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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
4512-0200	Division of Substance Abuse Services For the division of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court adjudicated indigent clients; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that not less than $750,350 shall be expended for a contract with STEP, Inc., for sobriety treatment, education and prevention; provided further, that $500,000 shall be expended for an opiate education and counseling competitive grant program in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the establishment of 60 community-based beds in locked-down, non-correctional settings for men who have been civilly committed to a substance abuse treatment program pursuant to section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for three Sobriety High Schools; provided further, that not less than $1,149,750 shall be expended to Gavin Foundation for a male adolescent residential facility for substance abuse and rehabilitation services and for an adjoining female adolescent residential facility for substance abuse and rehabilitation services, totaling 28 beds, located in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $833,000 shall be expended for the Volunteers of America Rebound Youth Residential Recovery Program at Long Island Hospital in the city of Boston for substance abuse and rehabilitation services to youths with addictions; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be provided to the Essex county district attorney to continue to develop a pilot program for non-violent offenders in a non-correctional locked down substance abuse treatment facility; provided further that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the restoration of 24-hour services at the Albany St. Shelter operated by the Cambridge and Somerville program for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation; provided further, that said offenders agree to enter said treatment facility, complete treatment and pay restitution for any crimes committed, on the condition that their arraignment be held in abeyance; provided further, that other district attorneys may utilize said program upon mutual agreement of all parties; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be provided to the Boston municipal court to fund treatment coordinators for the drug court program to treat nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended to fund 10 beds through the CAB program in conjunction with the H.E.A.T. program at Woburn District Court; provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the prevention of substance abuse in the town of Saugus; provided further, that not less than $319,500 shall be expended for a contract with Gavin Foundation, Inc., to provide a Total Immersion program in conjunction with the probation departments of the South Boston division of the district court, the Somerville division of the district court, the Hingham division of the district court, the Brighton division of the district court, and other district courts and that the funding shall be expended for the maintenance of a training program by the Gavin Foundation for a statewide Total Immersion program; provided further, that the Gavin Foundation shall be contracted to provide the Total Immersion programs described in this item; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Latino After School Initiative; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the New Beginnings program; provided further, that not less than $158,000 shall be expended for the Haitian Multi-Service Center in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Barnstable Action for New Directions (BAND) program facilitated by the Gosnold Society of Cape Cod Inc., in conjunction with the Barnstable district court and the Cape and Islands district attorney; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Link House, Inc., in the town of Salisbury, for purposes of establishing transitional housing for women in recovery from substance abuse; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's substance abuse program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a contract with Bay Cove Human Services, Inc., for the purposes of establishing an independent licensed halfway house in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, in collaboration with the Charlestown Recovery House, Inc., for persons in recovery from alcoholism and chemical dependency; provided further, that not less than $155,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and operation of the Intensive Outpatient Program at the South Boston Collaborative for the purposes of responding to adolescent suicide clusters and drug abuse in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for six regional recovery support centers; provided further, that there shall be a recovery support center in each region; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Hampden county Residential Program For Women; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire County Youth Development Project for youth intervention services; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Northern Educational Services, Inc., in Springfield, to operate the Youth Zone Program; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for Self Esteem Boston's substance abuse direct service prevention programs and provider training programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Public Health Department for drug prevention outreach and education; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Russian Teens-at-Risk program operated by the Jewish Family Children's Service in the cities of Boston and Lynn and the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Winchester Substance Abuse Coalition in the town of Winchester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the North End Community Health Center in Boston; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall expended for Franklin Medical Center's Beacon Recovery Program at the Orange Recovery House; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be provided to Second Step, Inc. in the city of Newton for the provision of substance abuse prevention and education programs to the survivors of domestic violence and their children; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended to continue an Opiate Abuse Prevention and Intervention Program for Youth in the city of Melrose; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Tynan Community Centers Adolescence Wellness Program in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be provided to Project Cope, Inc., in Lynn for the prevention and education of the problems associated with Oxycontin and heroine use; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide victims' family support services and anti-violence advocacy programs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for teens through programs provided by the Ashland Recreational Department; provided further, that not less than $145,000 shall be expended in grants for the Framingham Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for maintaining the substance abuse and mental health pilot programs in houses of correction in Hampden county, Norfolk county, Middlesex county and Barnstable county; provided further, that 1 counselor shall continue to be assigned for every 200 inmates within each facility; and provided further, that said pilot programs shall continue to report bi-annually upon the progress of the program and the rate of recidivism to the joint chairpersons of the mental health and substance abuse committee and to the chairpersons of the house and senate committee on ways and means; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Exodus Outreach Recovery Program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of Learn-to-Cope, a support group providing parents and families with children addicted to OxyContin and heroin with substance abuse recovery treatment resources and emotional support; and provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for the Adolescent Education program of the South Boston Neighborhood House in the South Boston section of the city of Boston	61,647,392	77,811,216

