Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-835

ECO 835

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Ms. Jehlen, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Keenan, Brady, Collins, Moore, Eldridge and Feeney, Ms. Moran, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Timilty, Finegold, Lesser, Hinds, Kennedy, Gomez, Velis and Cyr, Ms. Comerford and Mr. Crighton moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0108, by striking the following:- 

“provided further, that a family shall not receive more than a combined sum of $10,000 in a 12-month period from this item and item 7004-9316; provided further, that from the passage of this act until the termination of the state of emergency concerning the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease declared by the governor on March 10, 2020, the preceding proviso shall not apply;”

and inserting in place thereof:-

“provided further, nothing in this section shall prevent a family from accessing the maximum allowable amounts for both this item and item 7004-9316”;”

and by inserting, after the phrase “violation of a self-sufficiency plan;”, the following:

“provided further, that families that received household assistance in a prior 12-month period, complied with their rehousing plan during the prior period of assistance, continue to include a child under the age of 21 or a pregnant person, and whose gross income does not exceed 50 percent of area median income or that have not had income in excess of said 50 percent level for a period of six months shall be eligible for further allotments of household assistance of up to $10,000 or a later issued higher cap in subsequent 12-month periods to prevent their eviction from their existing housing or to relocate to another housing situation, without needing to first be evicted from their existing housing or otherwise needing to establish that they fall into one of the four categories of affirmative eligibility for emergency assistance shelter listed in item 7004-0101”;

and by inserting, after the words “served, including available demographic information,”, the following: “and the total number of household members served, broken out by race and ethnicity”;

and by inserting, after the words “previous 1, 2, and 3 years, including available demographic information" the following: "with data on the race and ethnicity of families receiving assistance under 7004-0101 and those denied assistance under 7004-0101 after exiting the short-term housing assistance program”;

and in said item by striking out the figure $25,970,612 and inserting in place thereof the figure “$45,000,000”.