Executive Office of Labor, Education and Economic Development

7003-0500

For the economic stabilization trust component of the industrial services program, as provided by chapter 23D of the General Laws, and for a re-employment assistance program as specified in section 71D of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that a report of all revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities of the program and of the economic stabilization trust be filed quarterly with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that funds appropriated herein may be used to provide working capital and related assistance to defense dependent firms and leverage federal matching funds authorized pursuant to Title IX of the public works and economic development act of 1965, as amended

......................................................$605,400

7003-0601

For the summer jobs youth-at-risk program, including the costs of administration; provided, that service levels shall be developed so as not to exceed the appropriation made available herein; and provided further, that the same number of youths shall be served in fiscal year 1998 that were served in fiscal year 1997

......................................................$3,050,000

7003-0603

For school-to-work connecting activities so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of labor and workforce development, in cooperation with the board of education and the MassJOBS council, is hereby authorized to establish and support a public-private partnership to link high school students with economic and learning opportunities on the job as part of the school-to-work transition program; provided further, that said program may include the award of matching grants to regional employment boards or other local public-private partnerships involving local community job commitments and work site learning opportunities for students; provided further, that said grants shall require at least a 200 per cent match in wages for said students from private sector participants; provided further, that the program shall include, but not be limited to, a provision that business leaders commit resources to pay salaries, to provide mentoring and instruction on the job, and to work closely with teachers; and provided further, that public funds shall assume the costs of connecting schools and businesses to ensure that students serve productively on the job

......................................................$500,000

7003-0700

For the expenses of the corporation for business, work and learning to secure employment, training and counseling for displaced workers and for the employee involvement and ownership in the workplace component of the industrial services program; provided, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for employed worker training technical assistance and matching grants; provided further, that not more than $175,000 shall be expended to administer said technical assistance program; provided further, that said corporation shall submit a study of the Massachusetts economy, including, but not limited to, a 20 year analysis of the Massachusetts economy by the standard industrial classification system, statewide growth projections for the next five years by said system, a review of the state's economic and industrial promotion policies for the last five years, an analysis of the impact of said policies on the state's economy for the last five years, and recommendations for future statewide policies in the context of historical trends and projections; provided further, that said study shall include a survey of Massachusetts businesses that have been defense contractors or subcontractors to determine the extent to which their defense dependency has been reduced and an investigation of the current and future needs of such firms to continue diversification and to compete successfully in national and international markets; provided further, that said corporation shall consult with the division of employment and training and academic experts to develop said study; provided further, that said study shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 1, 1998; provided further, that a report of all revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities of said corporation shall be filed quarterly with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that said corporation shall remain a quasi-public corporation

......................................................$1,900,000

General Fund .................. 93.14%

Commonwealth Economic Development Fund .................. 6.86%

7003-0801

For the Just-A-Start Cooperation to provide training for entry level employment in the biotech and medical fields for thirty unemployed or displaced workers or people on welfare

......................................................$150,000

7003-0802

For a reserve to improve the workforce development system in the commonwealth, which may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to improvements to the provision of labor exchange services through additional one-stop career centers, using either the competitive, collaborative or co-located models as determined by the relevant regional employment boards, or otherwise, improvements in the provision of job training services to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children, and additional allocations in the second half of fiscal year 1998 of up to $12,500 to each regional employment board; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item until after receipt of the reports required by sections 200 and 201 of this act and until such additional funds are appropriated by the general court

......................................................$3,000,000

7003-0803

For the seven one-stop career centers in existence on May 1, 1997 which are located in Boston, Hampden county and the Metro North service delivery area, so-called, and any satellite offices thereof which are currently scheduled to open on or before December 1, 1997, and no other career centers; provided, that said allocation to these centers shall be conditioned upon the department's development of, on or before September 1, 1997, and said centers' agreement to, effective on or before October 1, 1997, a comprehensive and uniform set of policies and procedures for measuring the goals and performance of said centers in terms of services rendered and job placements achieved for all individuals served by said centers and for special populations served by said centers, including persons receiving public assistance, persons with disabilities, persons who are collecting unemployment insurance, and other target groups for whom state and federal funding is appropriated; provided further, that said comprehensive and uniform set of policies and procedures, and documentation showing said centers' agreement to such policies and procedures, shall be submitted to the joint committee on commerce and labor and the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before October 1, 1997; and provided further, that allocation of such funds to said career centers shall be conditioned upon no services or functions being performed by employees of the division of employment and training offices as of May 1, 1997 being terminated or curtailed, or transferred to any persons who are not employees of said department, as a result of the actual or anticipated existence of any such career center and upon no agreements for additional career centers being executed prior to February 1, 1998

