Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-372

ECO 372

Employment Services Program

Ms. Donoghue, Mr. Barrett, Ms. Creem, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Forry, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Lewis, Michael O. Moore, Rodrigues, Wolf, Keenan, Brownsberger and Finegold, Ms. Candaras, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. Joyce, Ms. Spilka and Mr. McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4401-1000, moved that the bill be amended in section 2, by striking out item 4401-1000 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- "4401-1000 For employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that all programs that received funding in FY14 shall receive not less than the same amount in FY15; provided further that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended on a three-year pilot program called Pathways to Family Economic Self-Sufficiency, to equip low-income families for long-term economic stability, in consultation with the Commonwealth Corporation under contract with the Department of Transitional Assistance; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to one year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents’ income, shall be eligible to receive services...9,700,000.”