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The effort to vaccinate newly arrived immigrant children, enroll them in school and equip schools with translators and transportation plans has proved daunting. Even as the first day of school arrives, it remains a work in progress. The result: Some kids won't start on time.
More than 6,000 families, including migrants and Massachusetts residents experiencing homelessness, are in emergency shelters across the state
Gov. Maura Healey says more than 6,000 migrant families are currently being housed in Massachusetts.
In the state-funded family shelter system, more than 10% of the households are now in hotels and motels without the usual support staff and services. While the state does work to provide food or cooking facilities, many families in these units do not have easy access to translation, transportation and case management, among other services.
Nearly 1,400 families are in Massachusetts hotels, and Joint Base Cape Cod is at capacity, hosting 62 families.