The Hartford Courant reports that the state government has a surplus in federal heating-aid dollars and will distribute up to $2 million of it to 60 shelters, with another $14 million going to yet-to-be-identified energy-assistance programs.
"News of the surplus offered some respite for shelter directors, who learned about a month ago that their federal block grants, distributed by the state Department of Social Services, were cut by 6 percent," according to the Courant.
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