Amendment #683 to H4000

YMCA Youth at Risk

Representatives Keenan of Salem, DiZoglio of Methuen, Swan of Springfield, Devers of Lawrence, Moran of Lawrence, Nangle of Lowell, Murphy of Lowell, Cronin of Easton, Heroux of Attleboro, Donato of Medford, Cole of Peabody, Brodeur of Melrose, Cariddi of North Adams, Hecht of Watertown, Chan of Quincy, Turner of Dennis, Khan of Newton, Puppolo of Springfield, Walsh of Framingham, Golden of Lowell, Brady of Brockton, Straus of Mattapoisett, Madden of Nantucket, Koczera of New Bedford, Schmid of Westport, Campbell of Methuen, Poirier of North Attleborough, Parisella of Beverly, Galvin of Canton, Cabral of New Bedford, Peake of Provincetown, Andrews of Orange, Vieira of Falmouth, Barrows of Mansfield, Fennell of Lynn, Roy of Franklin, Gobi of Spencer, Ferrante of Gloucester, Sannicandro of Ashland, Finn of West Springfield, Speliotis of Danvers, Mark of Peru, Lawn of Watertown, Fiola of Fall River, Fallon of Malden, Durant of Spencer, Conroy of Wayland, Malia of Boston, Kafka of Stoughton, Garballey of Arlington, Markey of Dartmouth, Smola of Warren, Lyons of Andover, Arciero of Westford, Silvia of Fall River, Frost of Auburn, Kuros of Uxbridge, Hunt of Sandwich, Vega of Holyoke and Pignatelli of Lenox 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 2015 a grant amount not less than received in fiscal year 2014; and provided further, that the Department of Public Health shall award not less than $1,500,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, which shall be distributed between the recipient’s member organizations…………….………..….$4,150,000”.