Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...
Gov. Healey ordering background checks for emergency shelter applicants
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is now ordering CORI background checks for all emergency assistance applicants after the ...
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Background checks did not occur at all Massachusetts emergency shelter sites. Now, the governor is interested in revisiting the intent of the law
Healey's comments came after the top House Republican blasted her administration for its oversight and for failing to realize ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey proposes new changes to state shelter law
Less than a week after condemning security concerns surrounding a lack of background checks performed at shelters, ...
'Unacceptable' Background checks not completed for all Mass. emergency shelter residents
Gov. Maura Healey ordered more thorough background checks be conducted for all residents of Massachusetts emergency assistance shelters in the wake of two high-profile arrests of shelter residents ...
Healey’s former shelter head says his quiet departure was on ’very good terms'
Lt. Gen. Scott L. Rice, who last month quietly left his role leading the state’s beleaguered emergency family shelter system, ...
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, ...
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Residents call on FEMA to extend housing aid for Helene storm victims
Additional Background Through the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, FEMA pays directly to participating hotels and motels to cover the cost of the room, taxes and non-refundable pet fees ...
Reaction to Massachusetts governor ordering background checks in emergency shelters
FALL RIVER, MASS. (WJAR) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announcing a crackdown on criminal background checks of people living in emergency shelter facilities. It comes in the wake of two high ...