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Great News for The Arc's Budget Priorities!
Next Stop, the Governor's Veto Process
FY2007 DMR Budget and related line items
June 29, 2006, Boston - Today, the Massachusetts House and Senate legislative Conference Committee, tasked with working out differences between the two branches' spending proposals, released its FY2007 budget report. The news is mostly good for members of the Arc community. The budget now moves to the Governor, who has 10 days to review the document and issue line item vetoes. Some of the highlights within the conference report include:
- $17.6 million for Turning 22 with full annualization fund - a $4 million increase to provide services for the increasing population of young adults with disabilities graduating from high school in Massachusetts
- $28 million for the DMR Salary Reserve, the largest amount in years designated for staff salaries in community-based programs
- A great step forward for the Autism account, adopted at $3 million
- $2 million marked for a grant pilot program allowing students with disabilities to attend community colleges
These are just some of the great strides the Arc membership and its partner organizations were able to make this year. From personal meetings with legislators to the hundreds of emails and letters generated to lawmakers from constituents using The Arc on-line Action Center, many hours of hard work were spent to ensure that Massachusetts is providing for and protecting people with disabilities.
We have identified earmarks, which The Arc has traditionally opposed.* We are saddened that the outside section restricting the use of aversive therapy in Massachusetts did not appear in the Conference Committee’s budget. The Arc of Massachusetts and many other mainstream state organizations which advocate for people with disabilities do not support the use of aversive therapy and will begin to focus on what next steps we can take to eliminate these procedures in Massachusetts.
Please stay tuned in the week ahead as Governor Romney has ten days to issue line-item vetoes. The budget will then be taken up for override consideration by the legislature.
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Line Item
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Description
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Final FY2006
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Governor FY2007
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House FY2007
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Senate FY2007
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Conference
2007
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5911-1000
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Administration
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12,799,349
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13,121,897
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13,324,093
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13,324,093
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13,324,093
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5911-2000
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Transportation
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13,891,791
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14,063,821
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14,052,195
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14,052,195
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14,052,195
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5920-1000
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Regional/Area Offices
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53,490,519
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55,914,599
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55,914,599
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55,914,599
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55,914,599
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5920-2000
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Community Residential
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500,173,626
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524,560,531
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524,509,583
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524,242,492
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524,742,492
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5920-2006
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Residential Rate Initiative
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N/A
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2,000,000
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2,000,000
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2,000,000
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2,000,000
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5920-2010
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State Ops.
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119,556,581
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122,209,638
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121,998,709
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122,209,638
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121,998,709
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5920-2020
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Boulet/Waiting List
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85,614,227
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86,361,602
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86,361,602
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86,361,602
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86,361,602
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5920-2025
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Day/Employment
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113,308,979
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117,434,430
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117,434,430
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117,434,430
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117,434,430
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5920-3000
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Family Supports
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51,289,967
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53,094,228
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53,094,228
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53,094,228
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53,094,228
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5920-3010
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New Autism Division
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1,200,000
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1,200,000
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2,200,000
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3,200,000
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3,000,000
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5920-5000
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Turning 22
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6,467,670
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6,467,670
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7,467,670
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8,500,000
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8,500,000
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5930-1000
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State Schools
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165,986,286
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167,390,121
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171,863,458
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172,013,458
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172,013,458
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5982-1000
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Templeton Retained
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100,000
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100,000
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100,000
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100,000
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100,000
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TOTAL:
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1,122,137,256
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1,163,918,537
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1,170,320,567
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1,172,446,735
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1,172,535,806
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1599-6901
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EOHHS Salary Reserve
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20,000,000
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0
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28,000,000
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28,000,000
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28,000,000
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5948-0012
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DOE/DMR
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8,000,000
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8,000,000
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8,000,000
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8,000,000
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8,000,000
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* Earmarks:
Department of Mental Retardation
DMR, residential
-not less than $100,000 for Special Olympics
-not less than $500,000 for Best Buddies Massachusetts
-not less than $50,000 for Advocacy Resource Center in New Bedford
-not less than $100,000 shall be provided for GROW in Stoughton
DMR, Day/Employment
-$304,000 for Work, Inc.
-not less that $100,000 for Life Focus Center in Charlestown
DMR, New Autism Division
-not less than $200,000 for Melmark New England, Inc.
-not less than $2,000,000 for the purposes of providing services under Home and community-based services waiver application
Mass. Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
MRC, employment assistance services:
-not less than $200,000 for waitlist reduction for the community based employment program
-not less than $100,000 for the Charlestown Navy Yard Project for disabled adults
-not less than $200,000 for special projects in Charlestown for people with disabilities
-not less than $100,000 for services provided by the Life Focus Center in Charlestown
MRC, Independent Living Services
-$200,000 for the SHARE Foundation at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
-not less than $100,000 for the Joseph F. Timilty Adult Day Health and Memory Loss Center
-not less that $25,000 will be used to assist the Living Independently for Equality, Inc. of Brockton
MRC, Head Injury Services
-not less than $100,000 for the Cape Cod head injury program
-not less than $75,000 for the Keeping Every Youth Safe program at the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
EOHHS, Executive Office
-not less than $2,662,000 for a one time payment to Haverhill to defray the debt resulting from the operation of a former municipally owned hospital
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