Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-32

ENV 32

First Essex Food Security

Messrs. Payano and Finegold moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2511-0107, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Somebody Cares New England in the city of Haverhill for the operation of its food pantry and to combat food insecurity in the community; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Food for the World, Inc., otherwise known as Ministerio los Milagros de Jesus, Inc., in the city of Lawrence, for the purpose of alleviating hunger and malnutrition for low-income and moderate-income families and unhoused and elderly residents"; and by striking out the figure "$100,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$145,000".