Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-998-R1

Redraft LOC 998

Community Programming

Mr. Collins moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7008-1116, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Joseph Nee South Boston Collaborative Center for substance use disorder programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to South Boston Neighborhood House, Inc. for community programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Ella J. Baker House Inc. for youth programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston, Inc. for cultural events in the community; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Julie's Family Learning Program, Inc. for family support, wellness and education initiatives; provided further, not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Redefining Our Community Inc. for their Morton Street community room programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Boston Firefighter and Family Cancer Foundation Co. to support members who are diagnosed with occupational cancer; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Handel and Haydn Society to support their youth choirs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Joyce and James Reed Charitable Trust for technological training and education programs administered by the South End Technology Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation for the South Boston Street Festival to be enjoyed by local residents; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, Inc. to support staffing at Carson beach within Old Harbor reservation and provide assistance at special permitted events; provided further that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Boston City Lights Foundation, Inc. for its performing arts and cultural programming; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to South Boston Special Kids & Young Adults Corp for their group activities and programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Boston Women’s Heritage Trail for the Cedar Grove project, honoring 133 women from the Home for Aged Colored Women buried in two unmarked graves, supporting historical preservation and public engagement in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Boston Irish Heritage Trail to expand the trail as a historical and cultural attraction for residents, visitors and educators; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Dorchester Food Co-op for food security programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for The People’s Academy to support its pre-apprenticeship program training inner-city residents in the copper trade”; and by striking out the figure “$100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$600,000”.