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 executive office 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 2024; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Berkshire County Gold Star Family Memorial in Lenox; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Oral History Project in Natick; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Veterans, Inc. to expand its behavioral health programming and create low-barrier access to treatment for persons at the Worcester housing programs, and that these funds shall be in addition to funds available for its outreach center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Freetown VFW to conduct roof repairs and address facility needs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a city of Pittsfield caseworker through the Bilingual Veterans Outreach Centers of Massachusetts, Inc. in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the purpose of free lunches and wrap-around services that Community Roots Neighborhood Services, Inc. provides to veterans; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for women's supportive housing programs and services at the Montachusett Veterans' Outreach Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Abraham Lincoln Post in the Charlestown neighborhood of the city of Boston, for historic preservation; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Hidden Battles Foundation, Inc. for the care and services of disabled veterans; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2025, the executive office shall submit a 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 $2,500,000 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 $150,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Veterans' Association of Bristol County, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $53,000 shall be expended to the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. for veterans' housing and homelessness prevention, food security and transportation services, including a contract for services with the Cape Cod & Islands regional group of the Blinded Veterans Association; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Vietnam Veterans of Massachusetts, Inc. to aid veterans in filing claims for medical and financial benefits; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the city of Easthampton for a pilot program to improve overall veteran wellness and quality of life; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Vietnam Veterans of America,
Chapter 207, Westport, Massachusetts, Inc. for transportation improvements and upgrades necessary to support and service veterans in Bristol county; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Falmouth Community Veterans Center to support its continued operations and improvements