FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference		 FY2009
Vetoes		 FY2009
Overrides		 FY2009
GAA		 FY2009
Total
Spending
Workforce Development Programs 8,100 0 0 8,100 8,000  
Apprentice Training Program 445 0 0 445 443  
Health Care Career Ladder Programs 1,500 0 0 1,500 450  
Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership 1,375 0 0 1,375 900  
Workforce Training Programs 21,000 0 0 21,000 30,884  
Individual Workforce Training Grants 11,039 -3,057 3,057 11,039 2,813  
One-Stop Career Centers 5,500 0 0 5,500 5,500  
Small Business Association Layoff Aversion Program 200 -200 200 200 0  
TOTAL    49,159 -3,257 3,257 49,159 48,989  

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account description amount
DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 48,988,902
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
7002-0012 Workforce Development Programs
For a youth-at-risk program targeted at reducing juvenile delinquency in high risk areas of the commonwealth; provided, that these funds may be expended for the development and implementation of a year-round employment program for at-risk youth as well as existing year-round employment programs; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations; provided further, that funds shall be available for expenditure through September 1, 2009; and provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for an at- risk juvenile program at the Boys and Girls Club of The Lower Merrimack Valley in Salisbury 		8,000,000
7002-0101 Apprentice Training Program
For the operation of the apprentice training program; provided, that no position in the apprentice training division shall be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the deputy director shall require each apprentice entering into a written agreement to submit an application to the division for an apprentice identification card; provided further, that an apprentice identification card shall contain the photograph of the apprentice, the apprentice registration number or another number that the deputy director requires, the name and business address of the appropriate apprenticeship committee or single employee sponsor, the steps of progression and related dates applicable to the apprentice and the projected date on which the apprentice is to complete the apprenticeship; provided further, that as a condition of his apprenticeship, the apprentice shall keep the apprentice identification card on his person during his hours of employment during the apprenticeship; provided further, that an apprentice performing work on a project subject to this item shall maintain in his possession an apprentice identification card; provided further, that any apprentice who is determined by the deputy director to be not enrolled in related classroom instruction classes shall be paid at the journey level rate for the duration of the public works project; and provided further, that for every week in which an apprentice is employed by a contractor, subcontractor or public body subject to this item, a photocopy of the apprentice's apprentice identification card shall be attached to the records submitted under this item 		442,728
7003-0604 Health Care Career Ladder Programs
For the career ladder grant program in long-term care established under section 410 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000; provided, that grants shall be available for certified nurses' aides, home health aides, homemakers and other entry level workers in long-term care; provided further, that the grants may include training for English for speakers of other languages and other language and adult basic education programs to improve quality of care and improve direct care worker access to and participation in career ladder training; provided further, that the length of such grants shall not exceed 3 years; provided further, that notwithstanding section 410 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000, grants may be awarded on a competitive basis to long-term care labor management workforce partnerships, nursing homes, home care organizations or consortiums of nursing homes and/or home care organizations; provided further, that the Commonwealth Corporation shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on such grant program including, but not limited to, the number of grants awarded, the amount of each grant, a description of the career ladder programs, changes in care-giving and workplace practices that have occurred and their impact on quality of care and worker retention and the certificates, degrees or professional status attained by each participating employee; provided further, that the administrative and program management costs for the implementation of the grant program shall not exceed 4 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that each grant may include funding for technical assistance and evaluation 		450,000
7003-0605 Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
For the operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the purpose of maintaining and promoting manufacturing as an integral part of the Massachusetts economy and for programs designed to assist small and mid-sized manufacturing companies; provided, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County for a pilot program for precision machining training; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be made available from this item to operate the machine operator skills training program using a mobile training unit 		900,000
7003-0701 Workforce Training Programs
For grants and technical assistance administered by the department of workforce development, under section 2RR of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the cost of collecting the assessment established in section 14L of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that the department of workforce development shall provide a report on the grants and technical assistance programs authorized in this item detailing the firms receiving grants, by number of employees, revenues, and industry, to the house and senate ways and means committee by January 15, 2009; provided further, that the report shall include specific measures of how grant recipients were able to increase job growth, retention rates, and productivity as a result of the grants; provided further, that the report shall include measures of whether training participants received promotions and increased incomes as a result of training; and provided further, that the director shall demonstrate that each dollar expended generates not less than $5 in private investment in job training
