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Advocates press for permanent increases to EAEDC benefits and end to homelessness penalty
Summary
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and other witnesses urged lawmakers to pass bills that would raise Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC) benefit levels, implement annual cost‑of‑living adjustments and enshrine removal of the homelessness penalty in statute.
Advocates asked the Joint Committee to back companion bills that would modernize Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC). Kelly Turley of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless said the bills would increase EAEDC grant levels to match Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children for…
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