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ARTICLE 1 1
RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2024 2
SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in 3
this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the 4
treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 5
The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to 6
section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the purposes 7
and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw 8
his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof 9
as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers. 10
Administration 11
Central Management 12
General Revenues 3,599,152 13
Federal Funds 109,029,495 14
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 15
Municipal Roads Grant Program 20,000,000 16
Public Health Response Warehouse Support 1,400,000 17
Woonsocket Public Safety Facility 7,000,000 18
Total - Central Management 141,028,647 19
Legal Services 20
General Revenues 2,440,410 21
Accounts and Control 22
General Revenues 5,315,642 23
Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund 24
CPF Administration 4,828,079 25
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 26
Pandemic Recovery Office 6,918,788 27
Restricted Receipts - OPEB Board Administration 197,320 28
Restricted Receipts - Grants Management Administration 2,507,384 29
Total - Accounts and Control 19,767,213 30
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Office of Management and Budget 1
General Revenues 9,431,527 2
Federal Funds 101,250 3
Restricted Receipts 300,000 4
Other Funds 1,220,255 5
Total - Office of Management and Budget 11,053,032 6
Purchasing 7
General Revenues 3,868,405 8
Restricted Receipts 446,294 9
Other Funds 612,914 10
Total - Purchasing 4,927,613 11
Human Resources 12
General Revenues 937,996 13
Personnel Appeal Board 14
General Revenues 100,881 15
Information Technology 16
General Revenues 28,221,340 17
Provided that of this general revenue amount, $27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Large 18
Systems Initiatives Fund by July 14, 2023. 19
Restricted Receipts 6,333,491 20
Total - Information Technology 34,554,831 21
Library and Information Services 22
General Revenues 1,903,636 23
Federal Funds 1,565,679 24
Restricted Receipts 6,990 25
Total - Library and Information Services 3,476,305 26
Planning 27
General Revenues 1,138,335 28
Federal Funds 3,050 29
Other Funds 30
Air Quality Modeling 24,000 31
Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 3,321,572 32
State Transportation Planning Match 385,317 33
FTA - Metro Planning Grant 1,733,742 34
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Total-Planning 6,606,016 1
General 2
General Revenues 3
Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 130,000 4
Provided that this amount be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child 5
Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students. 6
Torts and Wrongful Conviction Court Awards 925,000 7
Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 11,475,314 8
Library Construction Aid 2,118,554 9
Defeasance of Existing Debt 35,000,000 10
Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund 11
Municipal and Higher Ed Matching Grant Program 23,360,065 12
RIC Student Services Center 30,000,000 13
Restricted Receipts 700,000 14
Other Funds 15
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 16
Security Measures State Buildings 500,000 17
Energy Efficiency Improvements 1,000,000 18
Cranston Street Armory 2,250,000 19
State House Renovations 6,389,000 20
Zambarano Buildings and Campus 7,245,000 21
Replacement of Fueling Tanks 430,000 22
Environmental Compliance 200,000 23
Big River Management Area 200,000 24
Shepard Building Upgrades 1,500,000 25
RI Convention Center Authority 10,237,500 26
Accessibility - Facility Renovations 1,000,000 27
DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 2,140,000 28
BHDDH MH & Community Facilities - Asset Protection 950,000 29
BHDDH DD & Community Homes - Fire Code 325,000 30
BHDDH DD Regional Facilities - Asset Protection 1,800,000 31
BHDDH Substance Abuse Asset Protection 600,000 32
BHDDH Group Homes 1,350,000 33
Statewide Facility Master Plan 2,200,000 34
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Cannon Building 3,725,000 1
Old State House 100,000 2
State Office Building 100,000 3
State Office Reorganization & Relocation 1,650,000 4
William Powers Building 4,750,000 5
Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 10,330,000 6
Washington County Government Center 650,000 7
Chapin Health Laboratory 425,000 8
560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 1,600,000 9
Arrigan Center 125,000 10
Civic Center 6,212,500 11
Pastore Center Building Demolition 1,000,000 12
Veterans Auditorium 100,000 13
Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 4,500,000 14
Pastore Campus Infrastructure 47,850,000 15
Pastore Center Power Plant Rehabilitation 450,000 16
Community Facilities Asset Protection 70,000 17
Zambarano LTAC Hospital 6,569,677 18
Medical Examiners New Facility 300,000 19
Group Home Replacement & Rehabilitation 5,000,000 20
Total - General 239,532,610 21
Debt Service Payments 22
General Revenues 182,821,772 23
Out of the general revenue appropriations for debt service, the General Treasurer is 24
authorized to make payments for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission loan up to the 25
maximum debt service due in accordance with the loan agreement. 26
Other Funds 27
Transportation Debt Service 35,226,154 28
Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000 29
Total - Debt Service Payments 218,147,926 30
Energy Resources 31
Federal Funds 1,628,101 32
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 33
Electric Heat Pump Grant Program 20,000,000 34
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Restricted Receipts 22,075,007 1
Total - Energy Resources 43,703,108 2
Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 3
General Revenues 3,484,018 4
Federal Funds 9,733,677 5
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 6
Auto-Enrollment Program 1,325,358 7
Restricted Receipts 16,053,600 8
Total - Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 30,596,653 9
Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 10
General Revenues 1,898,258 11
Other Funds 109,062 12
Total - Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 2,007,320 13
Capital Asset Management and Maintenance 14
General Revenues 12,161,961 15
Grand Total - Administration 771,042,522 16
Business Regulation 17
Central Management 18
General Revenues 4,609,968 19
Banking Regulation 20
General Revenues 1,801,125 21
Restricted Receipts 63,000 22
Total - Banking Regulation 1,864,125 23
Securities Regulation 24
General Revenues 865,851 25
Restricted Receipts 15,000 26
Total - Securities Regulation 880,851 27
Insurance Regulation 28
General Revenues 4,669,856 29
Restricted Receipts 1,883,195 30
Total - Insurance Regulation 6,553,051 31
Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 32
General Revenues 2,933,710 33
Federal Funds 322,958 34
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Restricted Receipts 522,210 1
Total - Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 3,778,878 2
