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Impact of state funding cuts on immigrant services
3:26:26
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64 sec
Commissioner Castro explains that the discontinuation of certain services, including the application help center and case management, is due to the lack of state funding allocation for the next fiscal year. Council Member Avilés expresses concern about the lack of new funding to support providers handling the increased caseload.
- Services were funded by temporary state resources
- State funding not allocated for the next fiscal year
- City will continue support through existing city-funded programs
- Concern raised about lack of new funding for providers handling increased caseload
Manuel Castro
3:26:26
So to clarify both with the services that you've mentioned and the application help center, these were all funded by state resources which were not allocated for the next fiscal year.
3:26:39
This is why those no longer will continue.
3:26:45
And again, many of these programs were temporary as long as we had the resources to manage them.
3:26:54
We'll continue to support people through our existing programs that we fund as a city.
3:27:02
And just to note that those under our care are largely individuals that arrived not recently.
3:27:09
So they would need a different set of services.
Alexa Avilés
3:27:13
Right.
3:27:14
But there's still a significant amount with no real new dollars to support the providers that are gonna have to support this caseload of work right now.
3:27:26
Okay.
3:27:27
So next I'd like to call