| DEPARTMENT | FY2012 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY2012 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY2012 Total Spending |
FY2012 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office for Refugees and Immigrants | 238 | 14,864 | 15,102 | 0 |
| Department of Youth Services | 135,568 | 1,033 | 136,601 | 2,964 |
| Department of Transitional Assistance | 748,433 | 7,791 | 756,224 | 432,511 |
| Department of Children and Families | 737,860 | 16,567 | 754,427 | 192,142 |
| TOTAL | 1,622,098 | 40,255 | 1,662,354 | 627,617 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS | 15,101,845 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 237,500 | |
| 4003-0122 | Low-Income Citizenship Program
For a citizenship for New Americans program to assist legal permanent residents of the commonwealth who will be eligible for citizenship within 3 years in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that persons who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws but for their status as legal non-citizens shall be given highest priority for services; and provided further, that persons who currently receive state-funded benefits which could be replaced in whole or in part by federally-funded benefits if these persons become citizens, shall be given priority for services |
237,500 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 14,864,345 | |
| 4003-0801 | Targeted Assistance Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Targeted Assistance Program |
335,000 |
| 4003-0803 | Refugee School Impact
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee School Impact |
421,375 |
| 4003-0804 | Refugee Targeted Assistance Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Targeted Assistance Grant |
612,539 |
| 4003-0805 | Refugee Resettlement Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Resettlement Program |
1,269,656 |
| 4003-0806 | Refugee Cash, Medical and Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Cash, Medical and Administration |
7,900,000 |
| 4003-0811 | Massachusetts Refugee Entrepenuer Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Refugee Entrepenuer Program |
250,705 |
| 4003-0812 | Program to Enhance Refugee Elder Services (PEERS)
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Program to Enhance Refugee Elder Services (PEERS) |
215,000 |
| 4003-0813 | A Cuban-Haitian Initiative for Entry into Viable Employment (ACHIEVE)
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, A Cuban-Haitian Initiative for Entry into Viable Employment (ACHIEVE) |
195,000 |
| 4003-0814 | Massachusetts Refugee Preventive Health Project (MRPHP)
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Refugee Preventive Health Project (MRPHP) |
200,000 |
| 4003-0815 | Massachusetts Wilson/Fish Program (MWFP)
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Wilson/Fish Program (MWFP) |
3,465,070 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES | 136,600,931 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 135,568,257 | |
| 4200-0010 | Department of Youth Services Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of youth services |
4,102,498 |
| 4200-0100 | Non-Residential Services for Committed Population
For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided by the department to committed youth in non-residential care programs |
21,619,063 |
| 4200-0200 | Residential Services for Detained Population
For pre-trial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operation of certain residential care programs |
13,756,369 |
| 4200-0300 | Residential Services for Committed Population
For secure facilities, including education, purchase-of-service, state-operated programs and expenses incidental to the operation of committed facilities |
93,590,327 |
| 4200-0500 | Department of Youth Services Teacher Salaries
For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services |
2,500,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 1,032,674 | |
| 4202-0602 | Annie E. Casey Foundation Grant | 22,990 |
| 4202-0605 | Mary Devereaux Character Award Bond | 15,692 |
| 4202-0621 | Female Wards Fund-payments | 48,021 |
| 4202-0622 | Male Wards Fund Payments | 72,788 |
| 4202-2112 | DYS School Lunch Program | 579,800 |
| 4233-1600 | Educational Benefit Expendable Trust | 4,958 |
| 4234-1621 | Fay Fund Purchase Of Investments | 2,561 |
| 4234-1622 | Rogers Fund Purchase Of Investments | 2,635 |
| 4234-1623 | Lamb Fund Purchase Of Investments | 7,996 |
| 4235-1621 | Lyman Trust Fund Purchase Of Investments | 256,731 |
| 4235-1623 | Lamb Fund Purchase Of Investments | 18,502 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE | 756,223,703 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 748,432,618 | |
| 4400-1000 | Department of Transitional Assistance Administration and Operations
For the central administration of the department of transitional assistance; provided, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, error rate measurements and public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall be deemed an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; and provided further, that if assistance under said chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E |
53,097,438 |
| 4400-1001 | Food Stamp Participation Rate Programs
For programs to increase the commonwealth's participation rate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and other federal nutrition programs; provided, that funds may be expended for a grant with Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc.; provided further, that the work of department employees paid for from this item shall be restricted to processing supplemental nutrition assistance program applications; provided further, that the department shall not require supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants to provide re-verification of eligibility factors previously verified and not subject to change; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall require only 1 signature from supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants; and provided further, that funds may be expended for supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach |
3,114,307 |
| 4400-1025 | Domestic Violence Specialists
For domestic violence specialists at local area offices |
753,426 |
| 4400-1100 | Caseworkers Reserve
For the payroll of the department's caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item |
57,535,677 |
| 4403-2000 | TAFDC Grant Payments