Board of Accountancy 3
General Revenues 5,490 4
Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 5
General Revenues 1,194,966 6
Restricted Receipts 888,870 7
Total - Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 2,083,836 8
Building, Design and Fire Professionals 9
General Revenues 8,290,502 10
Federal Funds 318,545 11
Restricted Receipts 2,033,537 12
Other Funds 13
Quonset Development Corporation 71,915 14
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 15
Fire Academy Expansion 5,715,000 16
Total - Building, Design and Fire Professionals 16,429,499 17
Office of Cannabis Regulation 18
General Revenues 1,556,744 19
Restricted Receipts 4,560,461 20
Total - Office of Cannabis Regulation 6,117,205 21
Grand Total - Business Regulation 42,322,903 22
Executive Office of Commerce 23
Central Management 24
General Revenues 2,249,368 25
Quasi-Public Appropriations 26
General Revenues 27
Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 8,290,488 28
Airport Impact Aid 1,010,036 29
Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be 30
distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the 31
total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%) 32
of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2022 33
at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport, 34
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T.F. Green Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 1
shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which the airport is located based on this 2
calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above airports is located shall receive at 3
least $25,000. 4
STAC Research Alliance 900,000 5
Innovative Matching Grants/Internships 1,000,000 6
I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 1,245,050 7
Polaris Manufacturing Grant 450,000 8
East Providence Waterfront Commission 50,000 9
Urban Ventures 140,000 10
Chafee Center at Bryant 476,200 11
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 12
Port of Davisville 54,000,000 13
Other Funds 14
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 15
I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 700,000 16
Total - Quasi-Public Appropriations 68,261,774 17
Economic Development Initiatives Fund 18
General Revenues 19
Innovation Initiative 2,000,000 20
Rebuild RI Tax Credit Fund 26,360,000 21
Small Business Promotion 1,000,000 22
Small Business Assistance 3,250,000 23
I-195 Redevelopment Fund 2,000,000 24
First Wave Closing Fund 20,000,000 25
Federal Funds 20,000,000 26
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 27
Destination Marketing 1,500,000 28
Total - Economic Development Initiatives Fund 76,110,000 29
Commerce Programs 30
General Revenues 31
Wavemaker Fellowship 4,000,000 32
Air Service Development Fund 2,250,000 33
Main Streets Revitalization 1,000,000 34
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Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 1
Minority Business Accelerator 4,000,000 2
Bioscience Investments 45,000,000 3
South Quay Marine Terminal 48,000,000 4
Small Business Assistance 5,000,000 5
Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund 6
Broadband 9,573,500 7
Total - Commerce Programs 118,823,500 8
Grand Total - Executive Office of Commerce 265,444,642 9
Department of Housing 10
Central Management 11
General Revenues 4,997,895 12
Federal Funds 15,493,898 13
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 14
OHCD Predevelopment and Capacity Fund 500,000 15
Development of Affordable Housing 55,000,000 16
Homelessness Assistance Program 13,000,000 17
Site Acquisition 10,000,000 18
Down Payment Assistance 20,000,000 19
Workforce Housing 8,000,000 20
Affordable Housing Predevelopment Program 7,500,000 21
Home Repair and Community Revitalization 10,000,000 22
Homelessness Infrastructure 30,000,000 23
Restricted Receipts 7,664,150 24
Total - Housing and Community Development 182,155,943 25
Labor and Training 26
Central Management 27
General Revenues 1,802,264 28
Restricted Receipts 392,553 29
Total - Central Management 2,194,817 30
Workforce Development Services 31
General Revenues 1,101,472 32
Provided that $200,000 of this amount is used to support Year Up. 33
Federal Funds 26,829,345 34
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Total - Workforce Development Services 27,930,817 1
Workforce Regulation and Safety 2
General Revenues 4,542,857 3
Income Support 4
General Revenues 3,674,652 5
Federal Funds 28,895,030 6
Restricted Receipts 2,425,462 7
Other Funds 8
Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 262,307,666 9
Employment Security Fund 142,775,000 10
Total - Income Support 440,077,810 11
Injured Workers Services 12
Restricted Receipts 10,860,358 13
Labor Relations Board 14
General Revenues 553,932 15
Governor’s Workforce Board 16
General Revenues 6,050,000 17
Provided that $600,000 of these funds shall be used for enhanced training for direct care 18
and support services staff to improve resident quality of care and address the changing health care 19
needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive impairments 20
pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws, Section 23-17.5-36. 21
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 22
Enhanced Real Jobs 20,000,000 23
Restricted Receipts 17,256,83 0 24
Total - Governor’s Workforce Board 43,306,830 25
Grand Total - Labor and Training 529,467,421 26
Department of Revenue 27
Director of Revenue 28
General Revenues 2,348,848 29
Office of Revenue Analysis 30
General Revenues 983,531 31
Lottery Division 32
Other Funds 389,849,764 33
Municipal Finance 34
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General Revenues 1,759,431 1
Taxation 2
General Revenues 34,604,969 3
Restricted Receipts 5,067,295 4
Other Funds 5
Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 175,000 6
Total - Taxation 39,847,264 7
Registry of Motor Vehicles 8
General Revenues 31,507,957 9
Federal Funds 599,904 10
Restricted Receipts 3,494,403 11
Total - Registry of Motor Vehicles 35,602,264 12
State Aid 13
General Revenues 14
Distressed Communities Relief Fund 12,384,458 15
Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 50,180,167 16
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 234,712,307 17
Property Revaluation Program 906,329 18
Restricted Receipts 995,120 19
Total - State Aid 299,178,381 20
Collections 21
General Revenues 1,002,552 22
Grand Total - Revenue 770,572,035 23
Legislature 24
General Revenues 50,998,683 25
Restricted Receipts 2,090,093 26
Grand Total - Legislature 53,088,776 27
Lieutenant Governor 28
General Revenues 1,411,331 29
Secretary of State 30
Administration 31
General Revenues 4,158,917 32
Corporations 33
General Revenues 2,815,916 34
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State Archives 1
General Revenues 198,351 2
Restricted Receipts 558,028 3
Total - State Archives 756,379 4
Elections and Civics 5
General Revenues 2,456,107 6
Federal Funds 2,001,207 7
Total - Elections and Civics 4,457,314 8
State Library 9
General Revenues 854,042 10
Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society 11
pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 29-2-1 and $18,000 be allocated to support the 12
