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DCF opposes legislative extension of emergency hotel program; agency urges sticking with current 80-day cap
Summary
The Department for Children and Families told the Senate Appropriations Committee that extending the emergency hotel-motel program through June would cost about $1.8 million and could reduce access for households already waiting; lawmakers argued over equity and the practical limits of shelter capacity.
Chris Winters, Commissioner of the Department for Children and Families, presented the department's analysis of a House proposal to extend the adverse-weather/hotel-motel program through June. Winters said the House amendment would add roughly $1,800,000 to continue hotel placements from April 1 through June 30, and the department's estimate assumes increased utilization of available rooms.
For the record, Winters explained, the program as passed last year includes an 80-day cap on hotel stays per household in a calendar year and a 1,100-room cap for the non-cold months. "Our position is that we stay with the bill as passed last year with current conditions, with the current 80 day limits ... and the…
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