Amendment #442 to H3400

MA Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs

[Sponsors] Representatives Honan of Boston, Aguiar of Fall River, Ashe of Longmeadow, Atkins of Concord, Balser of Newton , Basile of Boston, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Brady of Brockton, Brownsberger of Belmont, Cabral of New Bedford, Canavan of Brockton, Canessa of New Bedford, Collins of Boston, Creedon of Brockton, Curran of Springfield, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Donato of Medford, Dwyer of Woburn, Fennell of Lynn, Finn of West Springfield, Forry of Boston, Fox of Boston, Fresolo of Worcester, Garaballey of Arlington, Garry of Dracut, Gobi of Spencer, Golden of Lowell, Hecht of Watertown, Henriquez of Boston, Hogan of Stow, Holmes of Boston, Humason of Westfield, Kane of Holyoke, Keenan of Salem, Khan of Newton, Kuros of Uxbridge, Lombardo of Billerica, Madden of Nantucket, Mark of Hancock, Markey of Dartmouth, Miceli of Wilmington, Michlewitz of Boston, K. Murphy of  Lowell, Nangle of Lowell, O’Connell of Taunton, O’Day of West Boylston, Puppolo of Springfield, Reinstein of Revere, Schmid of Westport, Sciortino of Medford, T. Stanley of Waltham, Sullivan of Fall River, Swan of Springfield, Timilty of Milton, Toomey of Cambridge, Torrisi of North Andover, Turner of Dennis, C. Walsh of Framingham, M. Walsh of Boston, S. Walsh of Lynn and Wolf of Cambridge move that the bill be amended in Section 2 by striking out item 4590-1507 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

4590-1507 For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, the YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers, and youth development programs; provided, that the department of public health shall award the full amount of each grant to each organization previously included in the youth-at-risk grants, upon commitment of matching funds from such organizations; provided further that each organization previously included in the youth-at-risk grants shall receive no less than the amount said recipient received in their FY2011 grant; and provided further that any allocation of less than $2 million to a recipient of a youth-at-risk grant must be distributed equally between said recipient’s member organizations..........................................$3,000,000.00