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Committee adopts special language to create senior-hunger grant; $5 million supplemental request fails
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee adopted special-language creating a senior-hunger grant program with set-asides for non-AAA senior centers, and separately rejected a senator’s proposal to transfer $5 million from surplus cash to expand home-delivered meals funding.
The Joint Budget Committee on an unspecified date adopted special-language establishing a grant within the FITE senior-hunger community grant program and set aside funding for senior centers not served by Area Agencies on Aging (AAA). Representative Kavanaugh said the language "sets up a grant" and that "400,000 of it would actually go to non AAA senior citizen centers."
The action came during consideration of amendments and was adopted after a motion and second; no speakers rose in opposition during the floor discussion.
Separately, Senator John Peyton (District 22) proposed a one-time $5 million transfer from the state's cash-flow surplus to address a shortfall in home-delivered meals. Peyton told members the state has a $10 million appropriation…
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