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Department of Children and Families
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2015 Budgetary Recommendations  | 
FY 2015 Federal, Trust, and ISF  | 
FY 2015 Total Spending  | 
FY 2015 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Children and Families | 818,985 | 15,550 | 834,534 | 206,527 | 
| account | description | amount | 
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 834,534,401 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 818,984,880 | |
| 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; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of children and families may transfer funds between items 4800-0030, 4800-0038, 4800-0040 and 4800-0041 as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2015  | 
74,637,692 | 
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review                                                              
 For foster care review services  | 
3,046,024 | 
| 4800-0030 | DCF Local and Regional Management of Services                                   
 For the continuation of local and regional coordination and management of services; provided, that flex services may be funded from this item  | 
6,030,263 | 
| 4800-0036 | Sexual Abuse Intervention Network                                               
 For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys  | 
698,740 | 
| 4800-0038 | Services for Children and Families                                              
 For services to children and families including but not limited to permanency, stabilization, placement and congregate care; provided, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex  | 
265,393,828 | 
| 4800-0040 | Family Support and Stabilization                                                
 For family preservation and unification services  | 
44,610,551 | 
| 4800-0041 | Congregate 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  | 
216,417,590 | 
| 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 such 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  | 
504,388 | 
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management                                              
 For the salaries and benefits of the department's social workers  | 
180,351,997 | 
| 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  | 
23,198,905 | 
| 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 $2,094,902 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  | 
2,094,902 | 
| account | description | amount | 
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 15,369,521 | |
| 4800-0005 | Children`s Justice Act                                                          
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children's Justice Act  | 
316,494 | 
| 4800-0007 | Family Violence Prevention and Services                                         
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Violence Prevention and Services  | 
1,710,939 | 
| 4800-0009 | Independent Living Program - Title IV-E                                         
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Program - Title IV-E  | 
2,869,622 | 
| 4800-0013 | Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title IV-B Subpart 2                 
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program  | 
4,911,277 | 
| 4800-0084 | Educational and Training Voucher                                                
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Educational and Training Voucher  | 
750,637 | 
| 4899-0001 | Child Welfare Services - Title IV-B, Subpart 1                                  
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Welfare Services  | 
3,800,000 | 
| 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  | 
384,952 | 
| 4899-0024 | Massachusetts Child Trauma Project                                              
 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Child Trauma Project  | 
625,600 | 
| account | description | amount | 
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 180,000 | |
| 4899-8102 | New Chardon Street Temporary Home | 10,000 | 
| 4899-8103 | Scholarship Trust Fund | 40,000 | 
| 4899-8104 | Casey Family - Centered Practice Expendable Trust | 130,000 | 
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