Amendment #334 to H4000

operation of the Massachusetts Court Appointed Special Advocates programs

Representatives Fox of Boston, Scibak of South Hadley and Swan of Springfield 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 each of the CASA programs including the Suffolk County CASA Program which is operated self sufficiently from the other CASA’s because of changes in our Suffolk judiciary budgeting.