The Massachusetts Senate's emergency family shelter system is running out of money and needs a spending deal by April 15. The system has exceeded expected costs due to an influx of homeless families, migrants, and asylum-seekers.
The Massachusetts Senate 's top budget writer on Thursday said money for the state's emergency family shelter system is set to run out April 15.
A six-member conference committee is now meeting behind closed doors, trying to find a compromise between the House and Senate's competing supplemental budget proposals. The House aims to spend aboutBoth chambers seek to limit how long most families can stay in the shelter system to 9 months. The Senate version would implement 90-day extensions for people who meet certain criteria; the House version would offer a single three-month extension.
"I gave up a long time on guessing when we're going to come to an exact agreement," he said."But we're working — we're continually talking with our Senate counterparts right now."
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