South Middlesex Opportunity Council could have representative from Framingham
The South Middlesex Opportunity Council says it is weighing the town's request to put a representative on the social service agency's board of directors.
Selectmen voted last month to recommend that resident Joan Rastani be on the SMOC board, which appoints its members.
"SMOC strongly appreciates the Board of Selectmen's recommendation, and they are taking that under consideration," said Jane Lane, spokeswoman for the nonprofit.
The board has 25 members, and under its charter, it can have 15 to 39. There is no requirement for members to live in the nine towns SMOC is set up to serve, from Framingham to Marlborough to Bellingham, Lane said.
The board's membership committee is reviewing applications from Rastani and other candidates. The full board will vote next month on the committee's final recommendations, Lane said.
SMOC, meanwhile, intends to send letters to Framingham and other core communities to clear up confusion about how appointments to the board are made.
In a July 28 letter to SMOC Executive Director Jim Cuddy, in which selectmen Chairman Jason Smith asked that Rastani be Framingham's "public official representative" on the SMOC board, Smith questioned whether other communities have the direct power to appoint board members.
"Needless to say, all communities should be treated the same way," he wrote to Cuddy.
Selectmen have said they think other towns have that authority.
But that's not the case, Lane said, and SMOC will be sending out a letter apologizing for the confusion and reinforcing that the board names its own members.
"The letter will be going out to each Board of Selectmen," she said.
SMOC and the town have been working to heal their relationship since settling a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit out of court last year.
(Danielle Ameden can be reached at 508-626-4416 or dameden@wickedlocal.com.
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Opportunity Council awarded $684000 to ... - The Bellingham Herald
Veterans who are homeless or in danger of ending up on the streets will get help with housing, thanks to a $684,000 federal grant awarded to the Opportunity Council as part of a new federal initiative.
The money will be used for 275 veteran households in five counties: Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Jefferson and Clallam.
Veterans will receive financial help, case management and services that are linked to long-term housing stability. They'll also receive assistance with financial literacy, credit counseling, child care and parenting help.
Efforts to end homelessness among veterans are already under way locally through public-private collaborations. The federal grant will enable providers to do more, and to help more veterans.
"This gets us much closer to our goal of ending veterans' homelessness in Whatcom County because it expands the capacity of our providers so much," said Greg Winter, director of the Whatcom Homeless Service Center at the Opportunity Council.
The federal money will allow the council to serve two to three times more veterans than what would have been possible with only local funding, said Winter, who also is chairman of the Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness.
The Opportunity Council was one of just two agencies in Washington to receive grants, totaling nearly $1.2 million, through the new Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday, July 27.
The other recipient was Community Psychiatric Clinic of Seattle, which received a little over $507,000.
Nearly $60 million was awarded nationwide to 85 nonprofit community agencies.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, wrote a letter on behalf of the Opportunity Council to help secure the grant.
"Too many local veterans are struggling with homelessness," Larsen said in a statement. "One of my most important responsibilities as a member of Congress is ensuring the brave men and women who put their lives on the line for our country get the support they have earned and deserve.
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