{"AmendmentNumber":"133","ParentBillNumber":"S4","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JFK0","Name":"John F. Keenan","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JFK0","ResponseDate":"2026-05-08T12:02:31.697"},"Category":"Economic Development","Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Homeless Shelter Workforce Development Initiative","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Keenan, Payano and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7004-0108 the following item:- \"xxxx-xxxxx For the shelter workforce development initiative, to provide pathways to careers in fields related to housing and homelessness; provided, that funds shall be expended to address barriers to obtaining and sustaining shelter employment including, but not limited to, transportation, loan repayment, tuition or certification fee reimbursement and child care; provided further, that, not less than $5,000,000 be made available to shelters contracted through item 7004-0101; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 be made available to shelters contracted through item 7004-0102; and provided further, that not later than March 3, 2027, the secretary of housing and livable communities shall submit a report to the joint committee on housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the expenditures and hiring outcomes of the program ......................$10,000,000\".\r\n"}