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Department of Veterans' Services
| DEPARTMENT | FY2011 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY2011 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY2011 Total Spending |
FY2011 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans' Services | 66,614 | 1,080 | 67,694 | 315 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES | 67,694,258 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 66,614,258 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 1410-0010 | Veterans' Services Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that a report shall be submitted to the joint committee on veterans' and federal affairs and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2010, on the implementation of and the outreach efforts of the "welcome home bill"; provided further, that the report shall include the participation rates for service, hindrances to enrollment for the program, and recommendations, including any necessary statutory or other changes to increase the number of service men and women who apply for such service; and provided further, that funds shall be used for the revenue maximization project of the department of elder affairs to identify individuals eligible for veterans' pensions who are currently receiving home health care services |
2,257,172 |
| 1410-0012 | Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters
For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers, the women veterans' outreach program, homelessness services, and the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston; provided, that the outreach centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange; and provided further, that these centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and their families |
6,150,302 |
| 1410-0400 | Veterans' Benefits Including Annuities
For the payment of veterans' annuities under section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws and for reimbursements to cities and towns for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for payment of fuel allowance benefits provided to recipients |
56,960,648 |
| 1410-0630 | Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries
For the administration of the veterans' cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon |
946,136 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 1410-0018 | Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries Fees and Grants Retained Revenue
The department of veterans' services may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Agawam and Winchendon veterans' cemeteries an amount not to exceed $300,000 from revenues collected from federal reimbursements, fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries |
300,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 1,000,000 | |
| 1410-0054 | Homeless Veterans' Reintegration, Training, and Placement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeless Veterans' Reintegration, Training, and Placement |
200,000 |
| 1410-0055 | Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program Urban-Worcester
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program Urban-Worcester |
300,000 |
| 1410-0056 | Veterans' Workforce Investment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Veterans' Workforce Investment |
500,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 80,000 | |
| 1410-0011 | Women's Veterans Network | 2,000 |
| 1410-0600 | War Veterans' Reimbursement Fund | 2,000 |
| 1410-2526 | Agent Training | 16,000 |
| 1410-2537 | Statewide Advocacy for Veterans' Empowerment (SAVE) | 60,000 |
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