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Last year the commission received $252,000 dollars from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and another $100,000 from other sources.
"We refer cases to them often--sometimes everyday," says a spokesman for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. He said cases were often given to the commission "because they've got a large staff, and we've only have two lawyers...
In fiscal year 1988, 3172 complaints were filed, almost double the number the commission annually dealt with a decade ago. The current figure is also more than 11 times MCAD's annual caseload during the 1940s and 1950s.
Budget cuts of more than $300,000 made this year will only exacerbate the manpower shortage. The commission receives the majority of its money from the state, although the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) also contribute to the budget.
According to Morris, staff members will not be laid off as a result of the cut, but, with less money around, the commission may be less able to push cases to a timely end.