Office of Child Care Services

Office of Child Care Services.

4130-0001

For the central administration of the office of child care services; provided, that the office shall administer the child care resource and referral system; and provided further, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the office's authority to issue variances or grant licenses or certificates on a probationary basis as provided in 102 CMR 8.00 as in effect on May 28, 1993

......................................................$283,391

4130-0002

For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund

......................................................$811,410

4130-0005

For field operations licensing; provided, that no funds from this item may be expended for family support services; and provided further, that the office generate not less than $652,522 to be deposited in the general fund from licensing fees and the sale of day care lists

......................................................$6,117,546

4130-1000

For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children's Trust Fund; provided, that such services shall be made available statewide to all parents under the age of 19 years within the amount appropriated herein

......................................................$5,000,000

4130-2999

For consultant services to improve the administration and delivery of state subsidized day care; provided, that all expenditures shall be made pursuant to the provisions of section 255

......................................................$200,000

Child Care Fund .................. 100.0%

4130-3000

For the administration of day care programs pursuant to section 239; provided, that the office of child care children shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted day care slots funded from items 4130-3200, 4130-3300, 4130-3400, 4130-3500, 4130-3600 and 4130-3700 by category of eligibility; provided further, that the full annualized value of all rate increases granted in prior fiscal years shall be considered to be included in the aforementioned items; provided further, that not more than $1,083,265 shall be expended for AA subsidiary costs, so-called; and provided further, that said office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the unduplicated number of children on waiting lists for state subsidized day care

......................................................$1,273,501

4130-3100

For the regional administration of day care programs and related day care activities; provided, that said activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, child care provider training, child care for children with disabilities in school aged child care programs, community based programs that provide direct services to parents, and coordination of waiting lists for state subsidized day care; provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be expended to provide day care services for children with disabilities in school-aged child care programs; provided further, that $650,000 shall be expended through child care resource and referral agencies and other qualified community-based child care training programs for the provision of child care training; provided further, that not more than $6,363,644 shall be expended for the operating expenses of the voucher management system; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for AA subsidiary payroll expenses, so-called

......................................................$8,530,458

Child Care Fund .................. 100.0%

4130-3200

For the employment services voucher and contracted day care program; provided, that the employment services day care program shall be available for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children and the absent parents of said recipients; provided further, that day care shall be available to participants in the employment services program, and to former participants for up to one year after termination of their transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits due to employment; provided further, that day care slots shall be distributed geographically in a manner which provides fair and adequate access to day care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that not less than $67,995,440 shall be expended for employment services voucher day care; provided further, that of said voucher amount, not less than $500,000 shall be expended for eligible participants in the full employment program established by subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that not more than $5,840,633 shall be expended for employment services contracted day care; provided further, that all day care providers that are part of a public school system shall be required to accept from recipients day care vouchers provided through this appropriation; provided further, that $495,000 shall be expended by the department of transitional assistance for the provision of 100 day care slots for children in the transitional aid to families with dependent children program who are in the custody and care of grandparents due to the incapacity or absence of the parents; and provided further, that the department is hereby authorized to provide day care benefits to parents currently enrolled in a job training program who are under the age of 18 and who would qualify for benefits under the provisions of chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income

......................................................$73,836,073

Child Care Fund .................. 72.50%

General Fund .................. 27.50%

4130-3300

For the provision of income eligible day care slots and vouchers; provided, that not less than $51,267,083 shall be expended for contracted day care slots for income eligible parents; provided further, that not less than $1,900,182 shall be expended for contracted day care for teen parents and their children; provided further, that not less than $37,810,947 shall be expended for voucher day care for income eligible parents; provided further, that of said amounts, not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the purposes of a program of after school safety day care for the children of homeless families in the town of Framingham; provided further, that prior to January 15, 1998, the commissioners of the office of child care services and the department of transitional assistance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance the amount of any projected surplus in items 4403-2000, 4403-2002, and 4403-2013 and shall issue a joint recommendation to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance regarding the transfer of any portion of such surplus to this item; provided further, that said recommendation shall include an estimate of the number of day care slots funded by any proposed transfer, the annualized impact of any such transfer, the impact on the commonwealth's ability to meet federal financial requirements, and the effects, if any, of cost containment efforts implemented in the administration of income eligible day care programs; provided further, that nothing herein shall authorize said transfer; provided further, that prior to July 15, 1997, the commissioner of office of child care services shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance on the amount of funding from this item deemed to be non post-transitional expansion, so-called; provided further, that the annualized cost of said expansion in fiscal year 1999 shall not exceed 200 per cent of the value of said expansion in fiscal year 1998; and provided further, that not less than one half of the expansion slots identified by said report shall be made available prior to January 1, 1998

......................................................$95,959,452

Child Care Fund .................. 72.50%

General Fund .................. 27.50%

4130-3400

For the provision of day care services to the children of: (a) teen parents attending high school and receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits pursuant to subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 (b) teen parents receiving supplemental security income payments who participate in school, education, and work and training related activities or a combination thereof and whose dependent children receive said aid; and (c) teen parents who participate in school, education, work and training related activities or a combination thereof and who are at risk of becoming eligible for transitional, aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided, that the office of child care services in consultation with the department of transitional assistance and the department of social services, shall allocate from this item funds sufficient to ensure the priority of provision of day care services first to children of teen parents in category (a), then category (b), and lastly, category (c); provided further, that nothing stated herein shall give rise to enforceable legal rights or an enforceable entitlement to services other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to regulations promulgated for the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided further, that all teens eligible for year round full time day care services shall be participating in school, education, work and training related activities or a combination thereof for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations promulgated for the transitional aid to families with dependent children program, whether or not such teens are recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that $5,812,027 shall be expended for contracted day care services for such teen parents; provided further, that $1,207,605 shall be expended for voucher day care services for such teen parents; and provided further, that $303,790 shall be expended on informal child care services for such teen parents

......................................................$7,323,422

4130-3500

For the provision of trial court day care services; provided, that $127,065 shall be expended for day care services in the Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $152,356 shall be expended for day care services in the Springfield trial court; provided further, that $97,301 shall be expended for day care services in the West Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $252,000 shall be expended for day care services in the Middlesex trial court; provided further, that prior to October 13, 1997, the office of child care services shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the number of children served in each program, the extent to which services are utilized by the employees of the trial courts, the extent to which the parents or guardians of children receiving day care services are involved in court proceedings, the types of cases in which said parents or guardians are involved, and the extent to which the children themselves are involved in the proceedings of the court

......................................................$628,722

4130-3600

For supportive day care associated with the family stabilization program; provided, that no funds shall be expended for "extended vouchers", so-called

......................................................$40,090,927

Child Care Fund .................. 84.84%

General Fund .................. 12.66%

Social Services Program Fund .................. 2.50%

4130-3700

For the provision and management of the informal child care program; provided, that not more than $2.00 per child per hour shall be paid for such services; provided further, that not more than $9,054,791 shall be expended for informal child care services

......................................................$9,054,791

Federal Appropriations.

4130-2000

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Project Child care 2000

......................................................$121,811

4130-9002

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Abuse Prevention Activities

......................................................$721,594

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