| ACCOUNT | FY2019 Conference |
FY2019 Vetoes |
FY2019 Overrides |
FY2019 GAA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4800-0015 | Clinical Support Services and Operations | 102,779 | 0 | 0 | 102,779 |
| 4800-0016 | Roca Retained Revenue for Cities and Towns | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review | 4,198 | 0 | 0 | 4,198 |
| 4800-0030 | DCF Local and Regional Management of Services | 6,673 | 0 | 0 | 6,673 |
| 4800-0036 | Sexual Abuse Intervention Network | 699 | 0 | 0 | 699 |
| 4800-0038 | Services for Children and Families | 298,822 | 0 | 0 | 298,822 |
| 4800-0040 | Family Support and Stabilization | 50,500 | 0 | 0 | 50,500 |
| 4800-0041 | Congregate Care Services | 285,763 | 0 | 0 | 285,763 |
| 4800-0058 | Foster Adoptive and Guardianship Parents Campaign | 750 | 0 | 0 | 750 |
| 4800-0091 | Child Welfare Training Institute Retained Revenue | 2,681 | 0 | 0 | 2,681 |
| 4800-0151 | Placement Services for Juvenile Offenders | 510 | 0 | 0 | 510 |
| 4800-0200 | DCF Family Resource Centers | 15,050 | 0 | 0 | 15,050 |
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management | 236,811 | 0 | 0 | 236,811 |
| TOTAL | 1,007,235 | 0 | 0 | 1,007,235 | |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 1,020,564,117 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 4800-0015 | Clinical Support Services and Operations
For central and area office administration and service coordination; provided, that the associated expenses of employees whose AA and DD object class costs are paid from item 4800-1100 shall be paid from this item; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the compensation of unit 8 employees; provided further, that the department shall not place a child or adolescent referred by, or discharged from, the care of the department of mental health until the department of mental health forwards an assessment and recommendation as to whether the child or adolescent may be appropriately placed in foster care or if, due to severe emotional disturbance, such child or adolescent is more appropriate for congregate care placement; provided further, that the department, in consultation with the department of mental health, shall assist the department of mental health in making such assessments and recommendations; provided further, that if placement of a child with someone other than a parent becomes necessary, the department shall place the highest priority on identifying a family resource within the child's kinship or family circle and shall provide services and support to partner with the family resource in meeting the child's needs; provided further, that unless otherwise authorized, all funds including federal reimbursements received by the department shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that the department and the department of early education and care shall provide standards for early education and care placements made through the supportive childcare program; provided further, that the department of children and families, in collaboration with the department of early education and care, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the number of children eligible for supportive childcare services, the number of supportive slots filled and the number of supportive slots available; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not reduce recoupment amounts recommended by the state auditor; provided further, that there shall not be a waiting list for the services; provided further, that all children eligible for services under item 3000-3060 shall receive those services; provided further, that the department shall maintain a timely, independent and fair administrative hearing system; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on December 28, 2018 and March 29, 2019 on: (a) the fair hearing requests filed in fiscal year 2019, using non-identifying information: to state, for each hearing request; (i) the subject matter of the appeal; (ii) the number of days between the hearing request and the first day of the hearing; (iii) the number of days between the first day of the hearing and the hearing officer's decision; (iv) the number of days between the hearing officer's decision and the agency's final decision; (v) the number of days of continuance granted at the appellant's request; (vi) the number of days of continuance granted at the request of the department of children and families or the hearing officer's request, specifying which party made the request; and (vii) whether the department's decision that was the subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed; and (b) the fair hearing requests filed before fiscal year 2019, which are pending for more than 180 days, stating the number of those cases, how many of those cases have been heard but not decided and how many have been decided by the hearing officer but not yet issued as a final agency decision; provided further, that the department shall maintain and make available to the public, during regular business hours, a record of its fair hearings, with identifying information removed, including for each hearing request: the date of the request, the date of the hearing decision, the decision rendered by the hearing officer and the final decision rendered upon the commissioner's review; provided further, that the department shall make redacted copies of fair hearing decisions available within 30 days of a written request; provided further, that the department shall not make available any information in violation of federal privacy regulations; provided further, that not later than February 28, 2019 the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the number of medical and psychiatric personnel and their level of training currently employed by or under contract with the department; (b) the number of foster care reviews conducted by the department and the average length of time in which each review is completed; (c) the number of social workers and supervisors who have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in social work; (d) the total number of social workers and the total number of social workers holding licensure, by level; (e) the number of the department's contracts reviewed by the state auditor and the number of corrective action plans issued; and (f) the number of corrective action plans entered into by the department; provided further, that the department shall, on the first business day of each quarter, file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the caseload of the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the caseloads of residential placements, congregate care, foster care, therapeutic foster care, adoption, guardianship, 51A reports, substantiated 51A reports, the number of children who die in the care and custody of the department, the number of children