Amendment #655 to H3600

MA Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

Representatives Honan of Boston, Garballey of Arlington, Vega of Holyoke, Ashe of Longmeadow, Balser of Newton, Brodeur of Melrose, Cantwell of Marshfield, Cronin of Easton, Day of Stoneham, DiZoglio of Methuen, Donahue of Worcester, Donato of Medford, Dwyer of Woburn, Dykema of Holliston, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Finn of West Springfield, Gonzalez of Springfield, Gordon of Bedford, Gregoire of Marlborough, Hecht of Watertown, Holmes of Boston, Howitt of Seekonk, Hunt of Boston, Kafka of Stoughton, Khan of Newton, Koczera of New Bedford, Lawn of Watertown, Linsky of Natick, Lombardo of Billerica, Madaro of Boston, Mahoney of Worcester, Moran of Lawrence, Muratore of Plymouth, Nangle of Lowell, Pignatelli of Lenox, Poirier of North Attleborough, Provost of Somerville, Puppolo of Springfield, Smizik of Brookline, Stanley of Waltham, Tucker of Salem, Vieira of Falmouth, Walsh of Framingham, Barber of Somerville, Benson of Lunenburg, Cabral of New Bedford, Cahill of Lynn, Campanale of Leicester, Cariddi of North Adams, Cassidy of Brockton, Collins of Boston, Coppinger of Boston, Crighton of Lynn, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, DuBois of Brockton, Fiola of Fall River, Galvin of Canton, Garry of Dracut, Gentile of Sudbury, Gifford of Wareham, Hay of Fitchburg, Hogan of Stow, Hunt of Sandwich, Keefe of Worcester, Kelcourse of Amesbury, Kuros of Uxbridge, Lewis of Framingham, Mark of Peru, Markey of Dartmouth, Matias of Lawrence, McMurtry of Dedham, Mom of Lowell, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Peake of Provincetown, Ryan of Boston, Schmid of Westport, Silvia of Fall River, Tosado of Springfield, Tyler of Boston, Wagner of Chicopee, Wong of Saugus, Carvalho of Boston and Rogers of Cambridge move that the bill be amended by striking out item 4590-1507 and inserting in place thereof the following item:

For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs and YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers and teen empowerment and youth development programs; provided, that the department of public health shall award not less than $1,800,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, which shall be distributed equally between said recipient’s member organizations…………………………………………$2,900,000

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #655 to H3600

MA Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs