THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Page 11 BUDGET | FROM Page 10 • $10M in grants to local health departments to support municipalities’ capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic • $671.9M for the Executive Offi ce of Elder Aff airs, 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 154-bed 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 traffi cking, 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 Offi ce 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 safety Criminal justice and public • $14.3M to support for the 87th and 88th Massachusetts State Police Recruit Training Troops, which are expected to bring on 175 new troopers each • $78.3M in total funding for reentry and diversion programming across the Commonwealth, a $42.6M (120 percent) increase since 2015 • $12.3M in funding for the Shannon Grant program to fund anti-gang and youth violence– prevention eff orts • $10.4M to fully fund tuition and fee waivers for National • $94M for Regional Transit Authorities • $11.6M for the Merit Rating Board Energy and the environment • $4M for the Summer Nights program, an increase of $2.7M (208 percent) versus FY22 funding • $30.5M for the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program, which will provide more than 27.4M nutritious meals for individuals and families • $3.7M for climate change and adaptation preparedness • $1.3M to expand the Swim Safe Massachusetts program to enhance and promote water safety Guard members • $8M for the Municipal Police Training Commission to implement bridge academies, expand training capacity and annualize training requirements, such as de-escalation and school resource offi cer trainings • $5.8M for new appropriations supporting the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission and four other commissions created in the Police Reform bill. Securing and modernizing government IT For the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS), $164.1M to support the following: • Management of Cyber Security Operations Center • Continued migration of applications and infrastructure to cloud, third-party on premise and Software as a Service (SaaS) • Continuation of EOTSS customer engagement initiative to enhance IT and security service off erings across Commonwealth agencies • IT strategy consulting services in support of priority state agency and cross-secretariat initiatives • Business intelligence and data analytics support for state agencies • Centralized software and IT contract compliance program
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