THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Page 15 BAKER | FROM PAGE 14 above FY22, including: • $213.2M for the Emergency Assistance family shelter system • $145.6M for MRVP to support more than 9,000 vouchers in FY23, an increase of 223 percent since FY15 • $85M in funding for Local Housing Authorities • $83.3M, a $25.4M (44 percent) increase above the FY22 GAA, for Homeless Individual Shelters • $80M for RAFT, an increase of $58M (264 percent) above FY22 • $56.9M for HomeBASE Household Assistance, a $30.9M (119 percent) increase above FY22 • $12.5M for the Department of Mental Health (DMH) Rental Subsidy Program, a collaborative program through which DMH provides mental health services and DHCD provides rental assistance • $8.2M for Housing Consumer Education Centers to help renters and homeowners secure and maintain stable housing • $5M to continue an innovative model to create new housing opportunities with wraparound services for chronically homeless individuals Economic development • $10M for a new direct appropriation supporting the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a quasi-public agency tasked with building the life sciences community in Massachusetts • $7.5M for the Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant program to support development in socially and economically disadvantaged communities • $4M for the Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program for entrepreneurs and small businesses, especially those owned by women, immigrants, veterans and people of color • $2.5M for Advanced Manufacturing Training Labor and workforce development • $440.1M for workforce development programs and initiatives across a wide range of state agencies, a $191.3M (77 percent) increase since the Administration took office • $16.9M in total funding to continue transforming vocational high schools into Career Technical Institutes running three shifts per day to provide pathways to high-demand vocational trade careers, including plumbing, HVAC, manufacturing and robotics • $16.2M for the YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program to subsidize summer job opportunities and provide soft job skills education for youths • $600,000 for a new appropriation to expand research and analytics capabilities to enhance data-driven workforce development strategies Health and human services • $230M for Chapter 257 human service provider funding under the new rate methodology that better reflects the cost of benchmarking direct care and clinical staff wages • $115M to expand outpatient and urgent behavioral health services • $21M to expand the Medicare Savings Program, reducing out-of-pocket health care spending and drug costs for approximately 34,000 low-income older adults and disabled individuals • $10M in grants to local health departments to support municipalities’ capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic • $671.9M for the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, a $400.1M (147 percent) increase since FY15 • $84.1M to fully fund the Turning 22 program at the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) • $1.191 billion for DCF, an increase of $363.6M (44 percent) since 2015, including $13.4M to support families that are fostering children in DCF care and to encourage recruitment of new foster families • $49.3M for the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea, a $13.2M (37 percent) increase above FY22, which supports the fall 2022 opening of a new 154bed state-of-the-art Community Living Center. Substance addiction prevention and treatment • $543.8M provided in FY23 across a variety of state agencies, an increase of $424.5M (356 percent) since FY15. Funding includes: • $184.1M for a variety of treatment and prevention services at the Department of Public Health (DPH) • $260M through a Section 1115 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) waiver from the federal government • $31M for inpatient treatment beds operated by DMH • $65.9M across public safety and law enforcement agencies, primarily for the provision of medication-assisted treatment Sexual assault and domestic violence • $123.4M across the budget, a 91 percent increase since FY15, which includes: • $56.1M in funding for the Department of Public Health to carry out domestic violence and sexual assault–prevention and survivor services, as well as emergency and transitional residential services for victims and their children • $42.9M for providing shelter, services and housing assistance for individuals and families who are victims or at risk of domestic abuse in their current living situations • $7.9M for statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs for adults and adolescents in hospital settings and pediatric SANE programs in child advocacy centers • $2M to expand services for survivors of human trafficking, including $1M through the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) and $1M in a new appropriation in EOPSS Promoting equality and opportunity More than $50M supporting the recommendations of the Black Advisory Commission (BAC) and the Latino Advisory Commission (LAC), including: • $23.1M to support higher education and career pathways for high school students in underserved communities through the Early College, Innovation Pathways and Dual Enrollment programs • $4.8M for the STEM Starter program across 15 community colleges • $4.5M to support the YouthWorks Summer Jobs program • $5.9M for Adult Basic Education • $2.5M for the Urban Agenda program • $1.9M for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund • $3.9M for the Supplier Diversity Office Transportation • $1.512 billion in total budget transfers for the MBTA • $456M for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), including $95M for snow and ice operations and $3.4M to support implementation of new funds provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act • $94M for Regional TranBAKER | SEE PAGE 19
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