currently eligible for supportive childcare, the number of children presently receiving supportive childcare and the number of medical and psychiatric consultation requests made by the department's social workers; (b) the number of approved foster care placements; (c) the number of children in psychiatric hospitals and community-based acute treatment programs who remain hospitalized beyond their medically-necessary stay while awaiting placement and the number of days each case remains in placement beyond that which is medically-necessary; (d) the number of children under the department of children and families' care and custody who are being served in medical or psychiatric care provided through other publicly-funded sources; (e) the number of children served by supervised visitation centers and the number of those children who are reunified with their families; (f) the total number of children served, their ages, the number of children served in each service plan, the number of children in out-of-home placements and the number of placements each child has had before receiving an out-of-home placement; (g) for each area office, the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in the quarters covered by the report and the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in that quarter for which federal reimbursement was received; (h) for each area office, the total spending on services other than case management services provided to families to keep a child with the child's parents or reunifying the child with the child's parents, spending by the type of service, including, but not limited to, the number of children and breakdown of spending for respite care, intensive in-home services, client financial assistance and flexible funding, community-based after-school social and recreation program services, family navigation services and parent aide services and the unduplicated number of families that receive the services; (i) for each area office, the total number of families residing in shelters paid for by the department, a list of where the families are sheltered, the total cost and average cost per family of those shelters and a description of how the department determines who qualifies or does not qualify for a shelter; (j) for each area office, the number of requests for voluntary services broken down by type of service requested, whether the request was approved or denied, the number of families that are denied voluntary services and receive a 51A report, the reasons for denying the service and what, if any, referrals were made for services by other agencies or entities; (k) the number of families receiving multiple 51A reports within a 10-month period, the number of cases reopened within 6 months of being closed and the number of children who return home and then re-enter an out-of-home placement within 6 months; (l) the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area; and (m) the number of children within the care and custody of the department whose whereabouts are unknown; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2018, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that details any changes to rules, regulations or guidelines established by the department in the previous fiscal year to carry out its duties under chapter 119 of the General Laws including, but not limited to: (a) criteria used to determine whether a child has been abused or neglected; (b) guidelines for removal of a child from the home; and (c) standards to determine what reasonable efforts are being made to keep a child in the home; provided further, that the department of children and families shall provide the caseload forecasting office with data on children receiving services and other pertinent data related to items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041 that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; provided further, that the report shall also contain the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area and an evaluation of the services provided and their effectiveness; provided further, that to the extent feasible within existing appropriations, the department shall maintain existing services for the aging out population; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds from item 4800-1100 into item 4800-0015 for the purpose of maintaining appropriate staffing ratios under the memorandum of agreement between the commonwealth and the Alliance/Local 509, SEIU signed on March 25, 2013; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days in advance of any such transfer; provided further, that not more than 2 per cent of funds from line item 4800-1100 shall be transferred in fiscal year 2019; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4800-0030, 4800-0038, 4800-0040 and 4800-0041 for services only, and as necessary, under an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that transfers shall not be made for administrative costs; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 15 days in advance of any such transfer; provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2019; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the runaway unit to help identify at-risk youth and provide preventative services and to implement a runaway recovery response policy |
102,778,558 |
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review
For foster care review services |
4,197,923 |
| 4800-0030 | DCF Local and Regional Management of Services
For the continuation of local and regional administration and coordination of services provided by lead agencies through purchase-of-service contracts, including flex services |
6,672,922 |
| 4800-0036 | Sexual Abuse Intervention Network
For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys |
699,158 |
| 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 use 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 the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex services; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Suffolk County Children's Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Tempo program at the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Scituate Community Christmas, Inc., to serve individuals, families and children living in the town of Scituate; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Dedham youth commission; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for youth violence prevention programs administered by Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service, Inc; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for The Treehouse Foundation, Inc. of the city of Easthampton to expand the intergenerational Treehouse Community model to the MetroWest region; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Fragile Beginnings program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Project