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Service providers urge Boston council to restore homeless-intervention funding that supports students
Summary
Public commenters and BPS officials told the Ways and Means Committee that privately organized programs and legal services (REHAB/HIP and Access to Counsel) help prevent evictions, stabilize families and reduce chronic absenteeism, and they asked the council to restore or replace lost funding.
Several partner organizations urged the City Council on April 16 to restore or replace funding for programs that intervene early to prevent homelessness for families with school-age children. Larry Siemens, president and CEO of Family Aid Boston, described the REHAB/HIP (early homelessness intervention and prevention) program as a $4.3 million effort organized by Family Aid that deploys 28 social workers, housing navigators and more than 20 partner agencies to help families remain housed.
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