Newport Historical Society, pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 29-2-2. 13
Office of Public Information 14
General Revenues 630,466 15
Receipted Receipts 25,000 16
Total - Office of Public Information 655,466 17
Grand Total - Secretary of State 13,698,034 18
General Treasurer 19
Treasury 20
General Revenues 2,873,945 21
Federal Funds 343,876 22
Other Funds 23
Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 262,277 24
Tuition Savings Program - Administration 432,979 25
Total -Treasury 3,913,077 26
State Retirement System 27
Restricted Receipts 28
Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 13,005,657 29
Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 1,979,142 30
Defined Contribution - Administration 328,028 31
Total - State Retirement System 15,312,827 32
Unclaimed Property 33
Restricted Receipts 2,604,026 34
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Crime Victim Compensation Program 1
General Revenues 899,553 2
Federal Funds 422,493 3
Restricted Receipts 555,000 4
Total - Crime Victim Compensation Program 1,877,046 5
Grand Total - General Treasurer 23,706,976 6
Board of Elections 7
General Revenues 3,637,565 8
Rhode Island Ethics Commission 9
General Revenues 2,097,059 10
Office of Governor 11
General Revenues 12
General Revenues 8,256,547 13
Contingency Fund 150,000 14
Grand Total - Office of Governor 8,406,547 15
Commission for Human Rights 16
General Revenues 1,824,202 17
Federal Funds 359,101 18
Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 2,183,303 19
Public Utilities Commission 20
Federal Funds 593,775 21
Restricted Receipts 13,567,525 22
Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 14,161,300 23
Office of Health and Human Services 24
Central Management 25
General Revenues 46,732,194 26
Federal Funds 178,630,783 27
Restricted Receipts 33,192,904 28
Total - Central Management 258,555,881 29
Medical Assistance 30
General Revenues 31
Managed Care 435,408,115 32
Hospitals 126,002,758 33
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Of the general revenue funding, $2.5 million shall be provided for Graduate Medical 1
Education programs of which $1.0 million is for hospitals designated as a Level I Trauma Center, 2
$1.0 million is for hospitals providing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit level of care and $0.5 million 3
is for the new residential training program at Landmark Hospital. 4
Nursing Facilities 161,995,000 5
Home and Community Based Services 57,693,750 6
Other Services 161,855,854 7
Pharmacy 91,876,250 8
Rhody Health 231,513,617 9
Federal Funds 10
Managed Care 571,357,712 11
Hospitals 239,389,526 12
Nursing Facilities 196,005,000 13
Home and Community Based Services 69,806,250 14
Other Services 831,426,291 15
Pharmacy 23,750 16
Rhody Health 278,130,872 17
Other Programs 32,247,569 18
Restricted Receipts 19,345,306 19
Total - Medical Assistance 3,504,077,620 20
Grand Total - Office of Health and Human Services 3,762,633,501 21
Children, Youth and Families 22
Central Management 23
General Revenues 14,968,321 24
The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide to the speaker 25
of the house and president of the senate at least every sixty (60) days beginning September 1, 2021, 26
a report on its progress implementing the accreditation plan filed in accordance with Rhode Island 27
General Law, Section 42-72-5.3 and any projected changes needed to effectuate that plan. The 28
report shall, at minimum, provide data regarding recruitment and retention efforts including 29
attaining and maintaining a diverse workforce, documentation of newly filled and vacated 30
positions, and progress towards reducing worker caseloads. 31
Federal Funds 9,881,598 32
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 33
Foster Home Lead Abatement & Fire Safety 375,000 34
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Total - Central Management 25,224,919 1
Children's Behavioral Health Services 2
General Revenues 8,818,972 3
Federal Funds 8,663,056 4
Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 17,482,028 5
Youth Development Services 6
General Revenues 23,121,308 7
Federal Funds 193,194 8
Restricted Receipts 141,260 9
Other Funds 10
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 11
Training School Asset Protection 250,000 12
Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000 13
Total – Youth Development Services 38,705,762 14
Child Welfare 15
General Revenues 171,324,408 16
Federal Funds 87,739,566 17
Restricted Receipts 1,349,863 18
Total - Child Welfare 260,413,837 19
Higher Education Incentive Grants 20
General Revenues 194,806 21
Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 342,021,352 22
Health 23
Central Management 24
General Revenues 3,845,945 25
Federal Funds 7,898,826 26
Restricted Receipts 13,831,745 27
Provided that the disbursement of any indirect cost recoveries on federal grants budgeted 28
in this line item that are derived from grants authorized under The Coronavirus Preparedness and 29
Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123); The Families First Coronavirus 30
Response Act (P.L. 116-127); The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116- 31
136); The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139); the 32
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260); and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 33
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(P.L. 117-2), are hereby subject to the review and prior approval of the Director of Management 1
and Budget. No obligation or expenditure of these funds shall take place without such approval. 2
Total - Central Management 25,576,516 3
Community Health and Equity 4
General Revenues 658,409 5
Federal Funds 77,758,255 6
Restricted Receipts 43,502,890 7
Total - Community Health and Equity 121,919,554 8
Environmental Health 9
General Revenues 6,042,901 10
Federal Funds 11,275,046 11
Restricted Receipts 895,252 12
Total - Environmental Health 18,213,199 13
Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner 14
General Revenues 12,649,344 15
Federal Funds 2,669,840 16
Other Funds 17
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 18
Health Laboratories & Medical Examiner Equipment 400,000 19
Total - Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner 15,719,184 20
Customer Services 21
General Revenues 8,109,896 22
Federal Funds 7,407,461 23
Restricted Receipts 4,425,552 24
Total - Customer Services 19,942,909 25
Policy, Information and Communications 26
General Revenues 982,376 27
Federal Funds 3,578,329 28
Restricted Receipts 882,254 29
Total - Policy, Information and Communications 5,442,959 30
Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services 31
General Revenues 2,153,280 32
Federal Funds 19,698,309 33
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Total - Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services1
21,851,589 2
COVID-19 3
Federal Funds 56,123,002 4
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 5
COVID-19 Operational Support 34,909,578 6
Grand Total - Health 319,698,490 7
Human Services 8
Central Management 9
General Revenues 5,711,779 10
Of this amount, $400,000 is to support the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund to provide 11
direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $450,000 to support Project 12
Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, $267,000 is for outreach and 13
supportive services through Day One, $450,000 is for food collection and distribution through the 14
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, $500,000 for services provided to the homeless at Crossroads 15
Rhode Island, $600,000 for the Community Action Fund, $250,000 is for the Institute for the Study 16
and Practice of Nonviolence’s Reduction Strategy, $75,000 is to support services provided to the 17
immigrant and refugee population through Higher Ground International, and $50,000 is for services 18
provided to refugees through the Refugee Dream Center. 19
The director of the department of human services shall provide to the speaker of the house, 20
president of the senate, and chairs of the house and senate finance committees at least every sixty 21
(60) days beginning August 1, 2022, a report on its progress in recruiting and retaining customer 22
serving staff. The report shall include: documentation of newly filled and vacated positions, 23
including lateral transfers, position titles, civil service information, including numbers of eligible 24
and available candidates, plans for future testing and numbers of eligible and available candidates 25
resulting from such testing, impacts on caseload backlogs and call center wait times, as well as 26
other pertinent information as determined by the director. 27
Federal Funds 5,045,624 28
Restricted Receipts 300,000 29
Total - Central Management 11,057,403 30
Child Support Enforcement 31
General Revenues 4,116,800 32
Federal Funds 9,210,378 33
Restricted Receipts 3,613,859 34
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Total - Child Support Enforcement 16,941,037 1
Individual and Family Support 2
General Revenues 47,445,759 3
Federal Funds 116,336,111 4
Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund 5
Child Care Support 1,717,000 6
Restricted Receipts 185,000 7
Other Funds 8
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 9
Blind Vending Facilities 165,000 10
Total - Individual and Family Support 165,848,870 11
Office of Veterans Services 12
General Revenues 33,918,151 13
Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services through Veterans’ organizations 14
and $50,000 is to support Operation Stand Down. 15
Federal Funds 11,944,899 16
Restricted Receipts 1,765,801 17
Other Funds 18
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 19
Veterans Home Asset Protection 215,505 20
Veterans Memorial Cemetery Asset Protection 750,000 21
Total - Office of Veterans Services 48,594,356 22
Health Care Eligibility 23
General Revenues 9,798,668 24
Federal Funds 15,903,566 25
Total - Health Care Eligibility 25,702,234 26
Supplemental Security Income Program 27
General Revenues 17,108,100 28
Rhode Island Works 29
General Revenues 10,210,974 30
Federal Funds 104,272,735 31
Total - Rhode Island Works 114,483,709 32
Other Programs 33
General Revenues 1,778,700 34
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Of this appropriation, $90,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments. 1
Federal Funds 353,628,267 2
Restricted Receipts 8,000 3
Total - Other Programs 355,414,967 4
Office of Healthy Aging 5
General Revenues 13,390,800 6
Of this amount, $325,000 is to provide elder services, including respite, through the 7
Diocese of Providence, $40,000 is for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long Term 8
Care in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws, Chapter 42-66.7, $85,000 is for security for 9
housing for the elderly in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section 42-66.1-3, and 10
$1,200,000 is for Senior Services Support and $680,000 is for elderly nutrition, of which $630,000 11
is for Meals on Wheels. 12
Federal Funds 20,634,526 13
Restricted Receipts 61,000 14
Other Funds 15
Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 5,467,121 16
Total - Office of Healthy Aging 39,553,447 17
Grand Total - Human Services 794,704,123 18
Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 19
Central Management 20
General Revenues 2,445,310 21
Federal Funds 734,228 22
Total - Central Management 3,179,538 23
Hospital and Community System Support 24
General Revenues 1,260,208 25
Federal Funds 65,739 26
Restricted Receipts 448,659 27
Total - Hospital and Community System Support 1,774,606 28
Services for the Developmentally Disabled 29
General Revenues 188,286,360 30
Provided that of this general revenue funding, $13,944,922 shall be expended on certain 31
community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals 32
(BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service 33
worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH. Any increase for direct 34
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support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of 1
BHDDH. 2
Federal Funds 227,617,571 3
Provided that of this federal funding, $16,872,585 shall be expended on certain 4
community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals 5
(BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service 6
worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH. Any increase for direct 7
support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of 8
BHDDH. 9
Restricted Receipts 1,395,777 10
Other Funds 11
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 12
DD Residential Support 100,000 13
Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 417,399,708 14
Behavioral Healthcare Services 15
General Revenues 4,308,736 16
Federal Funds 34,025,449 17
Provided that $250,000 from Social Services Block Grant funds is awarded to The 18
Providence Center to coordinate with Oasis Wellness and Recovery for its support and services 19
program offered to individuals with behavioral health issues. 20
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 21
Crisis Intervention Trainings 1,650,000 22
9-8-8 Hotline 1,600,000 23
Restricted Receipts 7,334,361 24
Provided that $500,000 from the Opioid Stewardship Fund is distributed equally to the 25
seven Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Task Forces to fund priorities determined by each 26
Task Force. 27
Total - Behavioral Healthcare Services 48,918,546 28
Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 29
General Revenues 60,657,511 30
Federal Funds 49,268,415 31
Restricted Receipts 3,150,000 32
Other Funds 33
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 34
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Hospital Equipment 300,000 1
Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 113,375,926 2
State of RI Psychiatric Hospital 3
General Revenue 34,948,359 4
Grand Total - Behavioral Healthcare, 5
Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 619,596,683 6
Office of the Child Advocate 7
General Revenues 1,630,743 8
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 9
General Revenues 764,208 10
Restricted Receipts 104,467 11
Grand Total - Comm. On Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 868,675 12
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 13
General Revenues 14
