https://patch.com/massachusetts/malden/state-delegation-successfully-secures-funding-malden
December 14, 2021
It’s official: Governor Baker approved the Commonwealth's ARPA funds budget, including $250,000 for Bread of Life to address food insecurity. Malden state legislators Senator Jason Lewis and Representatives Steven Ultrino, Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Paul Donato announced (Dec. 10) the final passage of a $3.998 billion spending plan that will make significant investments in the Massachusetts economy to further stimulate the Commonwealth's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, known as An Act relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs, uses federal monies received from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) as well as the Commonwealth's Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget surplus to provide funding investments in housing, schools, environment and climate mitigation as well as workforce development throughout the Commonwealth.
In addition to providing hundreds of millions of dollars for statewide policy and budget priorities such as health care and public health, economic and workforce development, housing, education and the environment, the ARPA legislation includes numerous investments secured by the Malden delegation, including:
$250,000 for Bread of Life to address food insecurity in the homeless population
$50,000 for the Town Line Brook floodgate to mitigate local flooding problems;
$150,000 for the Malden River Works environmental remediation and climate resilience efforts;
$100,000 for urban and community forestry greening;
$85,000 to Malden for the replacement of inefficient street lighting with energy efficient alternatives;
$100,000 for upgrade and advancements of online services at Malden Public Library;
$60,000 to Malden Overcoming Addiction for capital improvements to Club 24, an important MOA facility for the recovery community in Greater Malden;
$250,000 for capital improvements to the Immigrant Learning Center;
$100,000 for capital improvements to the Malden YWCA's Wilcox Hall;
$125,000 for an accessible city archive; and
$75,000 to fund a feasibility study for a fire station in East Malden.