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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
5046-0000	Adult Mental Health and Support Services For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department shall allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015, to this item, as necessary, pursuant to allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to any such transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving care at department facilities; provided further, that not more than $8,999,768 shall be expended for services for clients of the department who are aging into the adult system from the child/adolescent mental health system or other systems of care if the clients meet the clinical eligibility criteria of the department; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the distribution of funds per adult and child planning population and the types of services received in each region for fiscal year 2008 not later than February 1, 2008; provided further, that not less than $3,314,796 shall be expended on the expansion of housing for the homeless mentally ill; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for Mass Citizens Advocacy; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Fairwinds Clubhouse in Falmouth; provided further, that not less than $1,900,000 shall be expended on mental health research; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for jail diversion programs; provided further, that of that $200,000, $100,000 shall be expended for the jail diversion program in Framingham; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a pre-arrest jail diversion grant program at the Department of Mental Health for five (5) programs, but not more then $300,000 shall be expended for the continuation of said programs; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Trauma Center at Riverside Community Care	304,932,778	315,563,248

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	49,854	49,765	51,562	53,978	54,049
Pensions & Benefits	1,194	1,157	1,644	1,499	1,493
Operating Expenses	3,531	2,871	3,400	3,660	3,945
Public Assistance	216,333	220,396	237,126	246,603	256,076
Aid to Cities & Towns	0	0	0	300	0
TOTAL	270,912	274,189	293,731	306,039	315,563

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

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Aging Out of Systems of Care	8,999,768
Expansion of Employment Support at Fairwinds Clubhouse	75,000
Jail Diversion Programs	200,000
Mass Citizens Advocacy	50,000
Pre-Arrest Jail Diversion Grant Program	300,000
Research	1,900,000
Services for Chronically Homeless Clients	3,314,796
Trauma Center - Riverside Community Care	100,000