Office of Child Care Services

Office of Child Care Services.

4130-0001

For the administration of the office of child care services pursuant to section 239 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided, that the office of child care services shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted child 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 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 child care; provided further, that the office shall administer the child care resource and referral system; 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; and provided further, that said office shall issue monthly reports listing the number of recipients by account subject to provisions of subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995

...............................................................$1,979,660

4130-0002

For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund

...............................................................$943,820

4130-0005

For field operations licensing; provided, that no funds from this item may be expended for family support services; and provided further, that said office generate not less than $673,100 to be deposited in the General Fund from licensing fees and the sale of day care lists

...............................................................$6,396,473

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 20 years within the amount appropriated herein

...............................................................$7,800,000

4130-2998

For one-time child care quality expenditures; provided, that not more than $700,393 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality child care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not more than $255,140 shall be expended for resource and referral and school-age child care activities; provided further, that the commissioner of the office of child care services shall submit written certification to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means that all planned expenditures and allocations from this item shall have no fiscal impact beyond fiscal year 1999; and provided further, that no funds may be expended, obligated, or transferred from this item prior to the submission of said certification

...............................................................$955,533

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

4130-3100

For the regional administration of child care programs and related child care activities; provided, that said activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, child care provider training, resource and referral 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 child care; provided further, that a minimum of $650,000 shall be expended through child care resource and referral programs for child care provider training; provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be expended to provide child care services for children with disabilities in school-aged child care programs; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for AA subsidiary payroll expenses, so-called

...............................................................$8,623,253

Child Care Fund............................................................. 50.15%

General Fund............................................................. 49.85%

4130-3200

For the employment services voucher and contracted child care program; provided, that the employment services child 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 child care funded from this item shall be available to former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are working for up to one year after termination of their transitional aid to families benefits due to their employment; provided further, that child care slots shall be distributed geographically in a manner which provides fair and adequate access to child care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that 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 the office is hereby authorized to provide child care benefits to certain other former transitional aid to families with dependent children recipients who are participating in education or training in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department of transitional assistance; provided further, that all child care providers that are part of a public school system shall be required to accept from recipients child 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 child 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 child 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

...............................................................$91,497,215

General Fund............................................................. 38.63%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund............................................................. 35.52%

Child Care Fund............................................................. 25.85%

4130-3300

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $20,000 to $120,530,602

For the provision of income eligible child care slots and vouchers; provided, that not less than $67,048,900 shall be expended for contracted child care slots for income eligible parents; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the purposes of a program of after school safety child care for the children of homeless families in the town of Framingham; provided further, that up to $64,000 shall be expended for feasibility and design activities to assess the probability of opening and operating a child care center at the Gallagher Intermodal Transportation Center, so-called; provided further, that prior to January 15, 1999, 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 child 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 child care programs; provided further, that nothing herein shall authorize said transfer; provided further, that prior to July 31, 1998, 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 2000 shall not exceed 200 per cent of the value of said expansion in fiscal year 1999; 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, 1999

...............................................................$120,550,602

Child Care Fund............................................................. 95.0%

General Fund............................................................. 5.0%

4130-3400

For the provision of child care services to the children of: (a) teenage 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) teenage parents receiving supplemental security income payments who participate in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination thereof and whose dependent children receive said aid; and (c) teenage 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 child care services first to children of teenage 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 teenagers eligible for year-round full-time child 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 teenagers are recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; and provided further, that not less than $5,812,027 shall be expended for contracted child care for such teenage parents

...............................................................$9,223,604

4130-3500

For the provision of trial court child care services; provided, that $127,065 shall be expended for child care services in the Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $152,356 shall be expended for child care services in the Springfield trial court; provided further, that $97,301 shall be expended for child care services in the West Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $252,000 shall be expended for child care services in the Middlesex trial court; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for child care at Dorchester district court; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for trial court child care in Lawrence; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for child care at the Suffolk county court complex; and provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for child care services in the Fall River trial court

...............................................................$1,403,722

4130-3600

For supportive child care associated with the family stabilization program; provided, that funds from this item shall only be expended for child care costs of children with active cases at the department of social services; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended for "extended vouchers", so-called

...............................................................$43,734,528

Child Care Fund............................................................. 60.00%

General Fund............................................................. 37.66%

Social Services Program Fund............................................................. 2.34%

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

...............................................................$14,380,444

General Fund............................................................. 78.27%

Transitional Aid to Needy Families Fund............................................................. 21.73%