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Account | Description | FY2016 Spending |
FY2017 GAA |
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4800-0038 | Services for Children and Families For guardianship, foster care, adoption, family preservation and kinship services provided by the department of children and families; provided, that services funded through this item shall include shelter services, substance abuse treatment, young parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling services, foster care, adoption and guardianship subsidies, tiered reimbursements used to promote the foster care placement of children with special medical and social needs, assessment of the appropriateness of adoption for children in the care of the department for more than 12 months, protective services provided by partnership agencies, targeted recruitment and retention of foster families, respite care services, post-adoption services and support services for foster, kinship and adoptive families and juvenile fire setter programs and services for people at risk of domestic violence, including payroll costs; provided further, that funds may be expended on programs that received funding in fiscal year 2013; provided further, that funding shall be expended for children's advocacy centers and services for child victims of sexual abuse and assault; provided further, an amount not less than fiscal year 2013 shall be expended on children's advocacy centers; provided further, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex services; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County, Inc. |
284,873,783 | 283,687,851 |
Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended, and I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.