Amendment #644 to H3400

Safe and Successful Youth Initiative

Representatives Forry of Boston, Walsh of Boston and Finn of West Springfield move to amend the bill in section 2, by adding the following item:

“Item 4000-0005, For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the programs shall be targeted at reducing youth violence among young person’s at highest risk for being perpetrators or victims of gun violence; and provided further, that these funds shall be available to those municipalities with the highest number of youth homicides and serious assaults as determined by the executive office of health and human services.............................. $10,000,000"