| Account | Description | FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Total Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1410-0012 | Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters 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, not less than $228,771 shall be expended for the Veterans Benefits Clearing House 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 $200,000 may be expended for outreach and counseling to newly-returned Massachusetts veterans in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Worcester Veterans Outreach Center; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Nathan Hale Foundation of Plymouth to assist veterans with transportation; 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 expended for the North Shore Veterans Counseling Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for veteran's services to be administered by the Cape Community Health Center of Cape Cod; 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 $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 $70,000 shall be expended for the Mason Square Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Middleborough Veteran Outreach Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers and the Colored Ladies; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the oral history project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick |
2,389,748 | 2,389,748 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY2005 Expended |
FY2006 Expended |
FY2007 Expended |
FY2008 Expended |
FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Budget Reductions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 0 |
| Operating Expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 73 | 0 |
| Public Assistance | 1,259 | 1,160 | 1,770 | 1,831 | 2,280 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 1,259 | 1,160 | 1,770 | 1,925 | 2,390 | 0 |
FY2009 Spending Category Chart

EARMARK DESCRIPTION |
City / Town |
FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 9C Cuts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse | Boston / Roxbury | 228,771 | 0 |
| Veterans Association of Bristol County | Fall River | 100,000 | 0 |
| NamVets of the Cape and Islands for Outreach Services | Barnstable | 131,500 | 0 |
| Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center | Gardner | 367,442 | 0 |
| Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc. | Springfield | 200,000 | 0 |
| Morse Institute Library Oral History Project | Natick | 30,000 | 0 |
| Worcester Veterans Outreach Center | Worcester | 150,000 | 0 |
| 54th Massachusetts Volunteers and the Colored Ladies | Statewide | 50,000 | 0 |
| Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center | Framingham | 84,453 | 0 |
| Veterans Northeast Outreach Center | Haverhill | 100,000 | 0 |
| Cape Cod Free Clinic and Community Health Center | Cape Cod | 100,000 | 0 |
| Nathan Hale Foundation of Plymouth | Plymouth | 150,000 | 0 |
| United Veterans of America for the purpose of providing service to homeless veterans in Berkshire County | Berkshire County | 100,000 | 0 |
| Middleboro Veterans Outreach Center | Middleborough | 50,000 | 0 |
| Mason Square Area Veterans Outreach Center | Springfield | 70,000 | 0 |
| Contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of MA | Boston | 100,000 | 0 |
| North Shore Veterans Counseling Center | Beverly | 106,102 | 0 |
| Outreach and Counseling for newly-returned Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans. | Statewide | 200,000 | 0 |