Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-215

EDU 215

Disproportionate Share Childcare Provider

Mr. Welch moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 3000-1020, by inserting the following:- "provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on a grant program to be established by the commissioner to provide supplemental funding to certain childcare provider agencies which care for a disproportionate number of high risk children and; 

are an agency which offers center based, family and after school early education and care programs with a licensed capacity of over 150; and

have at least 95% of their capacity serving children whose families live at or below the federal poverty level; and

are not a provider of HeadStart or eligible for federal funding as a Community Anti-Poverty Agency; and

receive not less than 90% of agency  early education and care revenue  from the Department of Early Education and Care; and

operate in a designated “gateway municipality” as defined by Section 3A of Chapter 23A of the General Laws;

and, provided further that funding priority for any grant made under this program shall be given to any agency recovering from a natural and/or man-made disaster."