......................................................$2,750,000

General Fund .................. 93.14%

Economic Development Fund .................. 6.86%

7003-0900

For the tactical training initiative, so- called

......................................................$524,421

General Fund .................. 93.140%

Economic Development Fund .................. 6.86%

7003-0901

For a summer jobs youth-at-risk program; provided, that no funds appropriated herein shall be allotted or disbursed prior to the receipt of equal matching funds from private sources to any entity or municipality eligible for or requesting funds from this item; and provided further, that an allotment and disbursement plan shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the expenditure of any funds appropriated herein

......................................................$825,000

7003-0904

For the creation and support of manufacturing networks

......................................................$1,100,000

General Fund .................. 93.140%

Economic Development Fund .................. 6.86%

7003-1000

For the workforce development initiative; provided, that on or before December 1, 1997, the MassJobs council shall submit the report and five-year plan required by section 200 of this act; provided further, that the strategic planning committee of said council shall make recommendations relative to the use of said funds subject to approval by the full MassJobs council; provided further, that the executive committee of the MassJobs council shall approve the use of said funds should the full council be unable to approve the use of said funds in a timely manner; provided further, that each regional employment board shall receive not less than $75,000 in fiscal year 1998; provided further, that each regional employment board shall (1) provide training on or before October 1, 1997 to each of its board members concerning the requirements of federal and state law with respect to conditions on the use of job training funds and the board's role in ensuring compliance with such requirements, (2) shall produce a written assessment of the performance of and planned improvements to job training delivery systems, including any existing one-stop career centers, in its region, and (3) shall file a copy of said assessment with the MassJobs council, the joint committee on commerce and labor and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no grant made available to a regional employment board shall be used to encourage, induce, require or mandate the establishment of said regional employment board's administrative staff as an entity independent of the administrative entity agreed to under the provisions of the Federal Job Training Partnership Act by the regional employment board and the lead elected official; provided further, that expenditures for programs specified herein shall be subject to the approval of the local regional employment boards; provided further, that no specific program allocations directed herein shall preclude a regional employment board from receiving its equal share of funds to be distributed to regional employment boards by the MassJobs council; provided further, that funds provided to the regional employment boards shall not be subject to any limitations imposed by the MassJobs council; provided further, that the MassJobs council is hereby authorized and directed to expend not less than $150,000 for the consumer provider program operated by CASCAP, inc. in collaboration with Bunker Hill community college for the training of men and women with psychiatric disabilities to become part-time employees at health and human services agencies within the commonwealth; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein, not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the western Massachusetts enterprise fund and JVS microenterprise program as the supplemental match to conduct an entrepreneurial training program for income eligible residents; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the Massachusetts maritime academy for a training and work program for youth in maritime trades, including but not limited to sailing, seamanship and nautical training; provided further, that the Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket regional employment board shall oversee and make recommendations regarding said program; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to fund a program at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO to support and coordinate labor representation on the regional employment boards; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the career beginning program, so called, at Worcester state college in the city of Worcester

......................................................$1,925,000

General Fund .................. 93.140%

Economic Development Fund .................. 6.86%

7003-2055

For the youth, senior service, and conservation group corps program, including the costs of administration; provided, that not more than $200,000 shall be expended for the administration of the Massachusetts national and community service commission

......................................................$1,500,000

Federal Appropriations

7003-1010

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Trade Expansion Act Program

......................................................$4,000,000

7003-1621

For the purposes of federally funded grant entitled, Title II - Training Services for the Disadvantaged and Title III - Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers

......................................................$55,000,000

7003-2013

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mine Safety and Health Training

......................................................$34,106

7003-6628

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program

......................................................$2,006,739

7003-6629

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Local Veterans Employment Representative Program

......................................................$1,461,008

7003-6630

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Occupational Information Coordinating Committee Administration

......................................................$142,498

7003-9006

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, One-Stop Career Centers; provided, that no career centers in addition to those seven in operation on May 1, 1997, and any satellite offices associated therewith which are currently scheduled to open on or before December 1, 1997, shall be operated in the commonwealth in fiscal year 1998, except with further express statutory approval; and provided further, that on or before December 1, 1997, the joint committee on commerce and labor and the house and senate committees on ways and means shall be provided with a detailed accounting of the amounts previously received pursuant to said grant and the specific purposes for which and by whom such monies have been used

......................................................$2,400,000