State funding for emergency homeless shelters covers less than half of the actual costs of providing services, forcing shelter officials to devote significant time to private fund-raising, according to survey results obtained by the News Service.
The survey, conducted by the statewide Coalition for Homeless Individuals, a group of homeless services providers, determined that state reimbursements cover 47 percent of the costs of 3,538 shelter beds available through providers.
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