Senate Bill No. 1453
Special Act No. 25-2
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY NONPROFIT ASSISTANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established an account to
be known as the "emergency nonprofit assistance account", which shall
be a separate, nonlapsing account. The amount of three million dollars
shall be transferred to the account from the General Fund, provided the
cumulative monthly statements of revenue and expenditures prepared
by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on or about
April 20, 2025, pursuant to subdivision (4) of section 4-66 of the general
statutes project a surplus of at least said amount for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2025. The account shall also contain all other moneys
required or permitted by law to be deposited in the account.
(b) Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Chief Court
Administrator, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, as follows:
(1) To award the following grants in said fiscal year:
Grantee Grant
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants,
Inc.
62,500
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, Inc. 62,500
Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition, Inc. 62,500 Senate Bill No. 1453
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Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc. 62,500
Anchor Health Initiative Corp. 62,500
Middlesex Hospital 62,500
Triangle Community Center, Inc. 62,500
Queer Youth Program of Connecticut, Inc. 62,500
Kids in Crisis, Inc. 62,500
OutCT, Inc. 62,500
Bridgeport Pride Center, Inc. 62,500
PFLAG Enfield, Inc. 62,500
PEERPRIDE, Inc. 62,500
The World Health Clinicians, Inc. 62,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs 62,500
Upper Albany Neighborhood Collaborative, Inc. 62,500
City Seed, Inc. 62,500
Building One Community Corp. 62,500
Havenly, Inc. 62,500
Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, Inc.
dba The Health Collective
387,500
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center,
Inc.
225,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, Inc. 225,000
Junta For Progressive Action, Inc. 62,500
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Inc. 800,000
(2) For the administrative costs of awarding such grants, one hundred
twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Approved March 6, 2025