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Budget Summary FY2016

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Department of Veterans' Services
Data Current as of:  8/19/2015





FISCAL YEAR 2016 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2016
Conference
FY2016
Vetoes
FY2016
Overrides
FY2016
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Veterans' Services Administration and Operations 3,522 0 0 3,522
Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters 3,358 0 0 3,358
Women Veterans' Outreach 110 0 0 110
Agawam and Winchendon Cemeteries Retained Revenue 690 0 0 690
Veteran Service Officer Training and Certification 350 0 0 350
Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes 150 0 0 150
Train Vets to Treat Vets 250 0 0 250
Assistance to Homeless Veterans 3,142 0 0 3,142
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans 2,592 0 0 2,592
Veterans' Benefits 77,151 0 0 77,151
Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries 1,172 0 0 1,172
War Memorials 729 0 0 729
TOTAL    93,216 0 0 93,216

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 93,216,260
 
Direct Appropriations
1410-0010 Veterans' Services Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Veteran's Oral History Project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Vietnam Veterans of America organization in Massachusetts, to provide assistance for Veterans in filing claims to receive all existing medical and financial benefits that they are entitled to in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the NEADS Assistance Dogs for Veterans program to train assistance dogs for veterans; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be allocated for Heidrea for Heroes
3,522,497
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 who may have been exposed to agent orange and the families of such veterans; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be allocated for Nathan Hale Outreach Centers; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the New Patriots Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. in the city of Fitchburg for the purpose of updating the Center to be more handicap accessible; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be allocated to New England Veterans Liberty House; provided further, that that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Veterans First Outreach Center of the Springfield Chapter of the National Association for Black Veterans, Inc., to provide outreach services for Veterans in Hampden County; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Soldier On for the purpose of providing services to homeless veterans in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire County; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center for the purpose of the Grace Veterans Program; and provided further, that centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and the families of such veterans; provided further, that not less than $124,000 shall be provided for the operation of the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc., a women's housing program in the city of Gardner
3,357,641
1410-0015 Women Veterans' Outreach
For the women veterans' outreach program
110,000
1410-0024 Veteran Service Officer Training and Certification
For training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers
350,000
1410-0031 Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes
For the cost of establishing a memorial to honor Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes; provided, that funds shall be made available to the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. for programming, design, construction and maintenance; provided further, that nothing in this item shall prohibit the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. from raising private funds to promote the establishment of the memorial or encouraging the donation of private funds for the construction and maintenance of the memorial or for any other endeavor the organization so chooses
150,000
1410-0075 Train Vets to Treat Vets
For the purpose of the train vets to treat vets program; provided, that the department shall work in conjunction with the William James College, Inc., to administer a behavioral health career development program for returning veterans
250,000
1410-0250 Assistance to Homeless Veterans
For veterans' homelessness services; provided, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for transitional services at Our Neighbor's Table in the city known as the town of Amesbury; provided further, that not less than $220,000 shall be obligated for a contract with Soldier On Shelter located in the town of Leeds; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for support services for the transitional housing program for homeless veterans located in the city of Chelsea,
3,141,629
1410-0251 New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston
2,592,470
1410-0400 Veterans' Benefits
For reimbursements to cities and towns for money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws and for the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and to the parents and unremarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that annuity payments made under this item shall be made under sections 6A, 6B, and 6C of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans' benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers' home, homeless shelter, or transitional housing facility shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 115, the department shall reimburse cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of veterans' services shall continue a training program for veterans' agents and directors of veterans' services in cities and towns; provided further, that the department of veterans' services shall provide such training in several locations across the commonwealth; provided further, that training shall be provided annually and on an as needed basis to veterans' service organizations to provide information and education regarding the benefits available under said chapter 115 and all other benefits to which a veteran or a veteran's dependents may be entitled; provided further, that any person applying for veterans' benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize costs to the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans' agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for a veteran, surviving spouse, or dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall file the application for the veteran, surviving spouse, or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall act on all chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans' agent of the applicant's eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under said chapter 118E by the executive office; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare under said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage pursuant to said chapter 115 if the secretary determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran, surviving spouse or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to, or on behalf of, a veteran, surviving spouse or dependent pursuant to said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income
77,151,193
1410-0630 Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries
For the administration of the veterans' cemeteries in the city known as the town of Agawam and the town of Winchendon
1,171,830
1410-1616 War Memorials
For war memorials; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Vietnam Veterans' memorial in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the USS Massachusetts at Battleship Cove; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for maintenance services for the Korean War Memorial located in the Charlestown Navy Yard; provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the construction of the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority's Vietnam Veterans' monument; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for restoration grants for Civil War Veterans' monuments, memorials and other significant sites across the commonwealth; provided further, that $94,000 shall be expended for a Civil War monument in the town of Barre; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Citizen Soldiers monument in the town of Spencer; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on a September 11, 2001 Freedom 104th Air Wing F-15 monument and memorial; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Rockland to cover the costs associated with the construction and maintenance of the Rockland Veterans memorial
729,000

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Retained Revenues
1410-0018 Agawam and Winchendon Cemeteries Retained Revenue
For the department of veterans' services, which may expend not more than $690,000 for the maintenance and operation of veterans' cemeteries in the city known as the town of Agawam and the town of Winchendon from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries, prior appropriation continued
690,000

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