Amendment #485 to H3400

Massachusetts Court Appointed Special Advocates programs

Representatives Fox of Boston, Devers of Lawrence, Forry of Boston, Collins of Boston, Gordon of Bedford, Garballey of Arlington, Mannal of Barnstable and O'Day of West Boylston move to amend the bill in Section 2, 0337-0003 that no less than $496,239 shall be funded to the CASA programs

For the operation of the Massachusetts Court Appointed Special Advocates programs provided that in fiscal year the department shall not reduce the amount allocated to the CASA programs as appearing in items 0337-0300, 0337-0400, 0337-0600, 0337-0700 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008, provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the Boston CASA Program which is operated self sufficiently from the other 13 CASA’s because of changes in our Suffolk judiciary budgeting.