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DCF requests one‑time $30.5M for emergency housing; raises shelter funding and capacity questions
Summary
Department for Children and Families officials asked the committee to consider a $30,500,000 one‑time general fund appropriation to continue the current emergency housing program and described additional requests to expand and stabilize shelter capacity.
Department for Children and Families officials asked the committee to consider a $30,500,000 one‑time general fund appropriation to continue the current emergency housing program and described additional requests to expand and stabilize shelter capacity.
Commissioner Chris Winters said the proposal includes a one‑time $30,500,000 appropriation for emergency housing for FY26, and the Office of Economic Opportunity presented a plan to add $3,300,000 to the Housing Opportunity Program (HOP) base to support shelters that came online this year plus a $2,000,000 one‑time statewide shelter expansion allotment.
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