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	11	791	236	2,105	2,113
Pensions & Benefits	3	1	4	21	20
Operating Expenses	83	166	1,124	1,192	1,588
Public Assistance	33,626	47,084	54,990	73,172	71,833
Aid to Cities & Towns	0	0	8	2,258	2,258
TOTAL	33,724	48,042	56,361	78,747	77,811

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

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
10 Beds through the CAB program in conjunction with H.E.A.T. at Woburn District Court	400,000
Adolescent Education program South Boston	70,000
Albany Street shelter - restoration of 24-hour services	250,000
Ashland Recreation Department programs for teens	50,000
Barnstable Action for New Directions (BAND) program by Gosnold of Cape Cod Inc.	225,000
Berkshire County youth development project intervention services	150,000
Boston Municipal Court and other district courts for the Drug Court Program	400,000
Charlestown Recovery House Foundation, Inc. (substance abuse services) through a contract with Bay Cove Human Services, Inc.	100,000
Exodus Outreach Recovery Program	50,000
Female Offenders Residential Program Hampden County Sheriff	150,000
Framingham Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse	145,000
Franklin Medical Center's Beacon Recovery for programming at the Orange Recovery House	90,000
Gavin Foundation male and female adolescent residential facility	1,149,750
Gavin Foundation's total immersion program in conjunction with the probation department of the South Boston Division of District Court and other district courts	319,500
Haitian Multi-Service Center	158,000
Intensive Outpatient Program at the South Boston Collaborative for the purpose of responding to adolescent suicide cluster and drug abuse	155,000
Latino After School Initiative	250,000
Learn-to-Cope	100,000
Link House Inc.'s half way services for women in recovery	200,000
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide victims family support services and anti-violence advocacy programs	50,000
MA Interscholastic Athletic Association's Substance Abuse Program	200,000
New Beginnings Program	250,000
Non Violent Offender Pilot Program, Essex DA	500,000
North End Community Health Center in Boston	100,000
Northern Educational Services, Inc. (NES) outreach program	150,000
Opiate education and counseling competitive grant program	500,000
Project COPE, Inc. prevention and education for problems with OxyContin and Heroin	60,000
Russian Teens-at risk program by Jewish Family Children's Service	100,000
Second Step Inc. substance abuse prevention for DV survivors	75,000
Self Esteem Boston Education Program	125,000
Six Regional Recovery Support Centers	2,000,000
Sobriety High Schools (3)	1,500,000
Sobriety Treatment, Education and Prevention, Inc. (STEP)	750,350
Springfield public health dept. drug prevention outreach and education	100,000
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Pilot in HOC	1,500,000
Substance Abuse Prevention in Saugus	100,000
Treatment programs for civilly committed men	3,000,000
Tynan Community Center's Adolescent Wellness program	75,000
Volunteers of America Rebound Youth Residential Recovery Program at the Long Island Hospital	833,000
Winchester Substance Abuse Coalition	100,000
Youth Opiate Abuse Prevention and Intervention Program in Melrose	75,000