OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Issue Position: Social Services

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2014
Issues: Minors and Children Health and Health Care

* Led fight on Beacon Hill to enact CHINS reform legislation that created the Families and Children Engaged in Services (FACES) program, an approach that will keep families together and children out of the criminal justice system
* Secured state funding for local health centers to deliver drug prevention programs in city neighborhoods
* Secured state funding for nurse training programs
* Secured $2.3 million dollars in funding for Julie's Learning Center and the Gavin House


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