Budgetary Direct Appropriations

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
4400-1000	For the operation of the department of transitional assistance, including the development and maintenance of automated data processing systems and services in support of department operations, and for the administration of department programs in local transitional assistance offices, including the expenses of operating a food stamp program	138,209,488
	General Fund 83.00% Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund 17.00%

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIALISTS
4400-1025	For domestic violence specialists at local area offices of the department of transitional assistance	660,794

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM
4401-1000	For a program to provide employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program and the supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children program and the absent parents of said recipients; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of said program for up to one year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18 years, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children or for supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children, and who would qualify for benefits under the provisions of chapter 118 of the General Laws, but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be allowed to participate in the employment services program; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may require certain recipients participating in community service programs to participate in job search activities provided through the department in lieu of community service or, with the department's assistance, to seek an alternative community service site; provided further, that the department may allocate funds from this item to other state agencies, including community colleges, for the purposes of the employment services program; provided further, that the department may use funds from this item to fund intensive case management efforts for said recipients that may include, but need not be limited to, ongoing family support, community-based referrals, domestic violence referrals, substance abuse referrals, emergency assistance, job search assistance, technical assistance, and other social service referrals; provided further, that payment for transportation to an approved activity by means other than public transportation or private automobile shall be permitted only when transportation by public means or private automobile is not reasonably available and affordable, and shall be subject to reasonable maximums determined by the department; provided further, that $1,040,061 shall be made available for the welfare-to-work skills plus program, so called, provided that said program shall serve only recipients of the transitional aid to families with dependent children program and the supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children program; and provided further, that the annualized value of the programs funded in this item shall not exceed in fiscal year 2003 the amount appropriated herein	38,889,320
	General Fund 63.00% Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund 37.00%

TAFDC AND STAFDC GRANT PAYMENTS
4403-2000	For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, and for a program of supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children pursuant to the provisions of section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, benefits under said program of transitional aid to families with dependent children shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to non-citizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that benefits under said program of supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children shall be paid only to persons who are not citizens of the United States, and for whom, pursuant to sections 401, 402, or 403 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. sections 1611, 1612, or 1613, federal funds may not be used to provide benefits pursuant to chapter 118 of the General Laws, but who are qualified aliens within the meaning of section 431 of said Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. section 1641, or are otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2001; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided further, that the payment standard for families who do not qualify for an exempt category of assistance under the provisions of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be 2.75 per cent below the payment standard, pursuant to the provisions of the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, so called; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from said programs of the requirements in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a non-recurring children's clothing allowance in the amount of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under these programs as of September 2001; provided further, that benefits under these programs shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse, nor to adult recipients otherwise eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children or supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home by the department of social services in accordance with said department's procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall render aid to pregnant women with no other eligible dependent children only if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born within the month such payments are to be made or within the three-month period following such month of payment, and who, if such child had been born and was living with her in the month of payment would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits or supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that certain families that suffer a reduction in benefits due to a loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for such loss; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for child care or transportation services for the employment and training program; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for family reunification benefits or informal child care	253,240,806
	General Fund 64.68% Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund 35.32%

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE - RENT ARREARAGES
4403-2110	For expenses of the emergency assistance program directly attributable to rent liability; provided, that families with income under 130 per cent of the federal poverty level that would be eligible for rent arrearage benefits but for their income shall be eligible for rent arrearage benefits; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for heat or utility arrearages, so called; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may provide limited related services in the event of a disaster as defined by regulations promulgated by the department; provided further, that said services shall be defined as payments for advance rent, security deposits, sheltering, housing search, food, clothing, and housing supplies; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under said program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation herein; provided further, that the department shall prepare and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the provisions of this item and of item 4403-2120 to prevent abuse in the emergency assistance program; provided further, that said rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, a year-to-year cross check of recipients to determine whether a person has received similar benefits in the previous 36 months; provided further, that if a person has utilized emergency assistance benefits more than once within 36 months, the department shall place said person on a protective payment schedule for the entire period during which said person is receiving said benefits; provided further, that no advance payments shall be paid in fiscal year 2002; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; and provided further, that no emergency assistance expenditures which are not explicitly authorized herein shall be made from this item	10,492,996
	General Fund 65.00% Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund 35.00%

TEEN STRUCTURED SETTINGS
4403-2119	For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program or the supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that not more than $540,000 shall be made available for a residential teen living program for teen victims of domestic violence through the department of social services	6,284,788

