| DEPARTMENT | FY 2016 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2016 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2016 Total Spending |
FY 2016 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Children and Families | 900,518 | 15,898 | 916,416 | 202,659 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 916,416,051 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 900,518,424 | |
| 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; provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds from line item 4800-1100 into line item 4800-0015 for the purpose of maintaining appropriate staffing ratios; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days in advance of any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than 2 per cent of funds from line item 4800-1100 shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016 |
80,703,822 |
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review
For foster care review services |
3,247,347 |
| 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 |
6,000,000 |
| 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 |
277,494,460 |
| 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 |
249,564,682 |
| 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 18 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 |
| 4800-0200 | DCF Family Resource Centers
For the support and maintenance of family resource centers |
7,392,963 |
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management
For the salaries and benefits of the department's social workers |
201,819,297 |
| 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 |
23,972,020 |
| 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 $2,510,154 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 |
2,510,154 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 15,803,581 | |
| 4800-0006 | Children Justice Act
For the purpose of a federal funded grant entitled, Children's Justice Act |
396,157 |
| 4800-0007 | Family Violence Prevention and Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Violence Prevention and Services |
1,891,861 |
| 4800-0009 | Independent Living Program - Title IV-E
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Program - Title IV-E |
2,852,884 |
| 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 Title IV-B Subpart 2 |
4,912,102 |
| 4800-0084 | Educational and Training Voucher
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Educational and Training Voucher |
914,417 |
| 4800-0089 | Adoption Incentives Payments
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adoption Incentives Payments |
9,126 |
| 4899-0001 | Child Welfare Services - Title IV-B, Subpart 1
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Welfare Services - Title IV-B, Subpart 1 |
3,712,761 |
| 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 |
474,273 |
| 4899-0024 | Massachusetts Child Trauma Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Child Trauma Project |
640,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 94,046 | |
| 4800-3110 | Private Scholarship Donations | 20,000 |
| 4899-8102 | New Chardon Street Temporary Home | 24,046 |
| 4899-8104 | Casey Family - Centered Practice Expendable Trust | 50,000 |