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Mass. Fund To Help Bombing Victims Who Lost Limbs

Massachusetts lawmakers have agreed to create a $200,000 fund to help seriously injured victims of the Boston Marathon bombing move to new homes or modify their existing ones.

A House-Senate conference committee included the measure in a supplemental appropriations bill that both chambers were expected to vote on Monday.

The fund is designed to provide grants to bombing victims who lost limbs in the April 15 attack. The grants would help them pay for changes to their homes or to move to a new home if necessary.

The money would be in addition to payments made from the One Fund, the primary compensation fund for victims that has raised more than $60 million to date.

This program aired on July 1, 2013. The audio for this program is not available.

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