From New Hampshire-
Even before the state’s new budget is formally adopted social-service providers in the North Country were struggling. Now with more cuts expected they are worrying that the new budget will make things much worse.
A dozen or so representatives from various social service agencies got together last Friday in Berlin at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
They invited some North Country legislators to discuss what they see as a grim outlook for helping those who are down on their luck.
Jenn Doolan of Lancaster works with a homeless outreach program and she broke into tears.
“We used to be able to put clients up in a motel and purchase them food for the weekend. We don’t have money for food anymore. We don’t have money for motels anymore. We send them to town welfare and they don’t have it either,” she said.
On Friday she was trying to figure out how she could help a family of five from Lancaster that lost their home and were trying to live in their car.
More here-
http://www.nhpr.org/new-budget-means-grim-outlook-those-need-workers-say
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