Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-323

EHS 323

Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children Program

Mr. McGee, Ms. Lovely, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Lewis and Brady, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Messrs. O'Connor and Brownsberger moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4408-1000, by striking the following: "provided further, that in implementing the program for fiscal year 2018, the department shall include all eligibility categories permitted in this item at the payment standard in effect for the former general relief program in fiscal year 1991" and inserting in place thereof the following: "provided further, that in implementing the program for fiscal year 2018, the department shall include all eligibility categories permitted in this item at or above the payment standard in effect for the former general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, any person experiencing homelessness, (i) who has no established place of abode, or who lives in a temporary emergency shelter, and (ii) who is otherwise eligible under the provisions of this line item and chapter 117A of the General Laws, shall receive the same payment rate as recipients who incur shelter costs including, but not limited to, rent or a mortgage; provided further, the department shall promulgate or revise any such rules and regulations necessary to implement this provision;" and by striking the figures “$78,551,740 ” and inserting in place thereof  the figures “$78,801,740”.