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Office of Disabilities and Community Services
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2008 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2008 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2008 Total Spending |
FY 2008 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Commission for the Blind | 28,825 | 8,791 | 37,616 | 3,761 |
| Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission | 44,441 | 98,359 | 142,800 | 3,370 |
| Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | 5,603 | 350 | 5,953 | 148 |
| Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts | 26,078 | 0 | 26,078 | 11,007 |
| Soldiers' Home in Holyoke | 20,282 | 0 | 20,282 | 13,368 |
| Department of Mental Retardation | 1,215,834 | 13,242 | 1,229,076 | 436,307 |
| TOTAL | 1,341,062 | 120,743 | 1,461,805 | 467,962 |

| Department |
June 2004 |
June 2005 |
June 2006 |
Jan. 2007 |
Projected FY08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Commission for the Blind | 87 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 99 |
| Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission | 55 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 60 |
| Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | 55 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 57 |
| Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts | 395 | 400 | 396 | 400 | 410 |
| Soldiers' Home in Holyoke | 317 | 322 | 322 | 320 | 320 |
| Department of Mental Retardation | 6,988 | 6,984 | 6,976 | 6,916 | 6,968 |
| TOTAL | 7,898 | 7,910 | 7,897 | 7,843 | 7,913 |
* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.
* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.