General Revenues 776,252 15
Livable Home Modification Grant Program 516,699 16
Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to 17
construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings. 18
This will be in consultation with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. All 19
unexpended or unencumbered balances, at the end of the fiscal year, shall be reappropriated to the 20
ensuing fiscal year, and made immediately available for the same purpose. 21
Federal Funds 378,638 22
Restricted Receipts 62,131 23
Grand Total - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,733,720 24
Office of the Mental Health Advocate 25
General Revenues 976,078 26
Elementary and Secondary Education 27
Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy 28
General Revenues 28,540,632 29
Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s 30
Hospital pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 16-7-20 and that $395,000 be allocated to 31
support child opportunity zones through agreements with the Department of Elementary and 32
Secondary Education to strengthen education, health and social services for students and their 33
families as a strategy to accelerate student achievement. 34
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Federal Funds 281,923,148 1
Provided that $684,000 from the Department’s administrative share of Individuals with 2
Disabilities Education Act funds be allocated to the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities to 3
support the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program. 4
Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund 5
Adult Education Providers 3,000,000 6
Out of School Time Education Providers 4,000,000 7
Restricted Receipts 8
Restricted Receipts 2,381,954 9
HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000 10
Total - Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 323,345,734 11
Davies Career and Technical School 12
General Revenues 15,892,211 13
Federal Funds 2,069,097 14
Restricted Receipts 4,448,690 15
Other Funds 16
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 17
Davies School HVAC 50,000 18
Davies School Asset Protection 500,000 19
Davies School Wing Renovation 2,500,000 20
Total - Davies Career and Technical School 25,459,998 21
RI School for the Deaf 22
General Revenues 8,341,094 23
Federal Funds 312,070 24
Restricted Receipts 619,262 25
Other Funds 26
School for the Deaf Transformation Grants 59,000 27
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 28
School for the Deaf Asset Protection 331,000 29
Total - RI School for the Deaf 9,662,426 30
Metropolitan Career and Technical School 31
General Revenues 11,160,738 32
Federal Funds 2,707,864 33
Other Funds 34
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Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 1
MET School Asset Protection 2,000,000 2
Total - Metropolitan Career and Technical School 15,868,602 3
Education Aid 4
General Revenues 1,126,377,610 5
Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize 6
prekindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one 7
hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities 8
with higher concentrations of low performing schools. 9
Provided further that $8,543,690 shall be allocated pro rata to mitigate any reduction in the 10
amount of funds received by any local education agency pursuant to Section 16-7.2-3(a) of the 11
Rhode Island General Laws in FY 2024 relative to the amount of funds received by any local 12
education agency during FY 2023. 13
Federal Funds 238,550,194 14
Restricted Receipts 36,395,639 15
Other Funds 16
Permanent School Fund 300,000 17
Total - Education Aid 1,401,623,443 18
Central Falls School District 19
General Revenues 50,162,617 20
Federal Funds 10,869,398 21
Total - Central Falls School District 61,032,015 22
School Construction Aid 23
General Revenues 24
General Revenues 25
School Housing Aid 103,462,946 26
Teachers' Retirement 27
General Revenues 132,744,129 28
Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 2,073,199,293 29
Public Higher Education 30
Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 31
General Revenues 28,102,355 32
Provided that $355,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island College Crusade pursuant to 33
the Rhode Island General Law, Section 16-70-5, $75,000 shall be allocated to Best Buddies Rhode 34
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Island to support its programs for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. It is also 1
provided that $8,568,644 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program, 2
$151,410 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s membership in the New England Board of Higher 3
Education, and $2,500,000 shall be allocated to the Fresh Start Scholarship Program at the 4
Community College of Rhode Island. 5
Federal Funds 6
Federal Funds 4,081,833 7
Guaranty Agency Administration 400,000 8
Guaranty Agency Operating Fund - Scholarships & Grants 3,900,000 9
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 10
RI Reconnect 8,000,000 11
Restricted Receipts 5,904,272 12
Other Funds 13
Tuition Savings Program - Dual Enrollment 2,300,000 14
Tuition Savings Program - Scholarships and Grants 895,000 15
Nursing Education Center – Operating 2,894,863 16
Total - Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 56,478,323 17
University of Rhode Island 18
General Revenues 19
General Revenues 99,207,527 20
Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development, 21
$700,000 shall be allocated to the Small Business Development Center, $100,000 shall be allocated 22
to the Institute for Labor Studies & Research and that $50,000 shall be allocated to Special 23
Olympics Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic opportunities for individuals 24
with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 25
Debt Service 31,813,173 26
RI State Forensics Laboratory 1,618,744 27
Other Funds 28
University and College Funds 745,170,430 29
Debt - Dining Services 992,421 30
Debt - Education and General 7,633,681 31
Debt - Health Services 119,986 32
Debt - Housing Loan Funds 12,979,112 33
Debt - Memorial Union 425,523 34
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Debt - Ryan Center 2,378,224 1
Debt - Parking Authority 819,763 2
URI Restricted Debt Service - Energy Conservation 507,250 3
URI Debt Service - Energy Conservation 1,885,825 4
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 5
Asset Protection 11,494,395 6
Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing Improvements 13,205,467 7
Fire Protection Academic Buildings 3,081,532 8
Bay Campus 6,000,000 9
Athletics Complex 15,000,000 10
Stormwater Management 256,338 11
Fine Arts Center Renovation 8,000,000 12
Total - University of Rhode Island 962,589,391 13
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or 14
unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby 15
reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. 16
Rhode Island College 17
General Revenues 18
General Revenues 65,957,566 19
Debt Service 8,732,729 20
Other Funds 21
University and College Funds 101,032,657 22
Debt - Education and General 1,579,049 23
Debt - Housing 369,079 24
