For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAS, Inc., the YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers and teen empowerment and youth development programs; provided, that the department of public health shall award not less than $1,800,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAS, Inc., which amount shall be distributed among the alliance's member organizations; provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $1,900,000 for competitively-procured grants to youth-at-risk programs utilizing an evidence-based positive youth development model, including programs that serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth; provided further, that the department shall award not less than $2,200,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., the first $2,000,000 of which shall be distributed equally among its member organizations; provided further, that the department shall provide not less than $650,000 to the YWCA, which shall be distributed equally between the Alliance of YWCAS' organizations in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the John M. Barry Boys and Girls Club of Newton, Inc., for capital improvements; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to fund youth workers at housing authority sites that have experienced the highest rates of gun violence since the start of the state of emergency caused by the novel coronavirus declared by the governor on March 10, 2020; provided further, that eligible employing entities of those youth workers may include community based nonprofit organizations and shall not be limited to housing authorities; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. in the city of Waltham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Groundwork Somerville, Inc. to fund programs to support youth during the COVID-19 pandemic; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to Inspirational Ones, Inc. for rehabilitating the physical facility in which the Methuen Youth and Community Center in the city of Methuen will be located, which may include implementing social distancing and safety protocols necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and creating an environment to provide social emotional and mental health supports for conditions exacerbated by COVID-19; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended equally to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield, Inc. in the city of Westfield and to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, Inc. in the city of Holyoke for capital improvements to safeguard the facilities for remote learning and enrichment due to COVID-19; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be provided to the Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to provide youth services for residents of the Commonwealth Development and Faneuil Gardens apartments in the Brighton section of the city of Boston, to be administered by the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation in said Brighton section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended to provide youth services for residents of the Alice Heyward Taylor Apartments in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston, to be administered by the Whittier Street Health Center Committee Incorporated in said Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Lawrence Sueños Basketball Summer League to support the recreational, social, and health benefits the league provides to low-income youth in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay Mentor 2.0 program; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Parkway Community YMCA for expenses of COVID-19 related child care and day care services
