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Committee advances Veterans Services budget; acting director highlights outreach, Purple Heart signs and housing work
Summary
The Finance Committee recommended the Veterans Services Department’s $1.2 million FY26 budget after the acting director outlined outreach, commemorations, signage and work to house unhoused veterans; members pressed on staffing and training for women veterans.
The Finance Committee voted to forward the Veterans Services Department’s FY26 budget — $1,200,000 with five full‑time equivalents — to the full City Council after Acting Director Cynthia Shelton Harris described recent programs, signage and housing placements.
Harris said the department installed 10 Purple Heart City signs around Cambridge and is planning additional signage, plus two flag disposal boxes (one at Cambridge Cemetery and one at City Hall, to be coordinated with Public Works). She…
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