48000038 - Services for Children and Families

Account Description FY2009
GAA
FY2009  
Total  
Spending
  
4800-0038 Services for Children and Families
For stabilization, unification, reunification, permanency, adoption, guardianship and foster care services provided by the department of social services; provided, that services funded through this item shall include shelter services, substance abuse treatment, family reunification networks, young parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling services, family preservation services, foster care, adoption and guardianship subsidies, tiered reimbursements used to promote the foster care placement of children with special medical and social needs, assessment of the appropriateness of adoption for children in the care of the department for more than 12 months, protective services provided by partnership agencies, targeted recruitment and retention of foster families, respite care services, post-adoption services, support services for foster, kinship and adoptive families and juvenile firesetter programs; provided further, that any child who would have been eligible for a clothing benefit under regulations in place on January 1, 2006, shall receive a clothing benefit in fiscal year 2009; provided further, that not less than $2,300,000 shall be expended for the Young Parent Support Program; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on the recruitment and retention of foster parents; provided further, that not less than $498,850 shall be expended for Latinas y Ninos and Casa Esperanza; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Massachusetts Families for Kids; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a statewide contract with Northeastern University for the violence prevention and conflict resolution program; provided further, that not less than $298,000 shall be expended for alternative schools for students aged 14 to 16, inclusive, who are placed before the court on child in need of services petitions in region 6; provided further, that not less than $257,000 shall be expended for the Laboure Center in South Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to support the family center component of the Greater Lowell Family Resource Center; provided further, that not less than $187,500 shall be expended for the Center for Family Connections to provide therapeutic and rehabilitative mental health services, targeted research on well-being outcomes and permanency planning for older, hard-to-place youth and those aging out of the system; provided further, that not less than $187,000 shall be expended for the Bristol County Child Advocacy Center's operating expenses located in the city of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $163,642 be expended for the International Institute of the Merrimack Valley; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a contract with Julie's Family Learning program in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended in region 1 for a community-based family unification counseling program to prevent juvenile delinquency; provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for the MSPCC Franklin County Supervised Visitation Program; provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for the Comprehensive School Age Parenting Program, Inc. for maintaining and expanding its year-round school based programs in Boston high schools, middle schools, pilot schools and small schools education complexes for pregnant teens, young mothers and fathers and other youth at high risk of school drop out; provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended for the Children's Cove Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for North End Outreach Network of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the South End Community Center of Springfield, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $104,123 shall be expended on the Teen Parenting program at Framingham High School; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Dunbar Community Center in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Families United For Teens Health; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Conway Children's Advocacy Center of Plymouth County; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended by the Framingham office of the department of social services for the Metrowest Campership program operated by the Ashland youth advisory board; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of providing case management services for the Amity Transitional Housing program in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided for youth services at the Uxbridge Youth Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Family Service, Inc. of Lawrence; provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for youth violence prevention programs administered by Youth Central Services; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for a contract with Big Brothers and Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Barnstable county council for children, youth and families; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Concilio Hispano in Somerville; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Centro Presente of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Association of Portuguese Speakers of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Haitian Coalition of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Baby Safe Haven program; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for a contract with Child and Family Services of Cape Cod for the court diversion program; and provided further, that not less than $7,500 shall be expended for House of Peace & Education, Inc in Gardner for the Hope for Kids program
313,792,694 306,412,727  

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
column definitions
SPENDING CATEGORY
FY2005
Expended

FY2006
Expended

FY2007
Expended

FY2008
Expended

FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Budget
Reductions
Wages & Salaries 135 506 540 574 586 -100
Employee Benefits 0 0 0 5 7 -1
Operating Expenses 66 459 624 0 0 0
Public Assistance 258,573 263,000 286,789 296,748 313,200 -7,276
TOTAL 258,773 263,964 287,952 297,327 313,793 -7,377

 

FY2009 Spending Category Chart

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=0%, Employee Benefits=0%, Public Assistance=100%



 
Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION

City / Town
FY2009
GAA
  FY2009    
  9C Cuts    
Teen Parenting Project at Framingham High School Framingham104,123 -52,062  
Child and family services of Cape Cod for the court diversion program Cape Cod15,000 -7,500  
Greater Lowell Family Resource Center Lowell200,000 -100,000  
Big Brothers ~ Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands Cape and Islands45,000 -22,500  
MetroWest Campership program operated by the Ashland Youth Advisory Board in partnership with said department Ashland60,000 -30,000  
Case Management Services for the Amity Transitional Housing Program in Lynn Lynn50,000 -25,000  
Children's Cove Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center Cape and Islands130,000 -65,000  
Young Parent Support Program Statewide2,300,000 0  
Julie's Family Learning program Boston / South Boston150,000 -75,000  
Statewide contract with Northeastern University for violence prevention and conflict resolution Boston300,000 -150,000  
Comprehensive School-Age Parenting Program, Inc. for expansion of a year-round school based program in Boston high schools for pregnant teens, young mothers and fathers and for other youth at risk for school drop-out Boston / Roxbury140,000 -70,000  
North End Outreach Network of Springfield Springfield125,000 -62,500  
South End Community Center Springfield125,000 -62,500  
Massachusetts Families for Kids Boston / Roxbury300,000 -300,000  
Alternative schools for students ages 14 to 16, inclusive, who are placed before the court on children-in-need-of-services petitions in region 6 Boston298,000 -149,000  
Casa Esperanza and Latinos y Ninos to implement a family stabilization and reunification program Boston498,850 -249,425  
Recruitment of foster care families Statewide500,000 0  
House of Peace and Education in Gardner for "HOPE for Kids" Gardner7,500 -3,750  
Conway Children's Advocacy Center of Plymouth County Plymouth County100,000 -50,000  
Baby Safe Haven Program Statewide20,000 -10,000  
Youth Violence Prevention  50,000 -25,000  
Barnstable County Council for children, youth and families Cape and Islands35,000 -17,500  
Region 1 community based family unification counseling program to prevent juvenile delinquency Plymouth150,000 -75,000  
International Institute of the Merrimack Valley Merrimac163,642 -81,821  
Laboure Center Boston / South Boston257,000 -128,500  
MA Association of Portuguese Speakers Somerville20,000 -10,000  
Haitian Coalition of Somerville Somerville20,000 -10,000  
Centro Presente Cambridge25,000 -12,500  
Dunbar Community Center Springfield100,000 -50,000  
Family Services Inc. Lawrence50,000 -25,000  
Families United for Teens' Health Statewide100,000 -50,000  
Center for Family Connections Mental Health Services Cambridge187,500 -93,750  
Bristol County Child Advocacy Center Bristol187,000 -93,500  
MSPCC Franklin County Supervised Visitation Program Franklin County140,000 -70,000  
Youth Services in Uxbridge Uxbridge50,000 -25,000  
Community-Based Family Reunification Services to Prevent Delinquency Statewide150,000 0