Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-505

EHS 505

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

Messrs. Collins, Keenan, Gomez, O'Connor and Tarr and Ms. Edwards moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4513-1098, by striking out item 4513-1098 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

“4513-1098 For the provision of statewide support services for 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 of not less than $400,000 to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Corporation, a community-based support organization dedicated to serving families and communities impacted by violence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Survivors Say, Inc. for direct support services to survivors and victims of both high-profile tragedies and other traumas and crimes; and provided further, that the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Corporation shall establish and administer a process to distribute not less than $100,000 to the Massachusetts Survivors of Homicide Victims Network organizations throughout the commonwealth in the form of grants....................$600,000”.