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Account	Description	FY2009 GAA	FY2009   Total   Spending
4000-0352	MassHealth Enrollment Outreach Grants For MassHealth enrollment outreach grants to public and private nonprofit groups to be administered by the executive office in consultation with the Health Care Reform Outreach and Education Unit; provided, that grants shall be awarded to groups statewide, including areas in which the United States Census deems there exists a high percentage of uninsured individuals and areas in which there are limited health care providers; provided further, that funds shall be awarded as grants to community and consumer-focused public and private nonprofit groups to provide enrollment assistance, education and outreach activities directly to consumers who may be eligible for MassHealth, the Commonwealth Care Program, or the Commonwealth Choice Program, and who may require individualized support due to geography, ethnicity, race, culture, immigration or disease status and representative of communities throughout the commonwealth; provided further, that funds shall be allocated to provide informational support and technical assistance to recipient organizations and to promote appropriate and effective enrollment activities through the statewide health access network; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be allocated to Community Partners, Inc. of Amherst, to provide online informational support and technical assistance to recipient organizations and to promote appropriate and effective enrollment activities through its statewide health access network; provided further, that the cost of information support and technical assistance shall not exceed 10 per cent of the appropriation and shall not be used to defray current state obligations to provide this assistance; provided further, that in awarding said grants, the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the Health Care Reform Outreach and Education Unit, shall provide written guidance to selected grantees with specific strategies of how to expend funds in the most efficient manner to target populations and avoid duplication of activities, including examples of best practices among prior year outreach grant recipients; and provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the exact amounts distributed in fiscal year 2009 by February 2, 2009, and the extent to which any portion of resulting expenditures are eligible for federal reimbursement	3,500,000	1,000,000 #

# Programs will be absorbed by off-budget sources.

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
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SPENDING CATEGORY	FY2005 Expended	FY2006 Expended	FY2007 Expended	FY2008 Expended	FY2009 GAA	FY2009 Budget Reductions
Grants & Subsidies	0	500	3,500	3,500	3,500	-2,500
TOTAL	0	500	3,500	3,500	3,500	-2,500

 

FY2009 Spending Category Chart

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	City / Town	FY2009 GAA	FY2009       9C Cuts
Community Partners Inc.	Amherst	350,000	-350,000