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| ACCOUNT | FY 2008 Conference |
FY 2008 Vetoes |
FY 2008 Overrides |
FY 2008 GAA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7002-0012 | Summer Jobs Program for At-Risk Youth | 6,700 | 0 | 0 | 6,700 |
| 7002-0101 | Apprentice Training Program | 465 | 0 | 0 | 465 |
| 7003-0604 | Health Care Career Ladder Programs | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 |
| 7003-0605 | Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership | 975 | 0 | 0 | 975 |
| 7003-0701 | Workforce Training Programs | 21,000 | 0 | 0 | 21,000 |
| 7003-0702 | Industry-Driven Training Grants | 10,473 | -10,473 | 10,473 | 10,473 |
| 7003-0803 | One-Stop Career Centers | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 5,500 |
| 7003-1641 | Small Business Association Layoff Aversion Program | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TOTAL | 46,713 | -10,473 | 10,473 | 46,713 | |
| account | description | amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | 46,713,489 | |||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | ||||||
| 7002-0012 | Summer Jobs Program for At-Risk Youth
For a youth-at-risk program targeted at reducing juvenile delinquency in high risk areas of the commonwealth; provided that these funds may be expended for the development and implementation of a year-round employment program for at-risk youth as well as existing year-round employment programs; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for an at-risk juvenile program at the Boys and Girls Club of The Lower Merrimack Valley in Salisbury; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations; and provided further, that funds shall be available for expenditure through September 1, 2008 |
6,700,000 | ||||
| 7002-0101 | Apprentice Training Program
For the operation of the apprentice training program; provided, that no position in the apprentice training division shall be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the deputy director shall require each apprentice entering into a written agreement to submit an application to the division for an apprentice identification card; provided further, that an apprentice identification card shall contain the photograph of the apprentice, the apprentice registration number or another number that the deputy director requires, the name and business address of the appropriate apprenticeship committee or single employee sponsor, the steps of progression and related dates applicable to the apprentice and the projected date on which the apprentice is to complete the apprenticeship; provided further, that as a condition of his apprenticeship, the apprentice shall keep the apprentice identification card on his person during his hours of employment during the apprenticeship; provided further, that an apprentice performing work on a project or projects subject to this item shall maintain in his possession an apprentice identification card; provided further, that any apprentice who is determined by the deputy director to be not enrolled in related classroom instruction classes shall be paid at the journey level rate for the duration of the public works project; and provided further, that for every week in which an apprentice is employed by a contractor, subcontractor or public body subject to this section, a photocopy of the apprentice's apprentice identification card, shall be attached to the records submitted under this item |
465,489 | ||||
| 7003-0604 | Health Care Career Ladder Programs
For the career ladder grant program in long-term care established under section 410 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000; provided, that grants shall be available for certified nurses' aides, home health aides, homemakers and other entry level workers in long-term care; provided further, that the grants may include training for English for speakers of other languages and other language and adult basic education programs to improve quality of care and improve direct care worker access to and participation in career ladder training; provided further, that the length of such grants shall not exceed 3 years; provided further, that notwithstanding section 410 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000, grants may be awarded on a competitive basis to long-term care labor management workforce partnerships, nursing homes, home care organizations or consortiums of nursing homes and/or home care organizations; provided further, that the Commonwealth Corporation shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on such grant program including, but not limited to, the number of grants awarded, the amount of each grant, a description of the career ladder programs, changes in care-giving and workplace practices that have occurred and their impact on quality of care and worker retention and the certificates, degrees or professional status attained by each participating employee; provided further, that the administrative and program management costs for the implementation of the grant program shall not exceed 4 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that each grant may include funding for technical assistance and evaluation |
1,500,000 | ||||
| 7003-0605 | Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
For the operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the purpose of maintaining and promoting manufacturing as an integral part of the Massachusetts economy and for programs designed to assist small and mid-sized manufacturing companies; provided, that $75,000 shall be made available for the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County for a pilot program for precision machining training |
975,000 | ||||
| 7003-0701 | Workforce Training Programs
For grants and technical assistance administered by the department of workforce development, under section 2RR of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the cost of collecting the assessment established in section 14L of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that the department of workforce development shall provide a report on the grants and technical assistance programs authorized in this item detailing the firms receiving grants, by number of employees, revenues, and industry, to the house and senate ways and means committee by January 15, 2008; provided further, that the report shall include specific measures of how grant recipients were able to increase job growth, retention rates, and productivity as a result of the grants; provided further, that the report shall include measures of whether training participants received promotions and increased incomes as a result of training; and provided further, that the director shall demonstrate that each dollar expended generates not less than $5 in private investment in job training
