Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-465-R1

Redraft EHS 465

Louis D. Brown Institute for Peace

Messrs. Collins, Rush, Cyr, Welch and Brownsberger, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Moore and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 4513-1027 the following item:-

“4513-1098 For the provision of statewide support services for the survivors of homicide victims, including outreach services, burial assistance, grief counseling and other support services; provided, that funds shall be expended as grants in the aggregate amount not less than $200,000 to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Corporation, a community-based support organization dedicated to serving families and communities impacted by violence; and provided further, that the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute shall establish and administer a process to distribute not more than $100,000 to the Massachusetts Survivors of Homicide Victims Network organizations throughout the commonwealth in the form of grants...$200,000”.