The overhaul has been temporarily and partially blocked by a federal judge, but the move is impacting local administrators of the federal program across Massachusetts and has threatened millions of dollars in funding for permanent housing and thousands of beds for the chronically homeless.
Federal funds
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Mass. agriculture commissioner urges federal government to release funds and rehire USDA staff
The head of the Massachusetts’ agricultural department has written a letter urging the federal government to release frozen funds for farmers and reinstate staff at the US Department of Agriculture.
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Mass. scrambles to understand, react to fed funding freeze
The Trump administration’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending triggered an avalanche of uncertainty, panic and outrage, including a lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and several of her counterparts.
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Healey signs bill aimed at bringing in federal funding
The federal grant money would be funneled towards infrastructure and economic development projects. The law sets up a $750 million pot of money, funded using interest generated by the state’s $8 billion-plus stabilization fund. The money will go toward matching federal grants.