Legislation Details

File #: 2026-0138    Version: 1
Type: Mayor Order Status: Passed
File created: 1/12/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/28/2026 Final action: 1/28/2026
Title: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, Mayor's Office of Human Services' Connect, Learn and Explore Initiative, awarded by Boston Children's Hospital to be administered by the Office of Human Services. The grant would fund training an additional ten lifeguards to support the Swim Safe: Autism Swim program, hold an Autism Awareness Water Safety event, Purchase Autism Swim equipment to support Sensory Swim programs in BCYF pools, provide all youth participating in the Same Safe: Lessons Gear program with goggle and swim caps, host a weeklong All Girls Sports Festival camp, Launch "Get into the Game" ad campaign as part of the Women's Coaching Initiative.
Attachments: 1. OHS - $50,000

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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, Mayor's Office of Human Services' Connect, Learn and Explore Initiative, awarded by Boston Children's Hospital to be administered by the Office of Human Services. The grant would fund training an additional ten lifeguards to support the Swim Safe: Autism Swim program, hold an Autism Awareness Water Safety event, Purchase Autism Swim equipment to support Sensory Swim programs in BCYF pools, provide all youth participating in the Same Safe: Lessons Gear program with goggle and swim caps, host a weeklong All Girls Sports Festival camp, Launch "Get into the Game" ad campaign as part of the Women's Coaching Initiative.