Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-389

EHS 389

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

Ms. Flanagan, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Eldridge, Joyce and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 3000-5090 the following item:

3000-6075 For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from the programs; and provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed childcare providers, child care resource and referral centers and other qualified  entities..........................$750,000