|
21,000,000 | ||||
| 7003-0702 | Industry-Driven Training Grants
For grants to be administered by the department of workforce development; provided, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended on the Massachusetts Service Alliance for the operation of the youth, senior service and conservation corps program; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for a high school science program in biotechnology by Commonwealth Corporation, in consultation with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, including teacher and guidance counselor training, biotechnology lab equipment, and biotechnology lab supplies evaluation and technical assistance; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the Jackson-Appleton-Middlesex plan in the City of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for education, career development and employment service programs operated by the Urban League of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended to provide employment, training and job placement by Year Up, Inc. of Boston; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Radius Specialty Hospital; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a hospital skill training program operated by the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to fund need-based workforce development related to continuing education grants administered by the Access Program of Boston; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Career Development Institute in Springfield to provide job training, employability development and career counseling to the unemployed and underemployed; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Charles E. Shannon Jr. At-Risk Youth Project, operated by the Center for Teen Empowerment Inc., for the community of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the New England Farm Workers Council; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to support the Technology Initiative of the Metro South/West Regional Employment Board for the development of the Technology Centers of Excellence serving the region's youth and business, and said grant shall require a 200 per cent match from the private sector; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Center for Women & Enterprise; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the 495/Metrowest Corridor Partnership; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a health center skilled training program on the Lower and Outer Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Centro Latino de Chelsea to provide workforce training, educational services, and other transitional services in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for the Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation's microenterprise programs as a supplemental match to conduct an entrepreneurial training and technical assistance program for support of emerging high-growth microenterprises that are owned by or employ income-eligible residents; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Western Massachusetts Enterprise fund; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Women's Career Mentoring Program operated by the Jewish Vocational Service's Center for Careers and Lifelong Learning and Crittenton Women's Union Woman to Woman Program; provided further, that not less than $215,000 shall be expended for rapid response labor specialists at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for worker coordinators at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be provided to Lazarus House for the continued operation of a job training program; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Latino After-School Initiative (LASI) Youth Development Project; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Empowerment Center in the City of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the International Institute to provide long-term case management and employment training for highly skilled legal immigrants; provided further, that not less than $139,500 shall be expended for Just-a-Start Corporation to provide training for entry level employment in the biotech and medical fields for 30 unemployed, underemployed or displaced workers, or persons receiving benefits from transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that not less than $127,000 shall be expended for the employee involvement and ownership program; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the 1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund to provide a job training initiative for participating health care institution; provided further, that not less than $105,000 shall be expended for the operation of the E-Team Machinist Program of the North Shore; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative for the purpose of expanding their existing programs and services to better serve students with disabilities; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA) for the Pathways to Technology Initiative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Centro Las Americas to provide workforce training, educational services and other transitional services in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to create a post-secondary nursing degree and certification program at the Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School in partnership with Quinsigamond Community College; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Springfield Technical Assistance Program to be operated by the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation and programs of AWAKE (Alive with Awareness, Knowledge, and Empowerment) in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the Workforce Investment Association of MA, Inc. for the purpose of providing technical assistance and assisting administrators, career center directors, and fiscal agents; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for the Mature Workers Program of the Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the retraining of pile drivers for employment in the offshore gas pipeline industry; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Middlesex Community College to develop, plan and conduct a pilot program in preparation for establishing a new program in Entrepreneurship Education; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for a program to teach business ownership skills to young people from low income communities; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to