JALSA in Politico on Emergency Shelter Availability for Migrant Families

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Excerpt from Shelter system overload

Migrant and homeless families seeking shelter through the state’s emergency assistance program will now be put on a waitlist after the system exceeded the Healey administration’s 7,500-family capacity limit yesterday. And no one knows where they’re supposed to go.

Faith groups and service providers are racing against time and cooling temperatures to open temporary overnight shelters. The state is seeding the United Way of Massachusetts Bay with $5 million to help organizations set them up. And the United Way led a planning call with more than 110 service providers and stakeholders yesterday.

But Cindy Rowe, who leads the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, said many faith-based groups won’t know if they’re eligible to provide that short-term shelter until the Healey administration rolls out requirements for facilities next week.