Debt - Student Center and Dining 155,000 25
Debt - Student Union 208,800 26
Debt - G.O. Debt Service 1,643,056 27
Debt - Energy Conservation 717,975 28
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 29
Asset Protection 5,432,000 30
Infrastructure Modernization 5,275,000 31
Master Plan Phase III 10,000,000 32
Total - Rhode Island College 201,102,911 33
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or 1
unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to Rhode Island College are hereby 2
reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. 3
Community College of Rhode Island 4
General Revenues 5
General Revenues 58,327,078 6
Debt Service 807,992 7
Restricted Receipts 828,372 8
Other Funds 9
University and College Funds 98,389,036 10
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 11
Asset Protection 2,653,124 12
Knight Campus Renewal 1,390,000 13
Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 3,300,000 14
Flanagan Campus Renovations 4,500,000 15
CCRI Renovation and Modernization Phase I 9,000,000 16
Total - Community College of RI 179,195,602 17
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or 18
unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to the Community College of Rhode Island 19
are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. 20
Grand Total - Public Higher Education 1,399,366,227 21
RI State Council on the Arts 22
General Revenues 23
Operating Support 1,067,328 24
Grants 1,165,000 25
Provided that $375,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire 26
Providence art installations. 27
Federal Funds 1,347,593 28
Restricted Receipts 50,000 29
Other Funds 30
Art for Public Facilities 585,000 31
Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 4,214,921 32
RI Atomic Energy Commission 33
General Revenues 1,158,737 34
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Restricted Receipts 25,036 1
Other Funds 2
URI Sponsored Research 344,971 3
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 4
Asset Protection 50,000 5
Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,578,744 6
RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 7
General Revenues 1,689,697 8
Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration 9
activities and that $25,000 shall be allocated to Rhode Island Slave History Medallions. 10
Federal Funds 1,393,147 11
Restricted Receipts 422,800 12
Other Funds 13
RIDOT Project Review 110,327 14
Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,615,971 15
Attorney General 16
Criminal 17
General Revenues 21,038,345 18
Federal Funds 2,909,219 19
Restricted Receipts 577,591 20
Total - Criminal 24,525,155 21
Civil 22
General Revenues 7,010,429 23
Restricted Receipts 1,523,594 24
Total - Civil 8,534,023 25
Bureau of Criminal Identification 26
General Revenues 2,145,184 27
Restricted Receipts 1,296,624 28
Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 3,441,808 29
General 30
General Revenues 4,668,933 31
Other Funds 32
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 33
Building Renovations and Repairs 150,000 34
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Total - General 4,818,933 1
Grand Total - Attorney General 41,319,919 2
Corrections 3
Central Management 4
General Revenues 21,930,514 5
Parole Board 6
General Revenues 1,382,965 7
Custody and Security 8
General Revenues 154,008,412 9
Federal Funds 1,413,868 10
Total - Custody and Security 155,422,280 11
Institutional Support 12
General Revenues 29,168,839 13
Other Funds 14
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 15
Asset Protection 4,100,000 16
Total - Institutional Support 33,268,839 17
Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management 18
General Revenues 14,138,479 19
Provided that $1,050,000 be allocated to Crossroads Rhode Island for sex offender 20
discharge planning. 21
The director of the department of corrections shall provide to the speaker of the house and 22
president of the senate at least every ninety (90) days beginning September 1, 2022, a report on 23
efforts to modernize the correctional industries program. The report shall, at minimum, provide 24
data on the past ninety (90) days regarding program participation, changes made in programming 25
to more closely align with industry needs, new or terminated partnerships with employers, 26
nonprofits, and advocacy groups, current program expenses and revenues, and the employment 27
status of all persons on the day of discharge from department care who participated in the 28
correctional industries program. 29
Federal Funds 630,449 30
Restricted Receipts 64,600 31
Total - Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 14,833,528 32
Healthcare Services 33
General Revenues 29,477,706 34
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Restricted Receipts 1,331,585 1
Total - Healthcare Services 30,809,291 2
Community Corrections 3
General Revenues 20,982,773 4
Federal Funds 175,542 5
Restricted Receipts 36,924 6
Total - Community Corrections 21,195,239 7
Grand Total - Corrections 278,842,656 8
Judiciary 9
Supreme Court 10
General Revenues 11
General Revenues 34,670,879 12
Provided however, that no more than $1,453,387 in combined total shall be offset to the 13
Public Defender’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Corrections, the 14
Department of Children, Youth and Families, and the Department of Public Safety for square- 15
footage occupancy costs in public courthouses and further provided that $230,000 be allocated to 16
the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy 17
project pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to 18
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to provide housing and eviction defense to indigent individuals. 19
Defense of Indigents 5,075,432 20
Federal Funds 213,725 21
Restricted Receipts 4,179,552 22
Other Funds 23
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 24
Garrahy Courtroom Restoration 750,000 25
Judicial Complexes - HVAC 1,000,000 26
Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 2,250,000 27
Judicial Complexes Fan Coil Unit Replacements 500,000 28
Garrahy Courthouse Restoration 1,125,000 29
Total - Supreme Court 49,764,588 30
Judicial Tenure and Discipline 31
General Revenues 174,733 32
Superior Court 33
General Revenues 27,552,736 34
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Federal Funds 70,028 1
Restricted Receipts 665,000 2
Total - Superior Court 28,287,764 3
Family Court 4
General Revenues 26,009,022 5
Federal Funds 3,866,908 6
Total - Family Court 29,875,930 7
District Court 8
General Revenues 16,319,444 9
Federal Funds 821,532 10
Restricted Receipts 60,000 11
Total - District Court 17,200,976 12
Traffic Tribunal 13
General Revenues 11,185,670 14
Workers' Compensation Court 15
Restricted Receipts 10,008,315 16
Grand Total - Judiciary 146,497,976 17
Military Staff 18
General Revenues 3,819,141 19
Federal Funds 65,078,662 20
Restricted Receipts 21
RI Military Family Relief Fund 55,000 22
Other Funds 23
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 24
Aviation Readiness Center 1,125,800 25
Asset Protection 975,000 26
Quonset Airport Runway Reconstruction 2,661,750 27
Quonset Air National Guard HQ Facility 3,000,000 28
Counter-Drug Training Facility 2,000,000 29
