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Advocates back grants to boost mental‑health capacity for communities at high risk of hate crimes
Summary
The Jewish Community Relations Council and Rep. (filed sponsor) told the committee that H2207 (and related Senate filing) would create capacity grants to help organizations at high risk of hate crimes fund mental‑health programs and prevention work.
Boston — Community and Jewish‑community advocates asked legislators to fund mental‑health capacity grants for organizations that are either at high risk of hate crimes or work with populations at high risk, describing the approach as a preventive, upstream intervention.
Faye Ruth Fisher, chief of public affairs for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, testified in strong support of the bill described in testimony as “S13 88 8 / H2207.” She said the proposal would create mental‑health capacity…
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