Officials in Chelsea, Massachusetts, are bringing back a program that provides up to $400 a month to low-income families to help pay their bills amid rising energy costs.
Chelsea Eats launched in November 2020 as the city refocused its efforts from distributing food during the pandemic to providing direct financial support to residents so that they could buy food and other essential items on their own.
Alex Train, Chelsea’s director of housing and community development, said there are many residents who do not qualify for other forms of assistance."Our existing safety social net really overlooks undocumented residents, and these are residents […]
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