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From Fox News: New York City launched a pilot program to help migrants transition out of city shelters by providing them with $4000 for permanent housing, a city official confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday.
The NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) offered 150 families cash assistance through the Asylee Moveout Assistance (AMA), a pilot created in December last year to help find permanent housing for asylum seekers. The pilot was launched in partnership with some city shelters providing services for asylum seekers.
“The city is using every tool at its disposal to implement innovative and cost-effective solutions to help recently-arrived asylum seekers residing in shelters take the next steps in their journey,” a Department of Social Services (DSS) spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
DHS officials in December started dispensing $4000 to 150 households who live in the city’s emergency DHS shelters.
The $4000 grant is reportedly limited to asylum-seeking families and pregnant women who are living in certain DHS emergency shelters and have already found permanent housing. It is supposed to be used for security deposits, moving expenses, first and last month rent and any household necessities.
But that’s not all. The illegal alien families can also qualify for up to $1,000 in gift cards for household necessities and moving expenses.
A DSS official admitted, “Since December, DSS has been working with a few not-for-profit providers operating emergency sites to pilot a new effort to reduce barriers to obtaining housing by helping asylum-seeking families who have identified permanent housing with the upfront cost of moving into their new home.”
DSS further touted that “150 households have benefitted from this pilot over the last seven months, and we look forward to supporting more households as we assess the success of the pilot and feasibility of scaling up and expanding access to this form of assistance.”
Migrant families receive $4000 in grants to aid transition out of NYC shelters https://t.co/N3RLC4UBj0
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