A one-time state grant of $426,443.53 from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, Division of Housing and Stabilization, will bolster efforts to find overflow beds for the city’s homeless during winter months. 

“This funding will be used to provide essential services and rent rooms at the Dartmouth Motor Inn and the Capri Motel,” read a release from Steppingstone, Inc., an organization dedicated to providing comprehensive services to unhoused people.

The grant will be used to rent rooms at motels along Route 6 in Dartmouth, with $144,230 used to rent 10 double-occupancy rooms at the Capri Motel at 741 State Road, and to offer “supportive services,” read the release, such as daily meals for 17 weeks. 

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