1.   Access to family shelters in Massachusetts was severely limited by the Weld Administration last year, and most shelters were cramped throughout last winter.

2.   Advocates Thursday hailed the agreement as a victory for homeless families who have been squeezed, and urged Weld to reconsider his opposition to family shelters.

3.   But they are still waiting for an opening in a family shelter.

4.   City Union Mission and the other family shelters offer parenting classes on site or through referral.

5.   He said states should experiment with programs that send public money to family shelters, maternity homes and private charities.

6.   Homes are investment commodities that do double duty as family shelters.

7.   Increasingly, social service providers say, single men with children need the services of family shelters.

8.   The asylum seekers chosen for the family shelter were screened at the airport where they entered the United States and sent here if space was available.

9.   The city runs two family shelters on Staten Island.

10.   The Department of Homeless Services has awarded contracts to nonprofit organizations to operate three homeless shelters and a family shelter now operated by city employees.