How Crist spends Obamabucks
Heading into this legislative session, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist needed to find a new revenue source for the state to avoid hefty budget cuts or tax increases. The solution: Obama bucks. About $8 billion over this and next fiscal year. Lawmakers are concerned that the spending is just that, spending and not stimulus.
Full story here. How's the money being spent?
Maybe a better question is: How isn't it being spent? Well, on what was a top priority for Crist -- the "economic gardening program" for mid-size business. Crist wants the stim cash for virtually everything else, to help keep college tuition rates low, protect senior citizens, etc.
Aside from big-ticket Medicaid, schools and transport items, here's a line-item list of some of the easy-to-find "stimulus" items we can find in the budget (Note: Some items look like repeats, though they're in different sections of the budget.):
For FY10:
$74,214,482: Byrne memorial state law enforcement
$14,112,000: Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant
$124,484,413: Energy Efficiency programs
$2,200,000: Enhance community-based residential beds for offenders
$4,858,825: Inmate substance abuse treatment
$5,000,000: DOC radios
$3,664,466: Judicial Inquiry System computer upgrades
$3,083,025: Jail and prison diversion
$434,405: Florida school for the deaf and the blind
$68,068: Under-age independent living assistance
$332,332: Independent living services
329,550,500: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
$3,856,017: Inmate transition services
$2,222,500: National School Lunch Program equipment assistance
$5,000,000: Solar Energy System Incentives Program
$667,625: Support technological improvements through equipment
$45,289,348: Welfare (TANF)
$341,912,000: Title 1 and 2 aide
$2,325,000: Continue job training for workers
$11,926,154: Vocational rehab for persons with disabilities
$2,442,706: Vocational rehab for persons with visual impairments
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Fund shifts for FY10 (i.e., the Tallahassee hokey-pokey: You put the fed money in, you pull the state money out):
$1,717,949,401: Medicaid fund-shift
$89,635,988: Home- and community-based services waiver
$8,237,494: Community-supported living waiver
$11,987,129: Developmental disabilities public facilities
$1,466,818: Home- and community-based services waiver
$10,174,907: Foster care and adoption assistance.
$1,206,569: Prescribed medicine/drugs
$7,207,610: Treatment services for emotionally disturbed children and youth
$3,859,759: Financial assistance payments
$79,167,565: Home- and community-based services waiver
$7,721,366: Low-income community grants
$29,100,000: Low-income job/education assistance
$111,407,000: Low-income home energy assistance
$74,823,750: Workforce service
$15,533,000: Unemployment compensation
$51,612,190: School readiness services
$99,166,571: Child support enforcement program
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For FY09:
$4,408,000: Energy and Climate Commission
$1,303,817,734: Drinking Water Revolving Trust Fund
$134,341,000: Wastewater Treatment Facility Construction
$3,700,000: Diesel Emission Reduction Act
$11,600,000: Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
$1,508,293: DOC substance abuse/transition services
$517,594: DJJ technology/incarceration alternatives
$11,222,705: Child Support Enforcement Program
$4,700,000: Crime victim compensation and assistance
$81,026,250: Workforce aid and training
$16,167,000: Unemployment Compensation Program
$53,718,810: Early Learning Program
$350,000: Cultural Grants
$70,000,000: Welfare Services
$9,600,000: Elder services
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