Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-1071

EPS 1071

Veteran Support Services

Messrs. Rush and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8910-8600, by adding at the end thereof the following: “; provided further that not less than $300,000 be expended for a veterans’ inmate pilot program to reduce recidivism and homelessness among incarcerated and recently released veteran inmates.  Veteran supportive services, which include, but are not limited to, individual evaluation, clinical supervision, sobriety and mental health shall be administered by Soldier On, Inc.”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$31,404,287” and inserting thereof the figures “$31,704,287”