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Department of Transitional Assistance
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2019 Budgetary Recommendation |
FY 2019 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2019 Total Spending |
FY 2019 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Transitional Assistance | 656,964 | 7,494 | 664,458 | 470,334 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE | 664,457,982 | |
| Budgetary Recommendation | 656,963,828 | |
| 4400-1000 | DEPT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION
For the operation of the department of transitional assistance; provided, that the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between items 4403-2000, 4405-2000, and 4408-1000; provided further, that the distribution of the funds to be transferred shall be included in an allocation plan, which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to a transfer; and provided further, that pursuant to approval by the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between this item and 4400-1100 |
62,690,196 |
| 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 shall be expended for a grant to Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger, Inc. |
4,514,121 |
| 4400-1020 | SECURE JOBS CONNECT
For operation of the Secure Jobs Connect program for employment support, job training and job search services for homeless or previously homeless families receiving assistance from the department of housing and community development under items 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316; provided, that participants receiving assistance under items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108 shall receive a minimum of 12 months of housing stabilization services under said items; provided further, that services shall be delivered by community-based agencies that have demonstrated experience working in partnership with regional administering agencies, including, but not limited to: Community Teamwork, Inc.; Father Bill's & MainSpring, Inc.; HAP, Inc.; Jewish Vocational Service, Inc.; SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc.; South Middlesex Opportunity Council; and Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.; and provided further, that service delivery agencies shall seek additional federal, state or private funds to ensure the effective continuation of regional partnerships |
650,000 |
| 4400-1025 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIALISTS
For domestic violence specialists at local area offices |
1,610,558 |
| 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 |
72,813,971 |
| 4400-1979 | PATHWAYS TO SELF SUFFICIENCY
For the department of transitional assistance to administer, in consultation with the Commonwealth Corporation, an employment counseling and job training program and the pathways to self-sufficiency program respectively established under section 3B and section 3C of chapter 118 of the General Laws and for the full employment program established under section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, as amended by section 29 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014 |
1,000,000 |
| 4401-1000 | EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM
For employment and training services to provide a pathway to self-sufficiency for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that the department will collaborate with the executive office of labor and workforce development to enable clients to successfully access the One Stop Career Centers and other state and local resources; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18 years, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be eligible to receive services; and provided further, that the department may expend this item on such services for the non-custodial parents of dependent children receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children program |
14,164,226 |
| 4403-2000 | TRANSITIONAL AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN GRANT PMT
For the operation of 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 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 the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2018 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 notwithstanding section 218 of chapter 149 of the acts of 2004, recipients whose youngest child of record is of the age at which full time schooling is mandatory or older shall be required to participate in 30 hours per week of a work-related activity; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from the programs of the requirements in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5; 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 a non-recurring children's clothing allowance of $300 shall be provided to each child eligible under these programs in September 2018; provided further, that the children's clothing allowance may be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2018; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household under a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse, 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 that department's 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 these payments are to be made or within the 3 month period following the month of payment, and who, if the child had been born and was living with her 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 this loss; and provided further, that the department may review and revise its disability standards to reflect current medical and vocational criteria; and provided further, that the department's calculation of benefits shall not preclude the department from making eligibility or benefit changes that lead to an increase in eligibility or benefits |
194,112,725 |
| 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 |
300,000 |
| 4403-2008 | TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS FOR SNAP WORK PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
For transportation benefits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients who are participating in the SNAP work program |
960,000 |
| 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 |
8,808,455 |
| 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 to 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 |
220,466,788 |
| 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; provided further, that benefits 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 such 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 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; and 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 |
74,872,788 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 7,451,154 | |
| 4400-3064 | SNAP NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OBESITY PREVENTION
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention |
5,644,612 |
| 4400-3067 | SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Employment and Training |
1,306,542 |
| 4400-3081 | FOOD INSECURITY NUTRITION INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM
For the purposes of a federally funded grant program entitled, Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program |
500,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust Spending | 43,000 | |
| 4400-0066 | ARLOTTIE A POTTS TRUST | 10,000 |
| 4400-3082 | FOOD INSECURITY NUTRITION INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM MATCH | 33,000 |
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