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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
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, certified batterer intervention programs for indigent batterers and their families, 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 $100,000 shall be expended for a contract Slyvia's Haven at Devens to provide transitional housing to pregnant and parenting women and girls; provided further, that not less than $100,000 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 and Medford; 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 $60,000 shall be expended for the Planned Learning Achievement for Youth program in Amherst, in collaboration with the department of 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; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Melrose Alliance Against Violence; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence	21,688,691	23,019,767

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	911	991	977	1,075	1,112
Pensions & Benefits	0	0	0	0	0
Operating Expenses	194	185	184	181	195
Public Assistance	17,747	18,270	19,025	20,235	21,713
Aid to Cities & Towns	60	60	60	0	0
TOTAL	18,912	19,505	20,246	21,491	23,020

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

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Melrose Alliance Against Violence	10,000
Planned Learning Achievement for Youth program	60,000
Southern Hilltown Domestic Violence Coalition	10,000
Sylvia's Haven	100,000
Teens At Risk / Portal of Hope	100,000
Wakefield Alliance Against Violence	10,000
Western MA Women's Initiative Survivor's Project	90,000
Words Not Weapons	15,000
YWCA Battered Women's Shelter in Springfield	1,037,000