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03391011 - Community Based Re-entry Programs
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018

Account	Description	FY2018 Spending	FY2019 GAA
0339-1011	Community Based Re-entry Programs For the establishment of a grant program to be administered by the office of the commissioner of probation for community based residential re-entry programs to reduce recidivism by providing transitional housing, workforce development and case management to individuals returning to the community from county jails and state prisons, including inmates of state prisons and county jails approved pursuant to sections 49 and 86F of chapter 127 of the General Laws and individuals on parole or on probation; provided, that these programs shall provide supervision and accountability as needed and that the money shall be awarded through a competitive process to qualified nonprofit organizations with a documented history of providing comprehensive, evidence-based community residential re-entry services; provided further, that applicants shall provide a plan for ensuring that proposed programs shall be implemented with fidelity to a research-based or evidence-based program design; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be spent on women and elderly citizens returning from incarceration; and provided further, that the department of probation shall provide an annual report on the outcomes and recidivism rates of the participants to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2019	0	5,000,000

Veto Explanation: I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.

Budget Summary FY2019