Amendment #878 to H4000

MA Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

Representatives Honan of Boston, Basile of Boston, Donato of Medford, Andrews of Orange, Ashe of Longmeadow, Balser of Newton, Benson of Lunenburg, Brodeur of Melrose, Canavan of Brockton, Cantwell of Marshfield, Cronin of Easton, deMacedo of Plymouth, Devers of Lawrence, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Durant of Spencer, Dwyer of Woburn, Fiola of Fall River, Fox of Boston, Gifford of Wareham, Gregoire of Marlborough, Hecht of Watertown, Kaufman of Lexington, Keefe of Worcester, Keenan of Salem, Khan of Newton, Kuros of Uxbridge, Lawn of Watertown, Lombardo of Billerica, Madden of Nantucket, Markey of Dartmouth, Matewsky of Everett, Moran of Lawrence, Moran of Boston, Nangle of Lowell, Peake of Provincetown, Puppolo of Springfield, Rogers of Cambridge, Sannicandro of Ashland, Stanley of Waltham, Timilty of Milton, Toomey of Cambridge, Vega of Holyoke, Vieira of Falmouth, Walsh of Framingham, DiZoglio of Methuen, Chan of Quincy, Garry of Dracut, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Conroy of Wayland, Schmid of Westport, Fennell of Lynn, Turner of Dennis, Arciero of Westford, Ayers of Quincy, Calter of Kingston, Collins of Boston, Cullinane of Boston, Curran of Springfield, Decker of Cambridge, Donahue of Worcester, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Fattman of Sutton, Garballey of Arlington, Gobi of Spencer, Golden of Lowell, Hogan of Stow, Holmes of Boston, Howitt of Seekonk, Mannal of Barnstable, O'Connell of Taunton, O'Day of West Boylston, Orrall of Lakeville, Petrolati of Ludlow, Silvia of Fall River, Swan of Springfield, Wagner of Chicopee, Finn of West Springfield and Smola of Warren move that the bill be amended 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, Inc., the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Inc., the YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers, teen empowerment and youth development programs; provided, the department of public health shall award not less than $2,000,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, which shall be distributed equally between said recipient’s member organizations ……………………………………………………………………………..$3,800,000