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'A great need': Keene officials ask for $900K increase in shelter services budget

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Keene's Human Services Department is seeking $900,000 in additional funds to assist people with shelter this year. City Manager Elizabeth Dragon said there is a substantial need for this type of help. The funding request was referred at the meeting to the council's Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee.

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'A great need': Keene officials ask for $900K increase in shelter services budget

A city official said there were "173 households presenting as homeless (not in shelters) that we have housed in hotels/motels" and the city had spent $421,246 this fiscal year for hotels providing shelter.

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