House FY’21 Budget Breakdown

District Earmarks

• $25,000 to the Women’s Lunch Place to help with food insecurity 

• $25,000 to the Landmark Orchestra

• $25,000 to the West End Museum 

One-Time Revenue Usage 

• Capital Gains tax offset from FY20: $422M

• Enhanced FMAP Funds (Medicare funds from Federal Gov’t): $834M

• Coronavirus Relief Fund: $550M

• Accelerated Sales Tax: $267M

• Stabilization Fund Withdrawal (Rainy Day Fund): $1.55B

Social Service Support

• COVID Student Supports: $50M

• RAFT: $50M (up from $16M+ in revised budget) 

• Food Security: $43M (up from $25M in revised budget)

• Community Day & Work Programs: $264M+ (up from $219M+ in revised budget)

• Substance Addiction Services: $161M+ (up from $147M+)

• Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Treatment and Prevention: $45M+ (up from $39M+)

• Legal Assistance: $29M (up from $24M)

Local Aid

Chapter 70: $5,283,651,632

Unrestricted Aid (UGGA): $1,128,617,436

Special Ed. Circuit Breaker: $340,262,411

Charter School Aid: $117,357,887

Regional Transportation: $82,178,615

Homeless Student Transportation: #$13,449,605

COVID Student Support: $50,000,000

Housing and Homelessness

• $50M for RAFT

  • Including CARES Act investments this puts RAFT’s FY21 allocation to $150M

  • The budget also includes language that would restrict evictions from being executed if a tenant has an active RAFT application that has not been processed.

• $135M for MVRP

• $80M for Public Housing Subsidies 

• $56.35M for Homeless Individual Shelters 

• $10.5M for DMH Rental Subsidy Program 

• $8M for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth 

Labor and Economic Development 

• Nearly $50M for Economic Development

  • $15M for local PPP

  • $15M for community development financial institutions

  • $10M for matching grants for capital investments by businesses with twenty or less employees

  • $6.3M for small business technical assistance and grants

Early Education 

• Additional $20M to continue to increase provider rates across the Commonwealth 

• $10M for sliding fee scale reserve

• $15M for Head Start Grants, a $3M increase over GAA

• $10M for EEC Higher Education Provider Opportunities

• $2.5M Early Childhood Mental Health Grants

• $1M for child care resource and referral agencies

• $1M for Neighborhood Villages

Higher Education 

• Higher Education Institutions

  • $284M for the State Universities

  • $305M for the Community Colleges  

  • $560M for the UMASS System

• Scholarship Funding - $120M, $15M over FY20

Food Security

• Emergency Food Assistance : $30M

• Health Incentives Program: $13M

DCF

• Social Workers: $265M

• Family Support and Stabilization: $67M

• Foster Care and Adopted Fee Waiver: $7.2M

Developmental Services 

• Total Funds: $2.12B

  • $264M available for FY21 to support Community Day and Work Programs 

  • $33.2M for transportation costs

• $236M for State Operated Residential Services

• $77.8M for Family Respite Services

• $38.5M for Autism Omnibus Services

Substance Addiction Services

• 161.7M for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services 

Judiciary and Criminal Justice 

• Trial Court: $761M

• Legal Aid:

  • MLAC: $29M

  • Prisoner’s Legal Service: $200K increase over GAA and H2

• Criminal Justice Reform:

  • $20M for annualizing CJ reform implementation 

  • $9.62M for Community-based Re-entry Programs 

  • $4M for Pre-and Post-Release Services Grant

Environment

• Total Funds: $301.7M

  • State Parks: $50M

  • Environmental Protection: $40M

  • Fisheries and Wildlife: $16M