| Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1410-0012 | Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that said centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam war era veterans who may have been exposed to agent orange and the families of said 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 2018; 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, 2019 on: (a) the numbers of veterans served annually; (b) the cost and types of programs, including evidence based programs, offered to veterans; and (c) 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 $30,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Oral History project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick; provided further, that not less than $20,000 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 the Disabled American Veterans Department of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Vietnam Veterans of America organization in Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $124,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center women's housing program; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to Home Base, for education and training in veterans' mental and behavioral health issues, including suicide prevention and substance misuse and treatment; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield chapter of NABVET's 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 Mediation program administered by Quabbin Mediation, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center, Inc., in the city of Haverhill |
4,260,808 | 5,284,262 |