                Workforce Training Fund ............... 100%
30,883,677
7003-0702 Individual Workforce Training Grants
For grants to be administered by the department of workforce development; provided, that not less than $250,000 $125,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Career Development Institute in Springfield to provide job training, employability development and career counseling to the unemployed and underemployed; provided further, that not less than $7,500 shall be expended for the Bonnie Brae Day Camp in Gardner; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Greater Gardner Community Development Corporation; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Draper Complex Reuse Committee in Hopedale; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative for the purpose of expanding their existing programs and services to better serve students with disabilities; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the International Institute to provide long-term case management and employment training for highly skilled legal immigrants; provided further, that not less than $100,000 $50,000 shall be provided to the Workforce Investment Association of MA, Inc. for the purpose of providing technical assistance to career center directors, administrators, and fiscal agents to assist with quality improvements in the delivery of workforce development services to job seekers and employers; provided further, that not less than $150,000 $100,000 shall be provided for Centros Las Americas, in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Center for Women & Enterprise; provided further, that not less than $165,000 $100,000 shall be expended to continue the economic development project operated by the Arlington Community Trabajando in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $84,000 $50,000 shall be expended for Community Service Agency, Inc; provided further, that not less than $500,000 $250,000 shall be expended for education, career development and employment service programs operated by the Urban League of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $250,000 $100,000 shall be expended for Outer Cape Health Services to provide a health center skilled training program on Lower and Outer Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended by WE CAN of Cape Cod for workforce training and career mentoring for women in transition; provided further, that not less than $141,000 shall be expended for Just-a-Start Corporation to provide training for entry level employment in the biotech and medical fields for 30 unemployed, underemployed or displaced workers, or persons receiving benefits from transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that not less than $127,000 shall be expended for the employee involvement and ownership program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the New England Farm Workers Council; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Allston-Brighton Vocational Center (VAC) for the continued operation of a job training and placement center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the Area Planning Action Council (APAC) in Allston-Brighton to implement a Project Place Program to assist in the operation of a career development department; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Partnership for Automotive Career Education program to recruit, train, and provide career guidance to students for entry-level automotive technician jobs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for both the Reunion Center in the city of Easthampton and the Easthampton Youth Entrepreneurship Project; provided further, that not less than $350,000 $100,000 shall be expended to fund need-based workforce development related to continuing education grants administered by the Access Program of Boston; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Charles E. Shannon Jr. At-Risk Youth Project, operated by the Center for Teen Empowerment Inc., for the community of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $100,000 $75,000 shall be expended to Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA) for the Pathways to Technology Initiative; provided further, that not less than $105,000 shall be expended for the operation of the E-Team Machinist Program of the North Shore; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for the Mature Workers Program of the Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board; provided further, that not less than $150,000 $100,000 shall be provided to Lazarus House for the continued operation of a job training program; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Empowerment Center in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for a high school science program in biotechnology by Commonwealth Corporation, in consultation with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, including teacher and guidance counselor training, biotechnology lab equipment, and biotechnology lab supplies evaluation and technical assistance; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a hospital skill training program operated by the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a human service academy pilot program to be operated by People Inc. of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to maintain a post-secondary nursing degree and certification program at the Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School in partnership with Quinsigamond Community College; provided further, that not less than $250,000 $125,000shall be expended to support the Technology Initiative of the Metro South/West Regional Employment Board for the development of the Technology Centers of Excellence serving the region's youth and business, and said grant shall require a 200 percent match from the private sector; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation's microenterprise programs as a supplemental match to conduct an entrepreneurial training and technical assistance program for support of emerging high-growth microenterprises that are owned by or employ income-eligible residents; provided further, that not less than $75,000 $50,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology to recruit and provide career support and workforce retention of graduate students training for careers in public sector behavioral health service delivery; provided further, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended on the Massachusetts Service Alliance for the operation of the youth, senior service and conservation corps program; provided