By Amy Doolittle - Staff writer Posted : Friday Jul 13, 2007 11:48:58 EDT Homeless veterans may soon qualify for special Section 8 housing vouchers under a measure approved Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee. To apply for the vouchers, veterans would contact the Veterans Affairs Department, which would screen applicants for eligibility and then manage cases. The Housing and Urban Development Department, in turn, would distribute the rental assistance. If enacted, the funds, which total $75 million, should help provide housing for 7,500 veterans. The money — part of a $104.6 billion transportation, housing and urban development spending bill — was not requested by the administration. The housing money is designed to accompany an increase in funds for medical and support services in the VA spending bill approved by the committee late last month. “This program is designed to target both housing assistance and supportive services to homeless veterans, including veterans returning form the war in Iraq,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during the committee markup. “This program hasn’t received funding for several years.” Veterans make up about 18.7 percent of homeless adults who use emergency shelters or transitional housing, according to the committee’s explanatory report on its bill. The committee unanimously approved the measure, but it is not yet scheduled for a floor vote by the full Senate. The House version of the bill does not contain the housing vouchers provision, which means this will be one of the many issues that will be negotiated in a House-Senate conference to craft a final compromise bill.
ma police, boston ma police, massachusetts police, massachusetts police, mass state police, mass police, ma, mass, massachusetts, massachusetts, massachutes, massachusetts law, massachusetts polece, police, officer, police officer, cops, police gear, law enforcement, police duty gear, state police, sheriff, law, police supply, police agency directory, police agency, police department, traffic officer, police dept, state trooper, dispatcher, massachusetts county sheriff, massachusetts sheriff, massachusetts department of corrections, ma doc, doc, dept of corrections, police information, civil service, ma civil service, massachusetts crime, police training, police academy, ma police academy, massachusetts officers, masscop, masscops, mpa, bpa, ibpoa, police association, massachusetts police news, massachusetts crime news, mass most wanted, police career information, police patrol, police administration, police books, crime scene training, police discussion, crime discussions, cops
About MassCops, the home for Massachusetts law enforcement.
The Massachusetts Law Enforcement Network opened in 1998 and is now a part of the New England Police Network The site is a pro-police discussion forum intended for sworn police officers and civilian law enforcement officials as well as those interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement here in Massachusetts.
The goal of The Massachusetts Law Enforcement Network is to provide an informal network of law enforcement officials here in Massachusetts for educational and informational purposes.
The forum covers many topics such as Police Related News Articles, Agency & Profession Discussions, Police Training as well as Law Enforcement Career Information.
The Massachusetts Law Enforcement Network and The New England Police Network (NEPN) and it's network sites are privately owned websites/domains and are not affiliated with or endorsed by any government association or agency.
MassCops (masscops.com) and (masscop.com) are privately owned are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Massachusetts Coalition of Police (masscop.org)
ma police, boston ma police, massachusetts police, massachusetts police, mass state police, mass police, ma, mass, massachusetts, massachusetts, massachutes, massachusetts law, massachusetts polece, police, officer, police officer, cops, police gear, law enforcement, police duty gear, state police, sheriff, law, police supply, police agency directory, police agency, police department, traffic officer, police dept, state trooper, dispatcher, massachusetts county sheriff, massachusetts sheriff, massachusetts department of corrections, ma doc, doc, dept of corrections, police information, civil service, ma civil service, massachusetts crime, police training, police academy, ma police academy, massachusetts officers, masscop, masscops, mpa, bpa, ibpoa, police association, massachusetts police news, massachusetts crime news, mass most wanted, police career information, police patrol, police administration, police books, crime scene training, police discussion, crime discussions, cops