persons who live temporarily in the Battlegreen Inn come over to the Center in the afternoons. Many of them stay their three month limit in the motel as well as at Bristol Lodge and then move out, sharing a room somewhere with others they have met at the Inn or the Lodge for a month, before they are are permitted to return for another three month period. Demand for Center participation is rising but the magnitude parallels the rise in demand for services from the waltham Salvation Army and, we learned, from the ~Ualtham chapter of the American Red Cross. The Center does not coordinate its work with agencies in Lexington but has extensive collaboration with the city of Waltham, where the mayor is a strong supporter. The ~Ualtham Police Department maintains a Homeless Assistance Coalition which reaches out to homeless persons in a humanitarian way. Our respondent noted that what is needed across the metro region is much more low cost housing, more shelters, and more detoxification services. 14. Career Place. This agency, based in Woburn, is chartered by the Metro North Regional Employment Board and managed by Middlesex Community College. Its mission is to help clients find job openings, assist skill levels and interests, and help entry into job training programs. The Place provides career counseling, employment workshops, and access to job research tools, including the Internet and copy and fax machines. It hosted 9,000 people in the past year, including 500 from Lexington. The Career Place provides area businesses with a source for workers and training options. Staff work with employers to locate qualified job applicants, upgrade the skills of their existing employees, navigate training and economic development programs, and to provide timely online 15