The Healey administration said it expects to start implementing a waitlist in the state-funded family shelter system on Wednesday or Thursday. It is taking steps to create short-term overnight accommodations for waitlisted families.
Lieutenant General Leon Scott Rice tells reporters Tuesday that Massachusetts is activating more National Guard members to assist with the family shelter system's needs.
Rice also said the state is partnering with United Way to provide $5 million to create short-term overnight accommodations for homeless families with nowhere else to go. Once the grant application for the funds goes live later this week, Rice said he hopes social service organizations will apply. He said federal dollars are funding this effort.
Further, Rice said, the state-run family welcome centers will continue to support parents and children placed on the waitlist. He said the two centers will host evening and weekend events, including dental health screenings and religious services. "What I'm thinking, and I'm hoping, and I'm looking towards is we have positive indication that we have a lot of community partners that will help us with this," he said.in the shelter system and, in mid-October, she said the program was nearing capacity.
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