1410-0012 Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters

For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that said outreach centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam war era veterans who may have been exposed to agent orange and the families of such veterans; provided further, that said outreach centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and the families of those veterans; provided further, that the department of veterans' services shall make a payment of not less than the amount appropriated for each outreach center funded by this item in fiscal year 2022; provided further, that not later than March 31, 2023, the department shall submit a comprehensive report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing for each outreach center receiving funds under this item: (i) the number of veterans served annually; (ii) the cost and types of programs, including evidence-based or evidence-informed programs, offered to veterans; and (iii) a 5-year spending plan or outline that shall include a summary of the implementation or further development of evidence-based programs and program evaluation; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for clinical care, education and training in veterans' mental and behavioral health issues, including post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder and suicide prevention administered by the Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Grace Veterans Program at the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. toward the operation of the homeless veterans home in Dennis; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for women's supportive housing programs and services at the Montachusett Veterans' Outreach Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Alliance of Greater Haverhill, Inc. to provide services to veterans in Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Soldier On for the operation of the Fort Devens 12 bed homeless veterans program; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. to conduct a feasibility study for an affordable and transitional veterans' housing project on Martha's Vineyard; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Veterans' Association of Bristol County, Inc. to provide services and supports to veterans and their families; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Veterans Oral History Project at the Morse Institute Library in the town of Natick; provided further, that funds may be made available to Quabbin Mediation, Inc. for support services and statewide veteran mediation training for veterans service officials; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts VFW Foundation, Inc. for accessibility improvements to Townsend Post 6538, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in the town of Townsend; and provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Nathan Hale Veterans Outreach Center in the town of Plymouth