Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2008

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY2008

Office of Disabilities and Community Services




FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000) (detail)
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


Pie Chart: Mental Retardation=91%, Departments that are Less than 5% of Total=9%

HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
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.