Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-546

EHS 546

Refugee Resettlement

Ms. Kennedy and Messrs. Eldridge, Lewis, Keenan, Montigny and Feeney moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 4003-01222 the following item:-

"4003-0123 For the resettlement agencies in the commonwealth that contract with the United States Department of State to resettle refugees and immigrants to provide services and support to refugees and other displaced persons eligible for the services provided by said resettlement agencies; provided, that, at the discretion of the agency, not less than 75 per cent of the funds may be expended on direct assistance to refugees and immigrants, including, but not limited to, assistance securing immigration status in the United States, and not more than 25 per cent of the funds may be expended to support the infrastructure of the resettlement agencies on a pro-rata basis; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in item 4003-0122 of section 2 of chapter 24 of the acts of 2021, as amended by section 65 of chapter 102 of the acts of 2021 and further amended by section 35 of chapter 42 of the acts of 2022, shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be made available until September 30, 2023…. $1,000,000".