Ms. REINSTEIN of REVERE, Ms. Provost of Somerville, Mr. Goguen of Fitchburg, Mr. Galvin of Canton, Ms. Gobi of Spencer, Mr. Ayers of Quincy, Mr. Tobin of Quincy, Mr. Koczea of New Bedford, Mr. Coughlin of Dedham, Ms. Flanagan of Leominster, Ms. Poirier of North Attleboro, Mr. Murphy of Weymouth, Mr. Walsh of Lynn, Mr. Fennell of Lynn and Ms. Malia of Boston moves that the bill be amended in section 2 by inserting after item 7004-9317 the following item:

7004-9322         For a program to establish the Community Action Support Fund to provide general support for community action agencies operating in Massachusetts, as defined in Chapter 23B, Section 24, of the Massachusetts General Laws;

provided further, that the resources from the Community Action Support Fund created by this line-item be used by community action agencies primarily for but not limited to crisis intervention services for low-income individuals and families including food and nutrition programs, housing assistance, housing search, eviction prevention, emergency heating assistance, emergency rental and rental arrearage support;

provided further, that the resource from the Community Action Support Fund created by this line-item be distributed to the community action agencies by the department of housing and community development in a proportion developed by the department of housing and community development in conjunction with the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, said distribution will be based in part on the percentage of poverty in each of the areas served by each of the 24 community action agencies operating in Massachusetts;

provided further, that 5 percent of the resources from the Community Action Support Fund created by this line-item be used to support its administration by the department of housing and community development and for the support of community action agencies as defined in Chapter 23B, Section 24, of the Massachusetts General Laws....................................$4,000,000