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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Joannou
ForKids, Inc.

Item 493 #250h

Item 493 #250h

First Year - FY2009 Second Year - FY2010
Nonstate Agencies
State Grants to Nonstate Entities-Nonstate Agencies FY2009 $50,000 FY2010 $0 GF

Language
Page 444, after line 34, insert:
"ForKids, Inc.         50,000     0".


Explanation
(This amendment provides $50,000 the first year from the general fund to ForKids, Inc., to establish a model early childhood pilot project in Norfolk for children ages 0-5. ForKids, a human services agency with a proven track record of success, will open an extended-hour day-care center based on a best-practice model from North Carolina (Abecedarian Project). The Project has demonstrated remarkable long-term results in grade achievement, improved test scores, increased high school and college graduation rates, lowered teen birth rates, and improved employment rates for poor adults.)