THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2021 Page 15 OPENING | FROM Page 12 event is open to all. Power of Recovery is an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center serving members of our community. We will serve families and individuals 18-years-old and over that are seeking recovery from substance use. Power of Recovery provides addiction treatment through group therapy and individual therapy to help individuals fi nd their recovery path. Power of Recovery offers the following levels of care to engage individuals and families in recovery: • Partial Hospitalization Program • Intensive Outpatient Program • Outpatient Program • Interventions • Telehealth/Telemedicine services To learn more about Power of Recovery and the services and programs off ered for substance abuse treatment, please visit https://www.powerofrecovery.org/ or contact us at 781629-4609. RevereTV Spotlight T he city of Revere is emphasizing the need for residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Revere has held many public vaccine clinics for residents over the past few weeks to help with this eff ort. On the information front, RevereTV has been working with community members and city offi cials to help educate the public about the vaccine. You will soon see a social media campaign featuring some familiar Revere faces explaining why they got the vaccine and why it is important to the city for everyone to be vaccinated. These short videos are posted to the City of Revere Facebook page, and will also be on RTV’s Instagram, Facebook, and channel carousel in between programming. Revere High School Football had senior night last week! RevereTV covered this game and the past few games of this adjusted season. Both home and away football games have RTV’s coverage this year. The games stream live on television, YouTube, and Facebook when they happen, and are replayed through the proceeding weeks. You can watch RevereTV’s coverage of each football game on YouTube at any time. A special thanks goes out to any and all announcers that volunteer to give the play-by-play and commentary at each of these games. RevereTV has also been covREVERETV | SEE Page 17 Bike to the Sea Member Meeting Wednesday May 12, 7pm–9pm Join us for a zoom meeting to hear about some new ideas: • “The Bike Shop that comes to you” BUDGET | FROM Page 13 • $12.5M for the Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) • $12M for Rental Subsidies for eligible Department of Mental Health (DMH) clients • $8M for unaccompanied homeless youths The budget funds the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) at $2.29B, which is aimed to support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. It includes $219.9M for Day and Work programs, $84.9M for Respite Family Supports, a $55.4M increase for DDS’s Turning 22 class, a $7M investment in transportation services and $23.4M for head injury treatment services. Reflecting the Legislature’s strong commitment to providing access to care and treatment for individuals with a substance use disorder, the budget allocates $160M for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, including support for the Massachusetts Access to Recovery program and targeted investments in fi ve additional recovery centers. The budget also provides funding for low-threshold housing for people experiencing homelessness, mental health disorders and at risk for HIV; outpatient and mobile services for persons with disabilities; and treatment at correctional facilities. In an eff ort to ensure every resident has equal access to the criminal justice system, the House’s FY22 budget includes a $775M investment in the Trial Court, $35M for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation and increases for Prisoners’ Legal Services and Mental Health Legal Advisors. The budget renews commitments to criminal justice reform, such as $11.1M for community-based reentry programs, and $4M in preand post-release services. The budget also continues the House’s focus on environmental and climate protection by including $312.6M in funding for environmental services, which includes increases for state parks, environmental protection and the endangered species programs. Additional investments include millions for hazardous waste site cleanups, river ways protection and access, and Clean Water Trust contract assistance. The House budget makes the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority college savings tax deduction permanent, creates a commission to develop recommendations and best practices for responses to mental health emergencies and creates a new program to approve rural growth funds that would invest in small businesses in rural communities. It also eliminates the sunset on the Film Tax Credit and increases the Conservation Land Tax Credit. Speaker Mariano and the House Ways & Means Committee introduced their FY22 budget on April 14, 2021, following a review of the Governor’s proposal and a series of budget hearings. After three days of debate and over a thousand proposed amendments, the budget was passed by the House of Representatives, 160-0, and now goes to the Senate for consideration. Attendees must pre-register at: https://biketothesea.org/event/member-meeting-5-12-21 For more info contact: Jay Cobau jay@biketothesea.org (339) 224-2448
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