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE - FAMILY SHELTERS AND SERVICES
4403-2120	For certain expenses of the emergency assistance program as herein delineated: (i) contracted family shelters, (ii) transitional housing program, (iii) intake centers, so called, (iv) hotel and motel payments on behalf of homeless families, (v) voucher shelters, so called, and (vi) payments for transportation to shelter on behalf of homeless families when the department of transitional assistance deems necessary; provided, that families with income under 130 per cent of the federal poverty level, that would otherwise be eligible for family shelter emergency assistance but for their income, shall be eligible for family shelter benefits; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for heat or utility arrearages, so called; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under said program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure from this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the department shall promulgate regulations to prevent abuse in the emergency assistance program pursuant to the provisions of this item and of item 4403-2110; provided further, that said rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to a year-to-year cross check of recipients to determine whether a person has received similar benefits in the previous 36 months; provided further, that if a person has utilized emergency assistance benefits more than once within 36 months, the department shall place said person on a protective payment schedule for the entire period during which said person is receiving said benefits; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that no advance payments shall be paid in fiscal year 2002; and provided further, that no emergency assistance expenditures which are not explicitly authorized herein shall be made from this item	54,210,711
	General Fund 56.85% Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund 43.15%

STATE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM FOR NON-CITIZENS
4404-1000	For a program of nutritional assistance to residents of the commonwealth who are qualified aliens within the meaning of section 431 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, so called, and non-citizens otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States; provided, that such a resident shall be eligible for such benefits only if such resident: (1) is ineligible for federal food stamp benefits pursuant to the provisions of sections 401, 402, or 403 of said act, (2) would be eligible for federally funded food stamps but for his citizenship status, and (3) has resided in the commonwealth for at least 60 days; provided further, that priority in the distribution of such benefits shall be given to persons who were receiving federally funded food stamps in fiscal year 1997 but were rendered ineligible for such benefits by operation of said sections 401, 402, or 403; provided further, that the benefit levels established for said program shall, to the extent feasible, replicate the equivalent levels for the federal food stamp program, but shall be reduced by a consistent percentage across all benefit levels to the extent necessary to ensure that expenditures for said program do not exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may expend an amount not to exceed $2,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the state share of transportation reimbursements in the state's food stamp employment and training program; and provided further, that such benefits may be distributed by electronic benefit transfer to the extent that such distribution does not jeopardize otherwise available federal funding or impede the effective distribution of such benefits	6,665,600

STATE SUPPLEMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR AGED AND DISABLED
4405-2000	For the state supplement to the supplemental security income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for supplemental security income recipients; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year; provided further, that the expenses of special grants recipients residing in rest homes, pursuant to section 7A of chapter 118A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance, in collaboration with the division of medical assistance, may fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the supplemental security income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified pursuant to chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and said division; and provided further, that said optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit	207,712,738

HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ASSISTANCE
4406-3000	For the homelessness program to assist individuals who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless, including assistance to organizations that provide food, shelter, housing search, and limited related services to the homeless and indigent; provided, that the department of transitional assistance may allocate funds to other state agencies for the purposes of this program	37,060,692

EMERGENCY AID TO THE ELDERLY, DISABLED, AND CHILDREN
4408-1000	For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth pursuant to chapter 117A of the General Laws, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled, and children, who are found by the department of transitional assistance to be eligible for such aid, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation therefor; provided, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens, so called, or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under this program in fiscal year 2001; provided further, that a $35 rent allowance, to the extent possible within the amount of this appropriation, shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that the department may provide benefits to persons age 65 or older who have applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws, to persons suffering from a medically determinable impairment or combination of impairments which is expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduces or eliminates the individual's capacity to support himself and which has been verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, and to dependent children who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under said separate program; provided further, that no ex-offender, person over age 45 without a prior work history, student, or person in a residential treatment facility shall be eligible for benefits under this program unless said person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described herein and defined by regulations of the department; provided further, that any person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall not be eligible for benefits under this program; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the payment of expenses associated with any medical review team or other disability screening process or for any costs associated with verifying disability for this program; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the Social Security Administration on behalf of former clients of the emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program, or unprocessed payments from said program that are returned to the department, not to exceed an amount of $12,500,000 shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation for the purposes of this program; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amount available to it for expenditure from this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the funds made available herein shall be the only funds available for this program, and the department shall not spend funds for this program in excess of the amount made available herein	39,932,702

Federal Grant Spending

FOOD STAMP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
4400-3067	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Stamp Employment and Training	777,893

FULL EMPLOYMENT FOOD STAMP CASH OUT
4400-3069	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Full Employment Food Stamp Cash Out	50,000