For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, benefits under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to non-citizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or any provisions of this act to the contrary, no benefit under this item shall be made available to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2011 unless the department determines that a reduction in the monthly payment standard should be implemented before the end of the fiscal year to keep program expenditures within the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided further, that the payment standard for families who do not qualify for an exempt category of assistance under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, shall be 2.75 per cent below the otherwise applicable payment standard, in fiscal year 2012, pursuant to the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that the department shall notify parents under the age of 20 receiving benefits from the program of the requirements found in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing under chapter 119 of the General Laws, nor to adult recipients otherwise eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home by the department of children and families in accordance with department procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall render aid to pregnant women with no other eligible dependent children only if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born within the month the payments are to be made or within the 3 month period after the month of payment, and who, if the child had been born and was living with such woman in the month of payment would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that certain families that suffer a reduction in benefits due to a loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for the loss; provided further, that the department shall review its disability standards to determine the extent to which they reflect the current medical and vocational criteria; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for child care or transportation services for the employment and training program; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for family reunification benefits or informal child care; provided further, that the department shall provide oral and written notification to all recipients of their child care benefits at the time of application and on a semi-annual basis; provided further, that the notification shall include the full range of child care options available, including center-based child care, family-based child care and in-home relative child care; provided further, that the notification shall detail available child care benefits for current and former recipients, including employment and training benefits and transitional benefits; and provided further, that the notice shall further advise recipients of the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; and provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility for, or levels of benefits under the program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation |
312,838,539 |
| 4403-2007 | Supplemental Nutritional Program
For a nutritional benefit program for low-income workers; provided, that benefits shall be provided only to those for whom receiving these benefits will improve the work participation rate under the federal program of temporary assistance for needy families |
900,000 |
| 4403-2119 | Teen Structured Settings Program
For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program |
6,577,740 |
| 4405-2000 | State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income
For the state supplement to the supplemental security income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for supplemental security income recipients; provided, that the expenses of special grants recipients residing in rest homes, as provided in section 7A of chapter 118A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; provided further, that the department, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, may fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the supplemental security income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified under chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and the office; provided further, that the optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit; and provided further, that reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item |
224,656,525 |
| 4408-1000 | Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children
For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department to be eligible for the aid under chapter 117A of the General Laws and regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation therefore; provided, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the individual shall not be a subject to sponsor income deeming or related restrictions; provided further, that the payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that the department may provide benefits to persons age 65 or older who have applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws, to persons suffering from a medically-determinable impairment or combination of impairments which is expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduces or eliminates the individuals' capacity to support themselves and which has been verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission and to dependent children who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under said separate program; provided further, that no ex-offender, person over age 45 without a prior work history or person in a residential treatment facility shall be eligible for benefits under this program unless the person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described in this item and defined by regulations of the department; provided further, that no person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall be eligible for benefits under the program; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the payment of expenses associated with any medical review team, other disability screening process or costs associated with verifying disability for this program; provided further, that the department shall adopt emergency regulations under chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement the changes to this program required by this item promptly and within the appropriation; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits, including the payment standard, medical benefits and any other benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations under chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed as creating any right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the Social Security Administration on behalf of former clients of the emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program or unprocessed payments from the program that are returned to the department shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the funds made available in this item shall be the only funds available for the program, and the department shall not spend funds for the program in excess of the amount made available in this item |
