Amendment #345 to H3400
YMCA Youth at Risk Funding
Representatives Keenan of Salem, Gobi of Spencer, Koczera of New Bedford, Dykema of Holliston, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Parisella of Beverly, Rogers of Cambridge, Balser of Newton, Nangle of Lowell, Murphy of Lowell, Golden of Lowell, Sullivan of Fall River, Finn of West Springfield, Khan of Newton, Sciortino of Medford, Garry of Dracut, Humason of Westfield, Cabral of New Bedford, Swan of Springfield, Walsh of Framingham, Devers of Lawrence, Schmid of Westport and Fennell of Lynn move to amend the bill in section 2 by striking out item 4590-1507 and inserting in place thereof the following item:
“For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, the YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers, teen empowerment 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 those organizations; provided further, that each organization previously included in the youth-at-risk grants shall receive in fiscal year 2014 a grant amount not less than that received in fiscal year 2013; and provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $750,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, which shall be distributed between the recipient’s member organizations; and provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be awarded to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs for the Alliance to support the expansion of existing YMCAs to communities not historically served by a YMCA in the community”.....................$2,700,000”