The state's reticketing program, designed to alleviate shelter pressures, has covered travel costs for 65 families opting to stay with friends or family in other states.
Massachusetts officials have spent $85,768 on the reticketing program, a fraction of what it would cost to shelter these families for an extended period.
As the housing crisis and an influx of migrants put pressure on Massachusetts' emergency shelter system, the administration is communicating to potential migrants that 'we're full'.
The program, launched by the Healey administration, seeks not just to manage shelter overflow but to encourage families with options to find housing elsewhere.
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