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| FY2010 Governor's Vetoes/Final Budget |
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FY2010 Budget Governor’s Vetoes/Final Report June 29, 2009 Essential disability services were spared in the latest round of the budget process. After tremendous outcry about the cuts already included in the state's FY10 budget, the Governor chose not to inflict further damage through vetoes. Nonetheless, thousands upon thousands of families are still facing devastating cuts beginning July 1 (which total $47.3 million in DDS alone) to services such as Day/Employment, Transportation, Family Support (Respite), Turning 22, and DESE-DDS. The fight continues as we will be pleading with the Governor in the coming weeks to issue a deficiency/supplemental budget to stop the untenable proposed cuts from taking effect. See below for more. Stay tuned to www.arcmass.org and register on our site for up-to-date budget information. The overall cuts include: Day/Employment and Transportation -$13.7 Million (675 plus adults) Respite/Family Support -$9.6 Million (4,786 individuals/families) Turning 22 (high school grads) -$2.7 Million plus full year funding (270 affected in 2010) DESE-DDS (children) -$3.5 Million (175 students) Early Intervention (infants/toddlers) -$3.7 Million (TBA) Community First (cross disability) -$20 Million (4,000) Extended employment at MRC -$3.3 Million (496) Dental Health (Tufts specialized) -$232,000 - $427,000 (approx. 200-400) DPPC -$105,000 The budget cuts do not take into account students graduating from high school for which full year funding is not allocated. These cuts may impact more than 500 of the 608-plus graduating. Language to keep Fernald open was removed in the final budget. The next few months We did have meetings with key legislators in order to advance our agenda but we were unable to hold our budget harmless. We are unsure what the next few months will bring. - DDS and other agencies are still operating under the Governor’s most recent budget release which has deeper cuts than the state budget submitted by the House and Senate
- If the economy falters we may face additional cuts
- During this difficult period, Congress is negotiating health care reform and we need to be more active in the dialogue; a recent House draft report did not include disabilities’ disparities in key areas
Important News for families and agencies - Families and individuals receiving services may not know the actual outcome of their situation until the end of July; we are setting up a survey (in conjunction with ADDP and other disability groups) to get a sense of individual, family and agency losses during this period. This information could also serve as a basis for further legislative action (or legal action if necessary).
- Individuals CAN appeal changes and cuts; this may allow for other options to emerge; individuals who wish to remain in employment but are being pushed to day habilitation should inform their provider and formally notify the DDS area office (DMR renamed DDS).
- If an individual has a POC or plan of care document, then they have additional federal rights and services cannot be automatically changed. They must agree to them.
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| Line Item |
Description |
Final FY09 |
Governor's FY10 Budget Proposal* |
FY10 House Budget |
FY'10 Senate |
FY'10 Final |
Shortfall |
People losing services (Estimate) |
| Release Date |
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8/1/08 |
3/25/09 |
5/4 |
5/21 |
6/29 |
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| Department of Developmental Services Line Items |
| 5911-1003 |
Administration & Operations |
$73,562,067 |
$68,224,506 |
$67,849,708 |
$67,224,506 |
$67,224,506 |
-$2,600,000 |
50 staff |
| 5911-2000 |
Transportation |
$14,137,324 |
$17,160,140 |
$13,560,140 |
$13,537,324 |
$13,537,324 |
-$3,622,816 |
823 |
| 5920-2000 |
Community Residential* |
$569,561,352 |
$620,675,755 |
$616,259,640 |
$699,954,252 |
$697,680,652 |
-$2,273,600 |
30 |
| 5920-2006 |
Residential Rate Initiative |
$2,000,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
-$2,000,000 |
27 |
| 5920-2010 |
State Operated Community* |
$137,437,683 |
$145,003,759 |
$140,226,885 |
$144,559,478 |
$144,559,478 |
$0 |
0 |
| 5920-2020 |
Boulet/Waiting List |
$87,971,902 |
$88,027,205 |
$88,027,205 |
Rolled into 2 other lines: Residential and State Op. |
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| 5920-2025 |
Day/Employment |
$129,159,457 |
$130,117,191 |
$122,669,711 |
$116,988,880 |
$119,988,888 |
-$10,128,303 |
675 |
| 5920-3000 |
Family Support (Respite) |
$56,094,228 |
$22,500,000 |
$55,454,715 |
$42,521,184 |
$46,521,184 |
-$9,573,044 |
4,787 |
| 5920-3010 |
Autism Division |
$6,264,413 |
$3,717,509 |
$4,510,244 |
$4,123,387 |
$4,123,387 |
-$2,141,026 |
107 |
| 5920-5000 |
Turning 22* |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
$5,000,000 |
$5,000,000 |
-$2,700,000 |
270 |
| 5930-1000 |
State Schools |
$187,545,814 |
$172,138,682 |
$161,581,427 |
$166,355,936 |
$161,581,427 |
-$5,000,000 |
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| 5948-0012 |
DESE/DDS (7061-0012) |
$10,000,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$10,000,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$6,500,000 |
-$3,500,000 |
175 |
| 5982-1000 |
Templeton Retained |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$0 |
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| TOTAL |
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$1,287,989,675 |
$1,266,914,947 |
$1,266,866,846 |
-$43,538,789 |
6,600 |
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| Non-DDS Budget Items |
| 4000-0117 |
EOHHS Salary Reserve |
$23,000,000 |
Eliminated |
Eliminated |
Eliminated |
Eliminated |
-$23,000,000 |
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| 4120-3000 |
MRC Supp/Extend Employment |
$7,442,446 |
Unclear |
$4,961,987 |
$3,170,817 |
$4,170,817 |
-$3,271,629 |
496 |
| 4000-0650 |
Community First Initiative |
$20,000,000 |
$41,000,000 |
$16,000,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
-$16,000,000 |
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| 4513-1020 |
Early Intervention |
$42,936,049 |
$29,300,000 |
$29,300,000 |
$23,054,904 |
$25,554,904 |
-$3,745,096 |
300-1500 |
| 1107-2501 |
DPPC |
$2,328,012 |
$2,222,665 |
$2,328,012 |
$2,222,665 |
$2,222,665 |
-$105,347 |
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| 4512-0500 |
Dental Services Addtl- for DD |
$3,147,016 |
$0 |
$1,852,143 |
$1,424,477 |
$1,424,477 |
-$427,666 |
200 |
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TOTALS |
-$46,549,738 |
2,430 |
| NOTES |
| Community Res and State Op.: funding appears higher, but is not. $88M from Boulet line-item was rolled into these line-items. Total is actually down $2.3M from FY09 |
| Family Supports (Respite), Day/Employment and Transportation accounts are all cut significantly |
| Turning 22: FY10 funding cut back for 600 graduates from special education program. Funding for FY2011 (needed in language of line-item) was not included either |
| Other cuts include: Dental services for people w/ disabilities (DPH), DPPC and Early Intervention. Waiting to determine DESE-DDS $$. |
| Shortfall column: Based on $$ short of maintaining minimum service levels |
| Governor's FY10 budget: Originally released 1/28/09, then updated "errata" budget released 3/25, which included some additional funds. |
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