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City presenters cite drop in resource-center visits amid immigration enforcement; staff seek expanded funding and a county grant
Summary
City workforce and community investment staff said participation at family resource centers has fallen in the last two years amid immigration-enforcement fears and asked the committee to prioritize acceptance of a county grant (spoken in the record as roughly $1.3 million) to expand emergency assistance and legal services.
City staff told a City committee that use of family resource centers has fallen sharply in the past two years as fear of immigration enforcement deterred residents from seeking help, and they urged the committee to prioritize funding and contract changes to maintain services.
"Los números han bajado mucho de los últimos 2 años," Daisy Fernández, a representative for the Department of Workforce and Community Investment, said during the presentation. She described operational changes at centers—moving food distributions indoors, switching to appointment-only services and expanding virtual options—to respond to community fear about enrollment and document-sharing with other agencies.
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