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| Account | Description | FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Total Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3000-7050 | Services for Infants and Parents For grants to programs which improve the parenting skills of participants in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that not less than $5,395,694 shall be expended on the Mass Family Networks program; provided further, that not less than $3,100,000 shall be expended for grants for the home-based parenting, family literacy, and school readiness program known as the Parent-Child Home Program; provided further, that the department shall distribute said $3,100,000 not later than August, 2008 in order to allow a full year of service for families involved in these programs; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be made available for matching grants to fund a Reach Out and Read program, to provide books to at-risk children through book distribution programs established in community health centers, medical practices, and hospitals for at-risk children; provided further, that the funds distributed through Reach Out and Read program shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state grant funding; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through item 3000-7000 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department |
9,555,694 | 8,476,556 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY2005 Expended |
FY2006 Expended |
FY2007 Expended |
FY2008 Expended |
FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Budget Reductions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 61 | 0 |
| Employee Benefits | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Operating Expenses | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Grants & Subsidies | 0 | 5,296 | 8,386 | 9,386 | 9,486 | -1,079 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 5,296 | 8,394 | 9,448 | 9,556 | -1,079 |
FY2009 Spending Category Chart
EARMARK DESCRIPTION |
City / Town |
FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 9C Cuts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach Out and Read | Statewide | 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Grants for the Parent-Child Home Program to expand capacity | Statewide | 3,100,000 | 0 |
| Mass Family Networks | Statewide | 5,395,694 | -1,079,138 |