88,958,966 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 7,715,000 | |
| 4400-1998 | DOD State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administrative Funding
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, DOD State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administrative Funding |
1,200,000 |
| 4400-3066 | Training for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Employment and Training
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Training for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Employment and Training |
1,600,000 |
| 4400-3067 | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training |
2,100,000 |
| 4400-3068 | Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP |
100,000 |
| 4400-3069 | Full Employment Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Cash Out
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Full Employment Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Cash Out |
15,000 |
| 4400-3080 | Healthy Incentive Pilot (HIP) Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Healthy Incentive Pilot (HIP) Grant |
2,700,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 76,085 | |
| 4400-0066 | Arlottie A. Potts Trust | 1,085 |
| 4401-0066 | Advanced Modern Initiatives Participation Expendable Trust | 75,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 754,427,323 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 737,860,098 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 4800-0015 | Clinical Support Services and Operations
For central, regional, and area office clinical support services, operations, and administration; 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 |
63,677,819 |
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review
For foster care review services |
3,035,868 |
| 4800-0030 | DCF Local and Regional Administration of Services
For local and regional coordination and administration of services; provided, that the department may explore the establishment of a DCF operated service coordination and referral function; the department may enter into a public-private partnership contract agreement for utilization management functions; and provided further, that flex services provided by the department may be funded from this item |
10,300,000 |
| 4800-0036 | Sexual Abuse Intervention Network
For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys |
699,031 |
| 4800-0038 | Services for Children and Families
For services to children and families including but not limited to permanency, placement, and stabilization |
242,507,069 |
| 4800-0040 | Family Support and Stabilization
For family preservation and unification services |
39,989,000 |
| 4800-0041 | Group Care Services
For congregate care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item to provide intensive community-based services, including intensive in-home support and stabilization services, to children who would otherwise be placed in residential settings |
192,364,169 |
| 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 the age of 17 in order to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for these offenders, in compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; provided, that the programs which provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate county 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, if not altogether eliminate, juvenile crime |
276,243 |
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management
For the AA and DD object class costs of the department's social workers |
161,022,453 |
| 4800-1400 | Support Services for People at Risk of Domestic Violence
For shelters and support services, including payroll costs, for people at risk of domestic violence and for the operation of the New Chardon Street homeless shelter |
20,129,711 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 4800-0016 | Roca Retained Revenue for Cities and Towns
The department of children and families may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues collected for services provided by the participants; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may enter into a contract with Roca, Inc. 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
The department of children and families may expend for the purpose of administering a child welfare professional development training institute an amount not to exceed $1,858,735 from federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 |
1,858,735 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 16,020,780 | |
| 4800-0005 | Children's Justice Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children's Justice Act |
332,603 |
| 4800-0007 | Family Violence Prevention and Support Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Violence Prevention and Support Services |
1,877,050 |
| 4800-0009 | Title IV-E Independent Living Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-E Independent Living Program |
3,118,736 |
| 4800-0013 | Family Preservation and Support Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Preservation and Support Services |
4,934,867 |
| 4800-0085 | Education and Training Voucher Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education and Training Voucher Program |
1,011,350 |
| 4899-0001 | Title IV-B Child Welfare Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-B Child Welfare Services |
4,107,591 |
| 4899-0022 | Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment |
638,583 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 546,445 | |
| 4800-3110 | Private Donations | 69,006 |
| 4899-8102 | New Chardon Street Temporary Home | 34,558 |
| 4899-8103 | Scholarship Trust Fund | 190,483 |
| 4899-8104 | Casey Family - Centered Practice Expendable Trust | 252,398 |