Issue Position: Community Safety

Issue Position

Protecting our neighborhoods has also been one of my top priorities in the Legislature. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home and their neighborhood, and I strongly believe that we must do everything we can to ensure that all residents of the Commonwealth are safe, no matter what community they reside in.

Massachusetts's Shannon Community Safety Initiative (CSI) plays a critical role in keeping our communities safe by helping to reduce gang violence across the Commonwealth. By offering social intervention programs for at-risk youth, as well as education, training and employment programs for gang-involved and high-risk young adults, Shannon CSI plays a vital role in keeping our communities safe. Providing the Commonwealth's youth with job opportunities also plays a vital role in keeping teens off the streets and provides them with the skills they need to contribute both civically and economically to our society. This is why I have been a consistent supporter of funding for Shannon grants and youth-at-risk summer jobs during my tenure in the Senate. I have repeatedly advocated for additional funding for these programs and initiatives during Senate budget debates, and I will continue to do so in my role as Vice Chair of Ways and Means.

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