Baker-Polito Administration Unveils Initiatives to Reduce Homelessness
Channel: MassGovernor
Date: 2015-03-03

On Monday, March 3, 2015, Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito unveiled a series of reforms aimed at reducing family homelessness and proposed a $20 million ‘End Family Homelessness Reserve Fund.’ The proposals reorganize efforts around prevention, support aggressive casework to shorten the length of shelter stays and task the Executive Office of Health and Human Services with implementing the new policies to combat homelessness.

These reforms and the $20 million ‘End Family Homelessness Reserve Fund’ proposal will be part of the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) ‘16 budget. An additional $2 million for homelessness support services at the Department of Mental Health is also included in the budget, and the administration has identified an additional $1.5 million for the HomeBASE program, which provides short-term housing assistance. 

RELEASE: http://www.mass.gov/governor/press-office/press-releases/fy2015/initiatives-to-reduce-homelessness-unveiled-.html