Melissa Hughes: “Communities can barely manage a grant at this point.”

“What I would say for where the state can help is not only providing the backing and the resources for that, but also the administrative burden. As I talk to communities, Communities can barely manage a grant at this point. And applying for a grant and then managing the financing and you know, the, the, the reporting behind it because they're just, you know, so stretched with resources.” (12:22–12:27)

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