HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2528        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 200

 

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

2/17/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/18/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/19/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/24/2021

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/25/2021

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/26/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/26/2021

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

3/8/2021

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

3/1/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/10/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/15/2021

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

3/25/2021

Peter Capano

11th Essex

3/26/2021

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

3/26/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/30/2021

Carlos González

10th Hampden

3/30/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/30/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

3/30/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

3/30/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

3/31/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

4/1/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

4/1/2021

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

4/6/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

4/7/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

4/8/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

4/12/2021

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

4/26/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

4/28/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

5/10/2021

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

5/11/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

9/22/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

9/22/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

9/27/2021

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

9/27/2021

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

9/27/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

9/27/2021

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

9/28/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

9/28/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

9/29/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

10/11/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2528        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 200

By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 200) of Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to childcare assistance to homeless families.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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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:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 15D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section:- 

Section 19. (a) A family placed in temporary emergency assistance shelter and receiving TAFDC assistance from 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 regardless of whether they meet work requirements as determined by the Department of Transitional Assistance.

(b) A family receiving TAFDC assistance and living in a any type of shelter shall be eligible for a full-time child care referral from the department of transitional assistance. 

(c) A letter verifying shelter residency will qualify a family receiving TAFDC assistance for a full-time childcare referral from the department of transitional assistance.

(d) Upon entry to a temporary emergency assistance shelter, domestic violence shelter, substance abuse and recovery shelter or non-emergency assistance shelter, children ages zero to three years old will be screened for development risk factors and/or delays. Screening standards will be established in coordination with the Department of Public Health.

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.