THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, February 14, 2020 Page 13 DIDOMENICO | FROM PAGE 2 benefi ts for children conceived while or soon after the family began receiving assistance. The Legislature repealed the family cap in 2019 by a nearly unanimous vote. Because of DiDomenico, Decker and the Lift Our Kids Coalition’s efforts, about 11,000 previously excluded children are now receiving benefi ts. However, because benefi ts are so low, families continue to struggle to pay for necessities. DiDomenico, Decker and the Coalition will now focus their eff orts on S.36/H.102 to ensure that no child in the Commonwealth lives in a state of deep poverty. In late 2019 the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities reported “An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty” favorably. Subsequently, the Act was referred to the Senate’s and House’s Committees on Ways and Means.
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