continue the economic development project operated by the Arlington Neighborhood Association in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to The Town of Reading for a feasibility study and preliminary design of a downtown parking garage as part of the town's smart growth initiative to concentrate development in the downtown area; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to provide employment, training and job placement by the New Skills Academy in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be made available to More Than Words in the city of Waltham for the purpose of expanding operations to an additional city to be determined in consultation with the commissioner; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a human service academy pilot program to be operated by People Inc. of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for both the Reunion Center in the city of Easthampton and the Easthampton Youth Entrepreneurship Project; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Allston-Brighton Vocational Center (VAC) for the continued operation of a job training and placement center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the International Institute of the Merrimack Valley; provided further, that $15,000 shall be expended for the Draper Complex Reuse Committee in Hopedale; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended by WE CAN of Cape Cod for workforce training and career mentoring for women in transition; provided further, that not less than $9,000 shall be expended for Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. to provide outreach and services to the Asian American community; provided further, that not less than $7,500 shall be expended for the Bonnie Brae Day Camp in Gardner; and provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for a youth employment program in Methuen
|
10,473,000 | ||||
| 7003-0803 | One-Stop Career Centers
For the one-stop career centers; provided, that not less than $2,750,000 shall be expended for the one-stop career centers that were in existence on May 1, 1997, located in the Boston, Hampden county and the metro north service delivery areas and any satellite offices of said centers which opened on or before December 1, 1997; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for one-stop career centers that opened after January 1, 1999; provided further, that each career center shall inform unemployed or underemployed recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits who seek assistance from the center of the full range of education and training programs that are available to them, the availability of jobs in the professions for which the programs prepare participants and the average wage rates in the professions within the commonwealth; provided further, that this information shall encompass certified nurses' aide training programs, job availability and wage rates; provided further, that the department of workforce development shall conduct an annual evaluation of the use of one-stop career centers including, but not limited to, the numbers of individuals and employers served in each region, the services provided by each one-stop career center, the number of persons served by and costs of operating the connecting unemployment insurance claimant initiative in one-stops and the costs of providing each person served the range of one-stop career services; provided further, that the department shall provide an analysis of the level of funds needed to adequately support the services at one-stop career centers; and provided further, that the director shall annually, by September 30, report to the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on the status of the evaluation required under this item and the allocation of said funds |
5,500,000 | ||||
| 7003-1641 | Small Business Association Layoff Aversion Program
For a grant for the Small Business Association of New England for the layoff aversion through management assistance program for consultant and technical assistance to manufacturing companies in Massachusetts to prevent business closure and employee displacement; provided, that the expenditure of the layoff aversion through management program as provided for in this item shall leverage at least $1 in matching funds for every $1 granted pursuant to this item; provided further, the president of the Small Business Association of New England shall file a quarterly report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies, and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on the number of employees and manufacturing-based companies that have received financial assistance through this item, a detailed description of the services provided to manufacturing companies in the commonwealth through the layoff aversion through management program, and a detailed account of the expenditures of the layoff aversion program, including administrative costs |
100,000 | ||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 208,223,154 | |
| 7002-6624 | Unemployment Insurance Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Unemployment Insurance Administration |
69,157,578 |
| 7002-6626 | Employment Service Programs Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Employment Service Programs Administration |
21,876,683 |
| 7002-6628 | Federal Disabled Veterans Outreach
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disabled Veterans Outreach |
1,424,669 |
| 7002-6629 | Federal Local Veterans Employment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Local Veterans Employment Representative |
1,586,217 |
| 7002-9701 | Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Grant |
2,495,562 |
| 7003-1010 | Trade Expansion Act Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Trade Expansion Act Program |
9,761,375 |
| 7003-1630 | Workforce Investment Act Title I - Adult Activities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Activities - Workforce Investment Act Title I - Adult Activities |
17,837,849 |
| 7003-1631 | Workforce Investment Act Title I - Youth Formula Grants
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Youth Formula Grants - Workforce Investment Act Title I - Youth Formula Grants |
24,425,390 |
| 7003-1632 | Workforce Investment Act Title I - Dislocated Workers
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Dislocated Workers - Workforce Investment Act Title I -Dislocated Workers |
57,789,750 |
| 7003-1633 | Work Incentive Grant Access to Employment for All
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Work Incentive Grant Access to Employment for All |
1,868,081 |