Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-82

JUD 82

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project

Ms. Jehlen moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 0330-0300, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

“provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be spent for the “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project” to provide legal services to such grandparents in the areas of family law and public benefits, and further requiring the chief justice of administration and management to make a report to the General Court on or before January 1, 2014, of all grandparents who requested legal services, their eligibility for such services and whether or not they were denied due to insufficient resources, including the legal problem for which they sought assistance”;

and by striking out the figure "$219,244,450" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-

“$219,274,450”.