House Bill No. 7402
Public Act No. 19-1
AN ACT CONCERNING FU NDING FOR ASSISTANCE TO
PERSONS DISPLACED BY HURRICANE MARIA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19 of public act 18-81 is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The following sums appropriated in section 1 of public act 17-2 of
the June special session, as amended by section 16 of public act 17-4 of
the June special session, section 1 of public act 17-1 of the January
special session and section 1 of [this act] public act 18-81, for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2019, shall be for the purpose of providing
assistance to persons residing in the state who were displaced by
Hurricane Maria as follows: (1) $400,000 to the Department of
Education, for Bilingual Education, to be distributed to the top six
school districts with the largest concentration of Hurricane Maria
evacuees; (2) $600,000 to the Department of Housing, for
Housing/Homeless Services, to fund security deposits and first month
rent to those evacuees impacted by Hurricane Maria; and (3) $500,000
to the Department of Social Services, for Human Resour ce
Development-Hispanic Programs, as follows: $90,000 to the Hispanic
Coalition Inc. in Waterbury, $90,000 to Junta For Progressive Action in
New Haven, $90,000 to Family Resource Center in Hartford for House Bill No. 7402
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Hartford Public Schools - The Welcome Center, $90,000 to Caribe
Youth Leaders in [Waterbury] Bridgeport, $40,000 to Casa Boricua in
Meriden, $40,000 to Human Resource Agency of New Britain Inc. in
New Britain, $40,000 to YMCA of Greater Hartford, Larson Center and
$20,000 to Thames Valley Council for Community Action in New
London.