A major effort gets underway Monday that could help the strained shelter system in Massachusetts.
A clinic to help migrants staying in the Commonwealth apply for work authorization in the United States is happening Monday — and representatives from the federal government will be there to help.
Typically, it takes eligible migrants three to four months to get work authorization. The goal of this clinic is to drastically speed up that process.
The reason is that the quicker migrants can get to work, the faster they can transition out of the state's emergency shelters that have now not only reached, but have exceeded capacity.
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The clinic will begin Monday and is expected to run all week. Another clinic will run the week of Nov. 27.
It's not certain exactly where these clinics are being held, other than it is somewhere in Middlesex County. Eligible migrants will be transported there from their current shelters.
According to the Healey administration, MassHire efforts so far have connected migrants to employers such as Dunkin' Donuts, Market Basket and Walmart.
