Budgetary Direct Appropriations

MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND ADMINISTRATION
4110-0001	For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind	1,178,075

COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE BLIND
4110-1000	For the community services program for the blind	4,103,805

ASSISTANCE FOR THE ADULT BLIND
4110-1010	For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year; provided further, that the commissioner shall submit on a monthly basis to the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, and public assistance caseloads and benefits; and provided further, that said report shall track the number of persons receiving benefits under this program, by living arrangement, and the total amount of benefits funded by this item, by living arrangement, and the number of funerals paid for from this item, if any, and the total amount of funeral expenses paid, if any	8,369,809

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION FOR THE BLIND
4110-1020	For determining eligibility for medical assistance for the blind	447,245

TURNING 22 PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF-BLIND
4110-2000	For services to deaf-blind clients who turn 22 years of age	8,518,711

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR THE BLIND
4110-3010	For vocational rehabilitation services for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such fringe benefit or indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees	2,635,560

FERGUSON INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND
4110-4000	For the operation of the Ferguson industries for the blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to three-fourths of the salaries of current workshop employees	2,184,492

Federal Grant Spending

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
4110-3020	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees	715,000

BASIC SUPPORT GRANT
4110-3021	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Support Grant	7,029,427

INDEPENDENT LIVING - ADAPTIVE HOUSING
4110-3023	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Adaptive Housing	70,000

INDEPENDENT LIVING - SERVICES TO OLDER BLIND AMERICANS
4110-3026	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans	579,966

REHABILITATION TRAINING
4110-3027	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Training	21,280

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
4110-3028	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment	146,250

Trust and Other Spending

4110-6600

EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TRUST FUND

30,000

4110-6606

VENDING FACILITY OPERATORS TRUST FUND

66,000