Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-682

EDU 682

Catie's Closet

Messrs. Gomez, Oliveira, Velis, O'Connor and Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7010-1192, by adding the following words:- “; provided further that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Catie’s Closet, Inc. to fund existing school locations and open new locations within Hampden County that provide students in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, who are low-income or homeless, with (i) in-school access to clothing, toiletries and basic necessities, and (ii) community-based resources including, but not limited to, social services, mental health services and behavioral health services”; and by striking out the figure “$100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$350,000”.