Increased funding for key services are on the line in the House's vote today: emergency shelter, the free school meals program, and SNAP benefits. This comes two days before federally enhanced SNAP benefits are set to run out.
The House plans on Wednesday to advance a revised version of the spending bill that Gov. Maura Healey offered earlier this year to pay for school meals and migrant shelter and care.
The redrafted version of Healey's bill must first emerge from the House Ways and Means Committee, where it has been for nearly a month, on its path to the floor for Wednesday's formal session. House Democrats have a caucus scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.scheduled to end on Thursday When asked on Feb. 14, two weeks after she filed the bill, if Healey believed the Legislature would pass the supplemental budget before the March 2 deadline when extra federal aid ends, Healey said she was hopeful.
In addition to the $130 million for SNAP, Healey's supplemental budget includes about $85 million to help the Department of Housing and Community Development address the emergency shelter"crisis," with the governor's office projecting the state will need more than 1,100 units beyond its baseline to meet demand caused by an influx of migrants into the state.
The House declined to advance a similar measure Gov. Charlie Baker put forward before the end of the 2021-2022 term, at the time saying they had unanswered questions about the cost. Baker's request was for $130 million to go to the emergency shelters, saying the shelters would be filled to capacity by March.
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