| Account | Description | FY07 GAA |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5920-2000 | Community Residential Supports for the Mentally Retarded For vendor-operated community-based residential adult services, including intensive individual supports; provided, that $12,365,262 shall be expended in annualized funding for turning 22 clients who began receiving the services in fiscal year 2007 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2006; provided further, that $8,250,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2007 annualized cost of the settlement agreement Rolland vs. Cellucci, so-called and $5,000,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2008 cost of the settlement; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of mental retardation shall transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer; provided further, that not more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred from this item in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be allocated for Special Olympics for the purpose of unified sports; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Best Buddies Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for services to the developmentally disabled provided by Grow Associates, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Advocacy Resource Center in New Bedford to provide critical family support services in the area of community-based resident education for special needs children |
524,742,492 | 547,807,631 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY04 Spending |
FY05 Spending |
FY06 Spending |
FY07 Spending |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 49 | 477 | 398 | 443 | 450 |
| Pensions & Benefits | 0 | 3 | 112 | 11 | 14 |
| Operating Expenses | 437 | 437 | 842 | 437 | 437 |
| Public Assistance | 449,384 | 473,656 | 497,336 | 522,974 | 546,906 |
| TOTAL | 449,871 | 474,573 | 498,689 | 523,866 | 547,808 |
| EARMARK DESCRIPTION |
FY08 |
|---|---|
| Advocacy Resource Center in New Bedford | 50,000 |
| Best Buddies Massachusetts | 500,000 |
| GROW Associates, Inc. in Stoughton | 100,000 |
| New Rolland funds | 5,000,000 |
| Rolland annualization | 8,250,000 |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts | 100,000 |
| T22 annualization from 5920-5000 | 12,365,262 |