Grand Total - Military Staff 78,715,353 30
Public Safety 31
Central Management 32
General Revenues 1,366,598 33
Federal Funds 11,284,115 34
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Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 1
Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence 7,000,000 2
Restricted Receipts 191,311 3
Total - Central Management 19,842,024 4
E-911 Emergency Telephone System 5
Restricted Receipts 9,269,543 6
Security Services 7
General Revenues 30,293,311 8
Municipal Police Training Academy 9
General Revenues 290,366 10
Federal Funds 399,095 11
Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 689,461 12
State Police 13
General Revenues 91,562,926 14
Federal Funds 5,474,011 15
Restricted Receipts 889,670 16
Other Funds 17
Airport Corporation Assistance 150,069 18
Road Construction Reimbursement 3,354,650 19
Weight and Measurement Reimbursement 510,198 20
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 21
DPS Asset Protection 2,053,000 22
Southern Barracks 10,465,719 23
Training Academy Upgrades 1,400,000 24
Statewide Communications System Network 249,754 25
Total - State Police 116,109,997 26
Grand Total - Public Safety 176,204,336 27
Office of Public Defender 28
General Revenues 15,407,864 29
Federal Funds 100,665 30
Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 15,508,529 31
Emergency Management Agency 32
General Revenues 5,138,562 33
Federal Funds 38,294,380 34
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Restricted Receipts 406,774 1
Other Funds 2
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 3
RI Statewide Communications Network 1,494,400 4
RI Statewide Communications Network Tower 500,000 5
RI Statewide Communications Infrastructure 1,190,000 6
RI Statewide Communications 700 MHZ Project 2,776,375 7
RI Statewide Communications Warehouse 250,000 8
Grand Total - Emergency Management Agency 50,050,491 9
Environmental Management 10
Office of the Director 11
General Revenues 9,177,652 12
Of this general revenue amount, $50,000 is appropriated to the Conservation Districts and 13
$100,000 is appropriated to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island for a 14
veterinarian at the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island. 15
Federal Funds 40,100 16
Restricted Receipts 4,428,201 17
Total - Office of the Director 13,645,953 18
Natural Resources 19
General Revenues 30,479,788 20
Federal Funds 19,812,255 21
Restricted Receipts 5,573,096 22
Other Funds 23
DOT Recreational Projects 762,000 24
Blackstone Bike Path Design 1,000,000 25
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 26
Dam Repair 311,500 27
Fort Adams Rehabilitation 300,000 28
Port of Galilee 8,523,702 29
Newport Pier Upgrades 1,000,000 30
Recreation Facility Asset Protection 750,000 31
Recreational Facilities Improvement 3,895,000 32
Natural Resources Office and Visitor's Center 250,000 33
Fish & Wildlife Maintenance Facilities 200,000 34
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Marine Infrastructure/Pier Development 650,000 1
Total - Natural Resources 73,507,341 2
Environmental Protection 3
General Revenues 15,630,165 4
Federal Funds 10,885,928 5
Restricted Receipts 7,770,181 6
Other Funds 7
Transportation MOU 44,552 8
Total - Environmental Protection 34,330,826 9
Grand Total - Environmental Management 121,484,120 10
Coastal Resources Management Council 11
General Revenues 3,396,395 12
Federal Funds 2,264,374 13
Restricted Receipts 250,000 14
Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 5,910,769 15
Transportation 16
Central Management 17
Federal Funds 15,010,567 18
Other Funds 19
Gasoline Tax 8,696,240 20
Total - Central Management 23,706,807 21
Management and Budget 22
Other Funds 23
Gasoline Tax 4,210,497 24
Infrastructure Engineering 25
Federal Funds 424,349,096 26
Restricted Receipts 6,210,256 27
Other Funds 28
Gasoline Tax 68,752,794 29
Toll Revenue 1,500,000 30
Land Sale Revenue 9,523,299 31
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 32
Highway Improvement Program 145,806,300 33
Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 34
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RIPTA - Land and Buildings 12,627,012 1
RIPTA - URI Mobility Hub 250,000 2
RIPTA – Pawtucket/Central Falls Bus Hub Passenger Facility 1,000,000 3
Total - Infrastructure Engineering 670,418,757 4
Infrastructure Maintenance 5
Other Funds 6
Gasoline Tax 21,018,371 7
Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account 103,954,282 8
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds 9
Maintenance Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000 10
Maintenance Facilities Improvements 500,000 11
Welcome Center 200,000 12
Salt Storage Facilities 1,080,000 13
Train Station Asset Protection 395,000 14
Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 128,947,653 15
Grand Total - Transportation 827,283,714 16
Statewide Totals 17
General Revenues 5,302,778,725 18
Federal Funds 5,526,017,996 19
Restricted Receipts 386,814,952 20
Other Funds 2,535,441,068 21
Statewide Grand Total 13,751,052,741 22
SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an 23
appropriation. 24
SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another 25
department or agency, the Governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer 26
or reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected 27
thereby; provided, however, in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section 42-6-5, when 28
the duties or administrative functions of government are designated by law to be performed within 29
a particular department or agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re-allocation, in whole 30
or part, or appropriations and full-time equivalent positions to any other department or agency shall 31
be authorized. 32
SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be 33
required at the discretion of the Governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not 34
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exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and 1
agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen 2
conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used 3
for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and 4
property, in accordance with the provisions of Titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws of 1956, as 5
amended. All expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the Governor. 6
SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal 7
service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state 8
agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost 9
reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in 10
a businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs 11
associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services 12
across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of 13
general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost 14
of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following 15
expenditure limitations: 16
Account Expenditure Limit 17
State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,390,672 18
Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 39,364,206 19
