FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2019
Conference
FY2019
Vetoes
FY2019
Overrides
FY2019
GAA
Administration and Program Operations 1,345 0 0 1,345
Community Services for the Blind 6,712 0 0 6,712
Turning 22 Program and Services 13,715 0 0 13,715
Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind 3,341 0 0 3,341
TOTAL    25,113 0 0 25,113

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MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND 33,532,588
4110-0001 Administration and Program Operations
For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind
1,345,263
4110-1000 Community Services for the Blind
For the community services program; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for assistive technology services; provided further, that the Massachusetts commission for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind community through the deaf-blind community access network; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the Talking Information Center to provide human voiced broadcasts of local news, articles and items of interest to visually impaired and otherwise disabled listeners; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended on the Talking Information Center, the Audible Local Ledger, the Audio Journal, the Berkshire Talking Chronicle, the Lowell Association of the Blind, and Radio Valley Eye; and provided further, that no less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Lowell Association for the Blind for transportation provision expenses
6,711,917
4110-2000 Turning 22 Program and Services
For the turning 22 program of the commission
13,714,924
4110-3010 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind
For vocational rehabilitation services for the blind operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health or life insurance or any other such indirect costs of federally-reimbursed state employees
3,341,100

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Federal Grant Spending 8,419,384
4110-3021 State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees
7,750,000
4110-3026 Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans
669,384

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