Amendment #416 to H4100

MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS

Representatives Honan of Boston, Reinstein of Revere, Aguiar of Fall River, Andrews of Orange, Ashe of Longmeadow, Balser of Newton, Basile of Boston, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Brady of Brockton, Cabral of New Bedford, Canavan of Brockton, Cantwell of Marshfield, Chan of Quincy, Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, Collins of Boston, Creedon of Brockton, Curran of Springfield, Donato of Medford, Dwyer of Woburn, Fennell of Lynn, Finn of West Springfield, Fox of Boston, Fresolo of Worcester, Hecht of Watertown, Hogan of Stow, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Khan of Newton, Kaufman of Lexington, Keenan of Salem, Lawn of Watertown, Lewis of Winchester, Lombardo of Billerica, Madden of Nantucket, Michlewitz of Boston, Murphy of Burlington, Murphy of Lowell, Nangle of Lowell, O'Day of West Boylston, O'Flaherty of Chelsea, Puppolo of Springfield, Sullivan of Fall River, Toomey of Cambridge, Torrisi of North Andover, Walsh of Boston, Wolf of Cambridge, Kocot of Northampton, Kuros of Uxbridge, Smith of Everett, Fattman of Sutton, Calter of Kingston, Timilty of Milton, Forry of Boston, Vieira of Falmouth, Walsh of Lynn, Turner of Dennis and Provost of Somerville moves that the bill be amended in Section 2 by striking out item 4590-1507 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

4590-1507 Youth At-Risk Matching Grants

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 in fiscal year 2013 a grant amount not less than that received in fiscal year 2012; and provided further, that funds granted to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs must be distributed equally between said recipient's member organizations……………………………………….$2,500,000