NEST, Newborns Exposed to Substances: Support and Therapy; provided further, that not less than $175,000 be expended for the Plymouth County Children's Advocacy Center for child victims of sexual abuse and assault; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Friends of Children to operate the FOCUS: Foster Futures Pilot in the counties of Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden and Berkshire to serve young people who have aged out of the foster care system; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for capital needs, programming and operations at the Ella J. Baker house in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in this item for each children's advocacy center in fiscal year 2018 shall be expended again in fiscal year 2019; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the North Andover Youth Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for New England Community Services' Mentoring Emerging Youth Adults program; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Italian Home for Children; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for a Teen Center in Milton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Rick's Place of Wilbraham; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on the Weymouth Teen Center |
298,821,577 |
| 4800-0040 | Family Support and Stabilization
For family preservation, reunification and service coordination; provided, that services shall include family support and stabilization services provided by the department |
50,500,000 |
| 4800-0041 | Congregate Care Services
For congregate care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item to provide community-based services, including in-home support and stabilization services, to children who would otherwise be placed in congregate settings; and provided further, that the department shall oversee area review teams that shall evaluate the feasibility of maintaining the child in the community in this manner whenever possible before recommending placement in a congregate care setting |
285,762,918 |
| 4800-0058 | Foster Adoptive and Guardianship Parents Campaign
For the support of a foster care campaign to recruit new foster parents; provided, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities not later than March 15, 2019 detailing, but not be limited to: (a) the number of new foster care parents as a result of the foster care campaign; and (b) the methods in which the department is recruiting foster care parents |
750,000 |
| 4800-0151 | Placement Services for Juvenile Offenders
For a program to provide alternative overnight non-secure placements for status offenders and nonviolent delinquent youths up to 17 years of age to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for such offenders, in compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Public Law 93-415, as amended; provided, that the programs that provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate sheriff's office to provide referrals of those offenders and delinquent youths to any programs within the sheriff's office designed to positively influence youths or reduce juvenile crime |
509,943 |
| 4800-0200 | DCF Family Resource Centers
For the support and maintenance of family resource centers throughout the commonwealth; provided, that centers supported through this item shall be subject to the selection and reporting requirements of item 4000-0051; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Juvenile Court Mental Health Advocacy Project administered by Health Law Advocates to increase access to mental health treatment for at-risk children and adolescents involved in or diverted from juvenile courts |
15,050,000 |
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management
For the AA and DD object class costs of the department's social workers; provided, that funds shall mitigate social worker caseloads in those area offices furthest above the statewide weighted caseload standard and towards achieving a social worker caseload ratio of 15 to 1 statewide; and provided further, that only employees of bargaining unit 8, as identified in the Massachusetts personnel administrative reporting and information system, shall be paid from this item |
236,811,035 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 4800-0016 | Roca Retained Revenue for Cities and Towns
For the department of children and families, which may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program not more than $2,000,000 from retained revenues collected from various state, county and municipal government entities and state authorities for the costs related to the provision of services by the participants and the overhead costs and expenses incurred by the not-for-profit managing agent selected by the commissioner for administering the program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of children and families may enter into a contract with Roca, Inc., a not-for-profit community-based agency, to manage the transitional employment program and to provide services to participants from the aging out population, parolees, probationers, youth service releasees or other community residents considered to have employment needs |
2,000,000 |
| 4800-0091 | Child Welfare Training Institute Retained Revenue
For the department of children and families, which may expend not more than $2,681,234 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 670 et. seq. during fiscal year 2019 to develop a training institute for professional development at the department of children and families; provided, that for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $2,681,234 shall be credited to the General Fund |
2,681,234 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 13,328,849 | |
| 4800-0006 | Children's Justice Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children's Justice Act |
314,376 |
| 4800-0009 | Independent Living Program - Title IV-E
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-E Independent Living Program |
3,125,354 |
| 4800-0013 | Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program Title IV B Subpart 2
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title IV-B Subpart 2 and Caseworker Visitation |
4,562,366 |
| 4800-0084 | Educational and Training Voucher
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education & Training Voucher Program |
1,020,813 |
| 4800-0089 | Adoption Incentives Payments
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adoption Incentives Payments |
125,000 |
| 4899-0001 | Child Welfare Services - Title IV B Subpart 1
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-B Child Welfare Services |
3,713,364 |
| 4899-0021 | National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect |
467,576 |
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