further, that not less than $215,000 shall be expended for rapid response labor specialists at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for worker coordinators at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Latino After-School Initiative (LASI) Youth Development Project; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended to provide employment, training and job placement by Year Up, Inc. of Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 $100,000 be expended for the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Women's Career Mentoring Program and the Women's Union Woman to Woman Program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a grant to the south shore tri-town development corporation established pursuant to chapter 301 of the acts of 1998; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development; provided further that no less than $250,000 shall be expended for the operation and programs of AWAKE (Alive with Awareness, Knowledge, and Empowerment) in Springfield; provided further that $200,000 be expended on the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund; provided further, that not less than $75,000 be expended for the Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative for the purpose of implementing an educational program enabling on-site technical training; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided for the Work Certified Program operated by the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc; provided further that not less than $10,000 shall be provided for the William J. Bresnahan Scouting and Community Center in Ashburnham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to provide employment, training and job placement by the New Skills Academy in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Centro Latino de Chelsea to provide workforce training, educational services, and other transitional services in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Paul Sullivan Foundation at Middlesex Community College; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of providing training for members of the Massachusetts Superior Clerks Association as well as employees of the Superior Court Clerks' offices; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Middlesex Community College to develop, plan and conduct a pilot program in preparation for establishing a new program in Entrepreneurship Education; provided further, that not less than $100,000 $50,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be made available to More Than Words in the city of Waltham for the purpose of job training operations; provided further, that not less than $9,000 shall be expended for Quincy Asian Resources, Inc., to provide outreach and services to the Asian American community; provided further, that not less than $300,000 $150,000shall be expended for Radius Specialty Hospital Boston for the purposes of developing and implementing an information technology skill upgrading program for its employees; and provided further, that not less $250,000 shall be expended for a hospital-based skilled training program at a teaching hospital in Hampden county
 2,812,500
7003-0803 One-Stop Career Centers
For the one-stop career centers; provided, that not less than $2,750,000 shall be expended for the one-stop career centers that were in existence on May 1, 1997, located in the Boston, Hampden county and metro north service delivery areas and any satellite offices of said centers which opened on or before December 1, 1997 		5,499,997
7003-1641 Small Business Association Layoff Aversion Program
For a grant for the Small Business Association of New England for the layoff aversion through management assistance program for consultant and technical assistance to manufacturing companies in Massachusetts to prevent business closure and employee displacement; provided, that the expenditure of the layoff aversion through management program as provided for in this item shall leverage at least $1 in matching funds for every $1 granted pursuant to this item; provided further, that the president of the Small Business Association of New England shall file a quarterly report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies, and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on the number of employees and manufacturing-based companies that have received financial assistance through this item, a detailed description of the services provided to manufacturing companies in the commonwealth through the layoff aversion through management program, and a detailed account of the expenditures of the layoff aversion program, including administrative costs
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account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 211,101,888
7002-1625 Veterans WIP FY 07
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Veterans Workforce Investment Program FY09 		750,000
7002-6624 Unemployment Insurance Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Unemployment Insurance Administration 		69,157,578
7002-6626 Employment Service Programs Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Employment Service Programs Administration 		21,876,683
7002-6628 Federal Disabled Veterans Outreach
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disabled Veterans Outreach 		1,424,669
7002-6629 Federal Local Veterans Employment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Local Veterans Employment Representative 		1,586,217
7002-9701 Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Grant 		2,495,562
7003-1010 Trade Expansion Act Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Trade Expansion Act Program 		9,761,375
7003-1630 Workforce Investment Act Title I - Adult Activities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Activities - Workforce Investment Act Title I - Adult Activities 		17,837,849
7003-1631 Workforce Investment Act Title I - Youth Formula Grants
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Youth Formula Grants - Workforce Investment Act Title I - Youth Formula Grants 		24,425,390
7003-1632 Workforce Investment Act Title I - Dislocated Workers
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Dislocated Workers - Workforce Investment Act Title I -Dislocated Workers 		57,789,750
7003-1633 Work Incentive Grant Access to Employment for All
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Work Incentive Grant Access to Employment for All 		1,868,081
7003-1635 Partnership for Youth in Employment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Partnership for Youth in Employment 		2,128,734