| Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4590-2010 | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Opioid Commiss For the department of elder affairs which shall contract with the University of Massachusetts medical school to conduct a study on opioid use in the commonwealth specifically related to the impact opioid use has had and may continue to have on grandparents and other relatives raising related children; provided further, that the study shall investigate and report on, among other topics: (i) the number of individuals in the commonwealth raising related children of relatives; (ii) the number of individuals in the commonwealth raising grandchildren because 1 or both parents are addicted to an opioid drug; (iii) resources available to provide services to both the grandparent or other relative and to the children; and (iv) whether such services are coordinated in a manner that is beneficial to the grandparents and other relatives |
0 | 50,000 |