HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1343        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 79

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing immediate childcare assistance to homeless families.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

8/16/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

8/16/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

8/16/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

8/16/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

8/16/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

8/16/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

8/16/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

8/16/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

8/16/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

8/16/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

8/16/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

8/16/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

8/16/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

8/16/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

8/16/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

8/16/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

8/16/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

8/16/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

8/16/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

8/16/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1343        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 79

By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 79) of Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to providing child care assistance to homeless families.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act providing immediate childcare assistance to homeless families.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

An Act providing immediate child care assistance to homeless families.

SECTION 1. Chapter 15D of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 19. (a) A Family placed in temporary emergency assistance shelter, domestic violence shelter or non-emergency assistance shelter by the department of transitional assistance shall be eligible for the department of early education and care’s homeless child care assistance vouchers when the family first arrives at the shelter and at any time the family chooses while residing in the shelter.

(b)  A family living in a shelter shall be eligible for full-time child care.

(c) It shall not be necessary for a family placed in a shelter to document the family’s income in order to access homeless child care assistance.

(d) The initial voucher shall be written for up to 12 months or up to 30 days after the family's scheduled departure date, whichever period is shorter.

SECTION 2. The department shall adopt regulations or policies for the administration of this act within 90 days of the effective date of this act.