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Budget Summary FY2018

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Department of Veterans' Services
Data Current as of:  12/6/2017





FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2018
Conference
FY2018
Vetoes
FY2018
Overrides
FY2018
GAA
Veterans' Services Administration and Operations 3,845 0 0 3,845
Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters 4,557 0 0 4,557
Women Veterans' Outreach 112 0 0 112
Agawam and Winchendon Cemeteries Retained Revenue 690 0 0 690
Veteran Service Officer Training and Certification 350 0 0 350
Train Vets to Treat Vets 250 0 0 250
Assistance to Homeless Veterans 3,233 0 0 3,233
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans 2,392 0 0 2,392
Veterans' Benefits 75,675 0 0 75,675
Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries 1,172 0 0 1,172
War Memorials 160 0 0 160
TOTAL    92,436 0 0 92,436

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account description amount
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 92,510,646
Direct Appropriations
1410-0010 Veterans' Services Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the NEADS Assistance Dogs for Veterans program to train assistance dogs for veterans; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the veterans oral history project at the Morse Institute library in the town of Natick; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Museum of World War II; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended on staff to carry out the duties of the office established in section 12 of chapter 115A; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be allocated for Heidrea for Heroes, Inc
3,844,629
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 centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and the families of those veterans; provided further, that the department shall make a payment equal to the amount appropriated for each outreach center funded by this item in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that each outreach center receiving funds under this item shall report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018, on: (i) the number of veterans served annually; (ii) the costs and types of programs, including evidence-based programs, offered to veterans; and (iii) a 5-year spending plan or outline that shall include a discussion of the implementation or further development of evidence-based programs and program evaluation; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Nathan Hale Outreach Centers; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Soldier On for the purpose of providing services to homeless veterans in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire County; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield chapter of the National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. Veteran's First Outreach Center to provide outreach services to veterans in Hampden county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center, Inc. in Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center for the purpose of the Grace Veterans Program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for New England Veterans Liberty House, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Vietnam Veterans of America organization in Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the veterans mediation program administered by Quabbin Mediation, Inc; provided further, that $650,000 shall be expended for education and training in veterans' mental and behavioral health issues, including suicide prevention and substance abuse and treatment, administered by a qualified nonprofit organization; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Veterans' Association of Bristol County, Inc.; and provided further that not less than $124,000 shall be provided for the operation of the women's housing program at the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc
4,556,641
1410-0015 Women Veterans' Outreach
For the women veterans' outreach program
112,152
1410-0024 Veteran Service Officer Training and Certification
For the training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers
350,000
1410-0075 Train Vets to Treat Vets
For 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 the department shall make a payment equal to the fiscal year 2017 amount for each veterans' homelessness service center funded by this item in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for transitional services at Our Neighbor's Table in the city of Amesbury; and provided further, that each homelessness service center receiving funds under this item shall report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018, on: (i) the number of veterans served annually; (ii) the costs and types of programs, including evidence-based programs, offered to veterans; and (iii) a 5-year spending plan or outline that shall include a discussion of the implementation or further development of evidence-based programs and program evaluation
3,232,655
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 and Home for Veterans located in the city of Boston
2,392,470
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 the parents and un-remarried 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 under 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 under 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 under said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded under section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income
75,675,270
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
1,171,829
1410-1616 War Memorials
For war memorials; provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Korean War memorial in the Navy yard in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Vietnam veterans memorial in the city of Worcester; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the maintenance of the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority's Vietnam veterans monument
160,000

account description amount
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 and other contributions to the cemeteries
690,000

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 75,000
1410-0059 Agawam Cemetery Expansion
For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Agawam Cemetery Expansion
75,000