48000038 - Services for Children and Families

Account Description FY2012
Spending
FY2013
GAA
4800-0038 Services for Children and Families
For guardianship, foster care, adoption, family preservation and kinship services provided by the department of children and families; provided, that services funded through this item shall include shelter services, substance abuse treatment, young parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling 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 not less than $75,000 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 the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services including flex; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol; provided further, that funding shall be expended on children's advocacy centers, services for child victims of sexual abuse and assault; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the Plymouth County Children's Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the Children's Cove Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that funding may be expended on supervised visitation programs; and provided further, that funds may be expended on programs that received funding in fiscal year 2012
237,057,642 248,083,481