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Item Number
Funding Source
Amount
Subject Area
1599-2026
Federal
$125 million
Grant program for cultural nonprofits.
1599-2027
Supplemental
$150 million
For workforce skills training primarily for workers dislocated from the pandemic. Programs include career technical as well as additional training models.
1599-2036
$65 million
For a youth-at-risk summer jobs program.
1599-2037
$265 million
$140 million for various workforce training initiatives and youth educational services, $100 million for vocational and career technical school capital improvements and $25 million for the Endowment Incentive Program, which provides $1 in state matching funds for every $2 raised by private fundraising by colleges and universities.
1599-3000
$60 million
For small businesses grants to cover ongoing costs such as employee payroll and benefit costs, mortgage interest, rent, utilities and interest on other debt obligations.
7003-0102
$10 million
Direct funding for workforce development initiatives such as $100,000 for MissionSAFE of Boston for the expansion of pre-apprenticeship and job skills programming.
7002-1530
$63 million
Direct funding for cultural and tourism projects such as $1 million for the New England Aquarium Corporation for maintenance upgrades and other improvements necessary for the operation of facilities.
–
$500 million
For replenishing a portion of the deficit in the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Total
$1,238 million
$105 million
Workforce and career technical school training including
1599-2038
$100 million
For capital improvement grants for vocational high schools including the establishment and upgrading of new and existing career and technical educational programs.
1599-2041
$30 million
For supporting high-demand workforce training programs.
1599-2042
$50 million
For adversely impacted by the pandemic and for businesses that focus on reaching markets predominantly made up of socially and economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups.
1599-2043
$76 million
For a grant program benefiting cultural and tourism organizations recovering from the pandemic. Funding may be used for facility upgrades, technology, and infrastructure upgrades, working capital, and additional uses.
1599-2046
For the Endowment Incentive Program, which provides $1 in state matching funds for every $2 raised by private fundraising by public colleges and universities.
1599-20XX
For an advertising campaign to attract out-of-state visitors and help rebuild the hospitality and tourism industries.
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$901 million
*District-specific funding amendments with no corresponding line item were added during the Senate debate process and are not reflected in the above chart.
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