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Private citizen urges Merrimack County to pursue per-capita funding for homeless services
Summary
A private citizen told the Merrimack County Board of Commissioners that Concord bears a disproportionate share of homeless services and urged the county to consider a per-capita tax to fund services across towns.
At a meeting of the Merrimack County Board of Commissioners, a private citizen identified as Steven spoke during public comment to propose a countywide, per-capita funding approach for homeless services rather than leaving most care to Concord.
Steven said he was speaking as a private citizen and described long experience with homelessness task forces at the state and local level: “I’m appearing as a private citizen. I’ve served on 3 governors’ homelessness task force. I’ve served on the city's of Concord's task force.” He told commissioners he believes New Hampshire law requires the town where an indigent person resides to care for them, and that practice has led…
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