70030702 - Individual Workforce Training Grants

Account Description FY2010
Spending
FY2011
GAA
7003-0702 Individual Workforce Training Grants
For State Service Corps grants to be administered by the Massachusetts Service Alliance; provided, that funds up to $135,000 may be administered for the Just-A-Start Corporation to provide training for entry level employment in the biotech and medical fields for unemployed, underemployed or displaced workers, or persons receiving benefits from transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that funds up to $125,000 may be administered for the Center for Women and Enterprise; provided further, that funds up to $85,000 may be administered for the Cleantech InnoVenture Center to support biotech incubator space; provided further, that funds up to $100,000 may be administered for the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce in western Massachusetts; provided further, that funds may be administered for the education, career development and employment service programs operated by the Urban League or Eastern Massachusetts; provided further, that funds may be administered for grants of up to $400,000, to be issued to established Community Development Financial Institutions making direct microenterprise and small business loans to borrowers on a regional basis, as well as providing technical assistance to applicants and borrowers in order to foster business establishment and success; and provided further, that said grants will be used to support the eligible organizations lending and technical assistance activities; and provided further, that the Massachusetts Service Alliance may work with the department of workforce development to administer said funds



General Fund 47.022%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 52.978%


750,000 750,000

Veto Explanation:   I am vetoing this language and reducing this amount because none of the enhanced FMAP funds have been received from or committed by the federal government.