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Framingham to benefit greatly from the FY 2019 Budget from The Senate Committee on Ways and Means
We are so pleased (and grateful) to share the following announcement!
The Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee released its Fiscal Year 2019 budget today, which makes robust and critical investments in K-12 education, the fundamental building block of individual and shared success. It also adds funds to expand access to preschool for three and four year olds across the state.
This budget invests in key areas related to tools for low income families, such as an increase to the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which is one of the best ways to support working families and spur our economy.
This proposal also lifts the cap on kids for families receiving transitional assistance effective January 2019, raises the clothing allowance for children, and provides additional housing supports. Finally, this proposal funds the Chapter 70 education formula at its highest level ever to better support all school districts across the Commonwealth.
For Framingham, Chapter 70 education aid will increase by $4,979,232 (11.75% increase over FY18) for a total of $47,342,453 in FY19. Under this budget, Framingham will receive $10,286,847 in Unrestr
In addition to Chapter 70, this budget also includes:
- an additional $300,000 for Framin
gham Schools - $250,000 to accommodate the transition for city government
- $100,000 for Resiliency for Life
- $50,000 for Downtown Framingham, Inc.
- $25,000 for Hoops and Homework
- $100,000 for SMOC’s Opioid Crisis Response program
- $250,000 for Tempo Wayside Youth and Family Support (one-stop resource center for young adults with extra challenges)
- $100,000 for a transportation program operated by SMOC to assist people in getting to work
- $50,000 for Commercial Driver’s License workforce program operated by the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, and
- $100,000 for the United Way of Tri-County’s Call 2 Talk program.
The budget also includes $15.6M for local Councils on Aging across the state, allowing for $11 per senior per year for innovative programs serving the elderly in our community.
This press release highlights some of the other strategic, targeted investments and initiatives in the Senate Ways and Means Committee budget proposal.