48001400 - Support Services for People at Risk of Domestic Violence

Account Description FY2009
GAA
FY2009  
Total  
Spending
  
4800-1400 Support Services for People at Risk of Domestic Violence
For shelters and support services for people at risk of domestic violence; provided, that the department shall pursue the establishment of public-private partnership agreements established for family stabilization services funded from sources other than the commonwealth; provided further, that services shall include supervised visitation programs, and scattered site transitional housing programs, including programs to assist victims of domestic violence in finding and maintaining permanent housing; provided further, that participants in battered women's programs shall be provided with information regarding local transitional housing resources; provided further, that funding shall be made available to enhance counseling services for children who have witnessed domestic violence; provided further, that funding shall be made available for emergency shelters for substance abusing battered women; provided further, that funding shall be made available for a statewide domestic violence hotline; provided further, that the department shall continue to provide any match funding required by federal program regulations; provided further, that domestic violence prevention specialists shall be funded from this item; provided further, that not less than $1,037,000 shall be expended for the YWCA battered women's shelter in the city of Springfield; provided further that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a domestic violence prevention program called 'Teens-At-Risk', operated by Portal To Hope for the communities of Everett, Lynn, Malden, Medford and Winthrop without the need of approval by the commissioner of the department public health; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Western Mass Women's Initiative Survivor's Project; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a contract with House of Hope in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the planned learning achievement program in Amherst, in collaboration with the department of elementary and secondary education, through an interagency service agreement; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Words not Weapons mentoring project in the town of Saugus; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Southern Hilltown Domestic Violence Coalition; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Melrose Alliance Against Violence
23,473,406 23,441,113  

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

FY2006
Expended

FY2007
Expended

FY2008
Expended

FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Budget
Reductions
Wages & Salaries 991 977 1,022 1,167 1,162 -32
Employee Benefits 0 0 0 10 16 0
Operating Expenses 185 184 192 208 254 0
Public Assistance 18,270 19,025 19,883 21,327 21,982 0
Grants & Subsidies 60 60 60 60 60 0
TOTAL 19,505 20,246 21,156 22,772 23,473 -32

 

FY2009 Spending Category Chart

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=5%, Employee Benefits=0%, Operating Expenses=1%, Public Assistance=94%, Grants & Subsidies=0%



 
Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION

City / Town
FY2009
GAA
  FY2009    
  9C Cuts    
Wakefield Alliance Against Violence Wakefield10,000 0  
Southern Hilltown Domestic Violence Coalition Western Massachusetts10,000 0  
Words Not Weapons Saugus15,000 0  
Teens At Risk / Portal of Hope Everett, Medford, Malden, Lynn150,000 0  
Planned Learning Achievement for Youth program Amherst60,000 0  
Melrose Alliance Against Violence Melrose10,000 0  
YWCA Battered Women's Shelter in Springfield Springfield1,037,000 0  
Western MA Women's Initiative Survivor's Project Western Massachusetts90,000 0  
House of Hope City of Lowell Lowell75,000 0