State set to go over budget to fully fund homelessness program

​Al Gobeille, the secretary of the Agency of Human Services, speaks at a news conference. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerThe Department for Children and Families is planning to exceed one part of its current year budget to pay for an emergency housing program for families.
The department, in conjunction with leadership of the Agency of Human Services, made the decision in July after about three weeks of pushback from anti-poverty advocates who said the emergency housing program is ba