Hike In State Funding Sought For Homeless Services

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published April 20, 2014 at 12:37 PM EDT

A statewide coalition of 30 organizations that assist homeless individuals in Massachusetts is lobbying the state legislature for an increase in funding. State funding for their programs has remained stagnant for more than a decade. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with William Miller, executive director of Friends of the Homeless in Springfield.

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