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Massachusetts Budget Summary for Fiscal 1999-2003
          Preliminary   Total
  Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimated January 9C Estimated
(millions) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 (5) Cuts 2003
Investment in Children $5,010.0 $5,527.6 $6,014.3 $6,270.7 $6,198.0 ($57.0) $6,141.0
Education Local Aid 3,186.8 3,534.4 3,830.1 4,096.6 4,046.4 (24.9) 4,021.5
Higher Education 935.4 1,006.3 1,109.1 1,037.1 985.1 (15.9) 969.1
Services to Children 491.0 537.6 573.6 631.8 665.7 (9.1) 656.6
Youth Services 105.8 111.9 118.3 122.5 124.8 0.0 124.8
Child Care Services (1) 291.0 337.5 383.2 382.7 376.0 (7.1) 368.9
 
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement $1,527.1 $1,586.4 $1,708.6 $1,752.6 $1,763.2 ($4.9) $1,758.2
Corrections 710.0 745.5 799.3 824.6 825.7 (1.6) 824.1
Judiciary 508.5 545.8 588.7 580.0 583.5 0.0 583.5
Police 212.2 195.0 205.3 230.8 242.7 (3.3) 239.4
DAs 69.8 72.1 81.4 81.4 78.5 0.0 78.5
Attorney General 26.6 28.0 33.8 35.7 32.7 0.0 32.7
 
Local Government $1,410.3 $1,553.7 $1,541.0 $1,523.1 $1,412.1 ($114.7) $1,297.4
 
Assistance to the Poor $5,006.0 $5,374.6 $5,817.0 $6,494.9 $7,273.9 ($107.9) $7,166.0
Medicaid 3,975.2 4,390.4 4,777.0 5,415.6 6,145.1 (75.2) 6,069.9
Cash Assistance 702.4 637.5 646.1 682.6 719.2 (12.4) 706.8
Housing Assistance 158.0 156.9 158.4 142.6 120.1 (10.3) 109.7
Elderly 170.4 189.8 235.6 254.1 289.5 (10.0) 279.5
 
Assistance to the Sick and Disabled $1,820.9 $1,946.8 $2,053.8 $2,076.3 $2,020.8 ($28.6) $1,992.2
Mental Retardation 821.8 868.3 916.1 966.1 992.3 (4.6) 987.7
Mental Health 557.2 571.7 602.3 607.6 604.9 (2.3) 602.5
Public Health 441.9 506.8 535.3 502.6 423.6 (21.6) 401.9
 
Transportation $712.4 $764.6 $260.4 $215.2 $220.5 ($0.7) $219.8
MBTA (2) 537.7 591.5 41.2 49.3 47.8 0.0 47.8
MDHighways 118.5 116.2 155.4 98.8 107.3 (0.7) 106.7
Registry 56.3 56.9 63.8 67.1 65.4 0.0 65.4
 
Economic Development $360.3 $356.8 $403.5 $373.7 $315.2 ($22.0) $293.2
Business and Labor 146.1 137.8 158.4 142.3 121.4 (11.4) 110.0
Environment 214.2 219.0 245.1 231.5 193.8 (10.6) 183.2
 
Central Costs $2,783.1 $2,835.4 $3,127.0 $2,923.5 $3,075.7 $0.0 $3,075.7
Employee Benefits (3) 1,567.8 1,588.6 1,695.3 1,527.4 1,599.2 0.0 1,599.2
Debt Service 1,215.3 1,246.8 1,431.8 1,396.2 1,476.4 0.0 1,476.4
 
Other $976.5 $1,073.3 $1,180.5 $1,147.2 $1,009.3 ($8.0) $1,001.3
General Government 632.2 677.0 688.4 685.3 619.1 (5.9) 613.2
Residual 344.3 396.3 492.1 461.9 390.2 (2.2) 388.1
 
Total Budget $19,606.8 $21,019.2 $22,106.1 $22,777.3 $23,288.6 ($343.8) $22,944.8
Adjusted for MBTA (4)     $22,760.7 $23,441.6 $23,972.6   $23,628.8

1 Prior to 1997 child care spending for welfare recipients is included in the figures for Cash Assistance.
2 In 2001, expenditures (and supporting sales tax revenues) for state assistance to the MBTA were moved off budget.
3 Does not include workers' compensation and unemployment insurance which are budgeted in agency accounts; includes appropriations for local teachers' pensions counted as local aid elsewhere in the report.
4 For purposes of comparability with prior years, includes MBTA support moved off budget in 2001.
5 Including 2003 general appropriation act, chapter 300 of 2002, Governor's Oct./Dec. administrative cuts, $190 million of estimated Medicaid deficiencies, and $81 million of other deficiency requests filed by t he Governor in January 2003.

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