Department of Veterans' Services

Account Description FY07
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FY08
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1410-0012 Veterans' Outreach Centers
For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange; provided further, that these centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001, and their families; provided further, that not less than $367,422 shall be obligated for a contract with the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $228,771 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in the Roxbury section of Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc., in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $131,500 shall be obligated for a contract with Nam Vets Association of the Cape and Islands in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; provided further, that not less than $106,102 shall be obligated for a contract with the North Shore Veterans Counseling Center in the city of Beverly; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for veteran's services to be administered by the Falmouth veterans agent through the Falmouth Free Clinic and Community Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be obligated for the Boston metropolitan area for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to United Veterans of America for the purpose of providing services to homeless veterans in Berkshire County; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Association of Bristol County in Fall River; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Nathan Hale Foundation of Plymouth to assist veterans with transportation; provided further, that not less than $84,453 shall be obligated for a contract with the Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center in the town of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Middleboro Veterans' Outreach Center; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Mason Square Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the oral history project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick
1,663,185 1,943,222

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY FY04
Spending
FY05
Spending
FY06
Spending
FY07
Spending
FY08
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Public Assistance 1,011 1,259 1,160 1,771 1,943
TOTAL 1,011 1,259 1,160 1,771 1,943

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

 

Pie Chart: Public Assistance=100%



 
Earmarks
EARMARK DESCRIPTION
FY08
Cape Cod Free Clinic and Community Health Center 100,000
Contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of MA 100,000
Falmouth Free Clinic and Community Center 100,000
Mason Square Area Veterans Outreach Center 35,000
Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center 84,453
Middleboro Veterans Outreach Center 50,000
Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center 367,422
Morse Institute Library Oral History Project 30,000
NamVets of the Cape and Islands for outreach services 131,500
Nathan Hale Foundation ofPlymouth 100,000
North Shore Veterans Counseling Center 106,102
Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc. 200,000
United Veterans of America for the purpose of providing service to homeless veterans in Berkshire County 100,000
Veterans Association of Bristol County 100,000
Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse 228,771
Veterans Northeast Outreach Center 100,000