Page 2 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, February 14, 2020 ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE "Over 40 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2019 Regular Unleaded $2.299 Mid Unleaded $2.839 Super $2.899 Diesel Fuel $2.859 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.659 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. Patricia Ridge, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. State Senator Sal DiDomenico, State Representative Marjorie Decker and the Lift Our Kids Coalition recently hosted an event at the State House to highlight the diffi culties of families living in deep poverty. (Courtesy Photo) S tate Senator Sal DiDomenico, State Representative Marjorie Decker and the Lift Our Kids Coalition recently hosted an event at the State House to highlight the diffi - culties families living in deep poverty face in meeting their children’s basic needs. DiDomenico and Decker are the lead sponsors of S.36/H.102, An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty. As part of the State House event, shoes and socks were collected to benefi t children in need. Following the event, coalition members The Home for Little Wanderers and Cradles to Crayons distributed donated socks and shoes to the children they serve. Families living below 50 percent of the federal poverty level – currently $905 a month for a family of three – are described as living in “deep poverty.” Massachusetts Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) benefits are a maximum of $593 a month for a family of three, therefore leaving thousands of children below the level of deep poverty. Over the years, costs have gone up, but grant levels have stayed frozen. As a result, the TAFDC grant buys only half as much as it did 30 years ago. DiDomenico and Decker’s bills would raise assistance grants by 10 percent a year until they reach 50 percent of the federal poverty level. Under the bills, once amounts reach half the federal poverty line, the grant would adjust as the poverty level increases with infl ation. “It is unconscionable that we have 50,000 children living so far below the federal poverty level in our Commonwealth,” said DiDomenico. “Children go to school without socks, wearing worn-out shoes, because their families have to pay other bills. We can – and must – do better, and we can start by passing ‘An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty’ this legislative session.” “We are incredibly fortunate to have so many co-sponsors in both the House of Representatives and the Senate,” said DiDomenico. “I would like to thank the many elected offi cials and advocacy organizations who attended and donated at this very successful event!” The Lift Our Kids Coalition, which is comprised of 127 organizations, began in late 2016 to advocate for Senator DiDomenico and Representative Decker’s bill to repeal the state’s family cap law, which barred DIDOMENICO | SEE PAGE 13 Sen. DiDomenico, Lift Our Kids Coalition host deep poverty briefing Shoes and socks collected for children in need Everett's Newest Real Estate Office Commercial Sales and Leasing Residential Home Sales Real Estate Consulting Apartment Rentals Real Estate Auctions Business Brokerage Personal Property Appraisals Mass Licensed Auctioneer Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma 560 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 | 617-512-5712 | sam@broadwayRE.com ADRIANA RESNICK DOMENICA RIGGIO SAM RESNICK Prices subject to change Winter Diesel Available FLEET
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