Line Items with Increased Funding from FY26 to FY27 [line items in brackets]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services provided by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) funded at $136.7 million, an increase of $4,599,914 over FY26 [5042-5000]
- Hospital Facilities & Community Based Mental Health funded at$395.2 million, an increase of $14.1 million over FY26 [5095-0015]
- Loan Forgiveness for DMH Clinical Behavioral Health Workers funded at $3 million, spending that was not included in FY26 [5095-0017]
- Rental Subsidy Program for DMH Clients funded at $20 million, an increase of $3,451,875 increase over FY26 [7004-9033]
- Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) funded at $337.6 million, an increase of $6.6 million increase over FY26 [4000-0950]
- Statewide and Community-Based Suicide Prevention and Intervention Services funded at nearly $14.4 million, an increase of $118,511 over FY26 [4513-1026]
- To Address Safety, Health, and Quality of Life at the Mass & Cass Area of Boston funded at $4 million, spending that was not included in FY26 [multiple line items]
Line Items with Level-Funding
- Postpartum Depression Pilot Program: $860,000 [4510-0112]
- First-Responder and Bystander Naloxone Distribution Programs: nearly $1.3 million [4512-0204]
- Harm Reduction: nearly $6.5 million [4512-0206]
- Committee on Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs: $25,172,236 [0321-1520]
- Juvenile/Young Adult Court Diversion Grant Program: $515,000 [0339-1005]
Other Provisions
- Overall, DMH is funded at $1.32 billion, including $679.7 million for Adult Mental Health & Support Services [5046-0000]
- Overall The Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) is funded at $184.1 million, which retains $10 million to expand low-threshold housing for homeless individuals with substance use and mental health conditions at risk of HIV in addition to other retained authorized spending [4512-0200]
- Comprehensive Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Services Grants funded at $3.15 million, with $2 million included for RIZE Massachusetts [4512-0205]
- Samaritans, Inc. Suicide Prevention Services: $1 million [4513-1027]
- Behavioral Health Supports:nearly $11.5 million [4513-2020]
- Emergency Service Programs (ESPs) and Mental Health Care: $22 million [5047-0001]
- Department of Mental Health (DMH) Forensic Services: $17.5 million [5055-0000]
- Mental Health Legal Advisors: $3.4 million [0321-2000]
- Programs to Combat Opioid Addiction: $2.9 million [0810-1205]
- Naloxone Bulk Purchasing Program: $1.5 million [4590-0930]
- Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund: $200,000 [1595-1071]
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