4800-0200 DCF Family Resource Centers

For the support and maintenance of family resource centers throughout the commonwealth; provided, that funds may be expended to expand services at existing centers or to establish new centers in areas with identified coverage gaps; provided further, that centers supported through this item shall be subject to the selection and reporting requirements of item 4000-0051; provided further, that not later than December 31 2021, the Families and Children Requiring Assistance Advisory Board established in section 34 of chapter 240 of the acts of 2012, shall issue a report to the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities including, but not limited to: (i) family resource center coverage areas and gaps; and (ii) recommendations for enhancing the network of family resource centers to ensure that all families have access to services; and provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for the Juvenile Court Mental Health Advocacy Project administered by Health Law Advocates, Inc. to increase access to mental health treatment for at-risk children and adolescents involved in or diverted from juvenile courts