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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
4400-1001	Food Stamp Participation Rate Programs For programs to increase the commonwealth's participation rate in food stamps and other federal nutrition programs; provided, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for a grant with Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc. which shall be solely responsible for administering a comprehensive, community-based program to alleviate and prevent hunger and to expand participation in federal nutrition programs; provided further, that Project Bread shall focus on communities in Massachusetts with the highest rates of hunger as defined by the United States Census Bureau; provided further, that Project Bread shall develop a strategic plan to alleviate hunger; provided further, that Project Bread shall support research relative to the prevention and effect of hunger; provided further, that Project Bread shall file a report with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the chairpersons of the joint committee on education, the chairpersons of the joint committee on children and families, the chairpersons of the joint committee on public health, commissioner of the department of transitional assistance, and the chairpersons of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2008 detailing hunger prevention strategies that have been developed and implemented, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the strategies; provided further, that Project Bread shall file with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate an annual report on the status of hunger in the commonwealth not later than December 1, 2007; provided further, that the department shall fund a unit staffed by department employees to respond to food stamp inquiries, and arrange for and conduct telephone interviews for initial food stamp applications from this item; provided further, that the department shall fund a system to image and catalogue eligibility documents electronically from this item; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for food stamp outreach; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Food Source Hotline; provided further, that the work of department employees paid for from this item shall be restricted to processing food stamp applications; provided further, that the department shall not require food stamp applicants to provide re-verification of eligibility factors previously verified and not subject to change; provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall require only 1 signature from food stamp applicants; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2007 on the status of these programs	3,520,000	2,631,112

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	0	0	0	605	445
Pensions & Benefits	0	0	0	5	6
Operating Expenses	0	0	0	460	431
Public Assistance	0	0	0	250	250
Aid to Cities & Towns	0	0	0	1,500	1,500
TOTAL	0	0	0	2,820	2,631

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Food Source Hotline	250,000
Food Stamp Outreach	350,000
Grant to Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger, Inc.	1,500,000