SSYI Advocacy Coalition - Safe and Successful Youth Initiative

Thanks to our lead sponsors Aaron Vega State Rep and Senator Adam Hinds and Ways and Means Chairs State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and Senator Michael Rodrigues for continuing to make SSYI (4000-0005) a priority for our communities.

The results speak for themselves. For every $1 invested into SSYI, the Commonwealth saves $5 in victimization costs! Last year we saw a 36% reduction in violent crimes and a 50% reduction in weapons-related charges in SSYI communities!*

SSYI treats violence and poverty like a public health crisis by funding outreach, workforce, education, case management and counseling for justice-involved emerging adults. Let's continue the funding at $10 million into FY21 to continue lifting up our communities and our young people!

*Data from Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Commonwealth Corporation.

Thanks to Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz for continuing to lead for SSYI funds in the ! FY18 is a critical year for our funding and your leadership is so helpful.

SSYI: Please share this event with your networks. We are looking to convene any and all Streetworkers in New England and this means you!

New England Streetworker Conference 2016 Streetworker Nation! You are cordially invited to join us for our 3rd Annual New England Streetworker Conference! We will be returning for a 3rd year at Gillette Stadium for a day of networking, learning and sharing. Every year we come together to strengthen our Streetworker bonds and also work to...

SSYI is fully funded in the Senate budget! Join us in saying THANK YOU to Senator Karen Spilka and the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Today is the first time ever that SSYI has received full funding in the Senate budget at $8.9 million. LIKE and SHARE

Springfield's SSYI program was featured on WGGBSpringfield. SSYI Springfield is led by Anthony Falvo and his team - congrats!

Gov. Baker Awards Funding to Salvation Army to Combat Violence SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Shootings and stabbings. We've seen it too many times in the last few weeks alone, but now, some help is on the way for kids in our community. Over $14 million was gran...

A great piece in today's Herald News about SSYI's success and funding uncertainty. Please share and spread the word about the need for the $2.2 million in the FY15 supplemental budget in conference and for $9.5 million in the FY16 budget!

Fall River program that helps at-risk youth faces funding uncertainty Youth Outreach, run by Greater Fall River Re-Creation, in jeopardy amid differences in House, Senate budgets

Thanks to Governor Charlie Baker for recognizing our program as highly effective at reducing violence, and saving tax-payer dollars. We are going to need everyone's help to advocate for the Legislature to fully fund it in the FY16 budget!

The Senate redrafted Senator Chang-Diaz's amendment and approved an increase from $4 million to $5 million. Now with the Senate at $5 million for SSYI and the House at $4.1 million, a conference committee will be appointed and will resolve the conflicting budgets. Join us in asking the Conference Committee (to be named) to fund SSYI at the Senate's $5 million level!

The Senate is soon to take up Senator Chang-Diaz's amendment to fully fund SSYI. If not fully funded, we all would face large cuts up to 50%

Please share this photo with your Senators and ask they vote in favor of Senator Chang-Diaz's amendment #940! It is likely to come up later tonight.

Attention Streetworkers!
Join us for the big conference coming up. Please register online today!

2014 New England Streetworker Conference #StreetworkerNation On Thursday, May 29, Streetworkers will be gathering at Gillete Stadium yet again for the 2014 New England Streetworker Conference. We would like for your team to be there! We have 150 seats for this year's event and are looking to get Stretworkers registered ASAP. This conference is for Streetworke…

With the State Budget being created, the House only funded SSYI at $4M for HY15 in their budget. The Senate will take up their budget this and next week. Let's join Mayor Marty Walsh and Deval Patrick in supporting its full funding at $9.5M!

Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) Grant Program Mayor Martin J. Walsh attends a meeting for the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) grant program with Governor Deval Patrick. Watch the full event: ...

The House Ways and Means budget has been released and has funded SSYI at $4M. This is better than last year, but we still need to get it amended up to $9.5M which will fully fund all 11 communities for the entire FY15. There will be an amendment filed by Friday 5pm. We will then ask folks to please contact their Representative in the House and ask them to co-sponsor! Co-sponsor deadline is April 28.

House Ways & Means Budget Welcome to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Web Site. On this page you will find information and documents related to the House Ways and Means Budget and full text of all Amendments offered by Representatives to the budget document. You can access this information o...