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Shelter operators and advocates urge $5 million to backfill HPRP and shore up overcrowded shelters
Summary
Shelter providers, homeless‑service advocates and people who use the services asked supervisors for a $5 million add‑back to replace expiring federal HPRP funds and to increase staffing and supplies at shelters and drop‑in centers, warning of dangerous staff‑to‑client ratios and long family shelter wait lists.
A broad coalition of homeless‑service providers and clients testified that recent funding cuts and the impending loss of federal HPRP (Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program) dollars have left the city’s shelter system critically underresourced.
“Without this funding, the continuation of this funding, many more San Franciscans are at risk of…
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