Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-368

EDU 368

Social Worker Loan Forgiveness Program

Ms. Spilka and Mr. Eldridge and Ms. Chang-Diaz and Ms. Clark and Messrs. DiDomenico and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7070-0065, by inserting after the words “shall adopt guidelines governing the eligibility and the awarding of financial assistance;” the following words:-

“provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a Social Worker Loan Forgiveness Program, to increase access to child protective services and social work services in geographic and programmatic areas of high need in the Commonwealth;”