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CARES SENATE FACT SHEETS MAY 4, 2009 These are being presented to each Senator as part of the Senate Briefings. They update the House Fact Sheets for the House Budget and other changes. SENATE FACT SHEETS, MAY 1, 2009 This is the entire package. See page 2 for the contents. The first section (on yellow sheets in the hard copies presented to Senators) are requests for additions to the House Budget in Senate DHHS budget. The second section (in blue) are those additions that the House made to the Governor's DHHS Budget that we are requesting be protected and remain as part of the Senate's DHHS budget.
CARES HOUSE FACT SHEETS on DHHS BUDGET ISSUES Presented to the House Finance Committee, Division III March 23, 2009 CARES Members developed Fact Sheets for 16 specific DHHS safety net services CARES felt were most harmed in the Governor's Budget and that had the highest need for funds to be added in the House Budget. Each Fact Sheet explained in one page the essential human needs that the DHHS-funded program met, why the service was so important and cost effective, and a request to add a minimum amount of funds. The Fact Sheets also listed contacts, the groups providing the information, and the HB1 budget page, line and amount. Some Fact Sheets also included a second page of additional support information. Purpose - The purpose of the CARES Fact Sheets was to provide Division III with a reference resource focusing on the highest priorities for more funding in the DHHS budget - and explaining in one page why the House should add a specific amount of funding to these 16 key safety net services, supports, and care. The intent was to provide a summary guide to help Division III sort through the 400 pages in DHHS budget and focus in on the 16 budget pages and safety net services most in need of fixing through adding funds to the Governor's Budget. To this end, the Fact Sheet Packets (in bright yellow) were handed out to Division III on March 23, 2009 - three days before all the major funding decisions had to be made. Division III Members spent about 40" going through the list of programs and asked clarifying questions of the CARES representatives in attendance. Results - Most Div. III members (including the Chair) referred frequently to the Fact Sheet Packets in making their final decisions on Monday and Tuesday. In the end, when Div. III made their final recommendations on March 26th, 10 of the 16 CARES priority programs in the Fact Sheet had received additional funding whereas only one program that was not on the CARES list (Tobey School) reveived an increase that was not a techncial fix. March 23, 2009 House Budget Issue Fact Sheets (partial list) Division of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Youth Prevention, County Diversion, #5857, Line 73 , p.1355 Gov; p. 708 Hse Family Resource Centers, #5847, Line 527, p. 1370 Gov; p. 715 Hse Division of Family Assistance (DFA) TANF, #6146, p. 1405 Gov ; p .734 Hse & #6176, p. 1412 Gov; p. 737 Hse Home Visiting, #6127, Line 102, p. 1403 Gov; p. 733 Hse & #6146 Line 502 Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services (BEAS) Senior Volunteer Programs, #9010, #8918, #8919, p.1429-31 Gov; p. 747-8 Hse BEAS and Office of Medicaid and Business Policy (OMBP) Division of Public Health Services (DPH) Family Planning, #5530, Line 102, p. 1492 Gov: p. 778 Hse HIV Aids Service Orgs Boston EMA, #2223, p. 1500 Gov; p. 783 Hse Bureau of Behavioral Health Community Mental Health Svcs, #7010, p. 1555 Gov; p. 812 Bureau of Developmental Services (BDS) Developmental Services Waitlist, #7100 Line 558, p. 1566 Gov; p. 817 Hse and Brain Injury Waitlist, #7016, p. 1568 Line 558 Gov, and p. 818 Hse Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Services (DCBCS - BDAS) Gov's Commission Treatment Fund, #1388, p. 1669 Gov; p. 871 Hse
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