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Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2009 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2009 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2009 Total Spending |
FY 2009 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Commission for the Blind | 29,880 | 8,016 | 37,896 | 3,188 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND | 37,895,908 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 29,879,908 | |
| 4110-0001 | Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Administration
For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind |
1,106,700 |
| 4110-1000 | Community Services for the Blind
For the community services program; provided, that the Massachusetts commission for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind community through the deaf-blind community access network |
4,482,374 |
| 4110-1010 | State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income for the Blind
For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year |
8,351,643 |
| 4110-1020 | Medical Assistance Eligibility Determination for the Blind
For eligibility determination for the medical assistance program for the blind |
350,086 |
| 4110-2000 | Turning 22 Program
For services to deaf-blind, deaf-blind mentally retarded and other significantly multi-disabled blind individuals; provided, that nothing stated in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded by this item |
10,433,633 |
| 4110-2001 | Turning 22 - New Clients
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2009; provided, that the amount spent from this item shall not annualize to more than $425,000 in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of clients turning 22; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services |
225,000 |
| 4110-3010 | Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind
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 fringe benefit or indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees |
3,000,091 |
| 4110-4000 | Ferguson Industries for the Blind
For the administration of the Ferguson Industries for the Blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to 3/4 of the salaries of current workshop employees; and provided further, that any funds received for goods and services purchased by private and public sector entities at Ferguson Industries shall be remitted to the General Fund |
1,930,381 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 7,940,000 | |
| 4110-3020 | Vocational Rehabilitation Grant for the Blind
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation Grant for the Blind |
155,000 |
| 4110-3021 | Basic Support Grant for the Blind
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Support Grant for the Blind |
6,850,000 |
| 4110-3023 | Independent Living for the Blind - Adaptive Housing
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living for the Blind - Adaptive Housing |
70,000 |
| 4110-3026 | Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans |
775,000 |
| 4110-3027 | Rehabilitation Training for the Blind
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Training for the Blind |
30,000 |
| 4110-3028 | Supported Employment for the Blind
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment for the Blind |
60,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 76,000 | |
| 4110-6600 | Educational Purposes Trust Fund | 40,000 |
| 4110-6604 | M.E. McLaughlin fund-payments | 5,000 |
| 4110-6606 | Vending Facility Operators Trust Fund | 31,000 |
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