State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 8,076,555 20
State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,659,422 21
State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 13,069,648 22
Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789 23
Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 272,732,438 24
Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 63,858,483 25
Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,411,825 26
Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,506,586 27
Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,220,004 28
Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,175,426 29
Human Resources Internal Service Fund 17,117,623 30
DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 61,150,543 31
Information Technology Internal Service Fund 56,136,183 32
SECTION 6. Legislative Intent - The General Assembly may provide a written "statement 33
of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and by the 34
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chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations 1
contained in Section 1 of this Article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the 2
House Finance Committee and in the Senate Finance Committee. 3
At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which 4
grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation 5
directors, shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and the 6
chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be 7
released or granted. 8
SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby 9
appropriated pursuant to sections 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds 10
required to be disbursed for the benefit payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 11
and Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 12
SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated 13
pursuant to section 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to be disbursed 14
for benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 15
SECTION 9. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to 16
the Lottery Division any funds required to be disbursed by the Lottery Division for the purposes of 17
paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 18
SECTION 10. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated 19
to the Office of the General Treasurer designated funds received under the CollegeBoundSaver 20
program for transfer to the Division of Higher Education Assistance within the Office of the 21
Postsecondary Commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 22
2024. 23
SECTION 11. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full- 24
time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do 25
not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period 26
of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not 27
exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor 28
do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of 29
employment. Provided, however, that the Governor or designee, Speaker of the House of 30
Representatives or designee, and the President of the Senate or designee may authorize an 31
adjustment to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the State Budget Officer shall make a 32
detailed written recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of 33
the Senate. A copy of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the 34
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chairman of the House Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor, 1
and the Senate Fiscal Advisor. 2
State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time 3
limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state 4
general revenue funding source. 5
FY 2024 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION 6
Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent 7
Administration 674.7 8
Provided that no more than 429.5 of the total authorization would be limited to positions 9
that support internal service fund programs. 10
Business Regulation 181.0 11
Executive Office of Commerce 5.0 12
Department of Housing 38.0 13
Labor and Training 461.7 14
Revenue 575.5 15
Legislature 298.5 16
Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0 17
Office of the Secretary of State 59.0 18
Office of the General Treasurer 89.0 19
Board of Elections 13.0 20
Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0 21
Office of the Governor 45.0 22
Commission for Human Rights 15.0 23
Public Utilities Commission 54.0 24
Office of Health and Human Services 225.0 25
Children, Youth and Families 705.5 26
Health 556.4 27
Human Services 773.0 28
Office of Veterans Services 264.0 29
Office of Healthy Aging 31.0 30
Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 1,202.4 31
Office of the Child Advocate 10.0 32
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 4.0 33
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 5.0 34
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Office of the Mental Health Advocate 6.0 1
Elementary and Secondary Education 147.1 2
School for the Deaf 60.0 3
Davies Career and Technical School 123.0 4
Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 45.0 5
Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are 6
supported by third-party funds, 11.0 would be available only for positions at the State’s Higher 7
Education Centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, 10.0 would be available only for positions 8
at the Nursing Education Center, and 7.0 would be available for the longitudinal data systems 9
program. 10
University of Rhode Island 2,551.0 11
Provided that 353.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are 12
supported by third-party funds. 13
Rhode Island College 949.2 14
Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are 15
supported by third-party funds. 16
Community College of Rhode Island 849.1 17
Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are 18
supported by third-party funds. 19
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 9.6 20
RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6 21
Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 15.6 22
Office of the Attorney General 249.1 23
Corrections 1,459.0 24
Judicial 739.3 25
Military Staff 93.0 26
Emergency Management Agency 35.0 27
Public Safety 632.2 28
Office of the Public Defender 102.0 29
Environmental Management 425.0 30
Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0 31
Transportation 755.0 32
Total 15,591.5 33
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No agency or department may employ contracted employee services where contract 1
employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need by the 2
Director of Administration acting upon positive recommendations by the Budget Officer and the 3
Personnel Administrator and 15 days after a public hearing. 4
Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state 5
employees at that time without determination of need by the Director of Administration acting upon 6
the positive recommendations of the State Budget Officer and the Personnel Administrator and 30 7
days after a public hearing. 8
SECTION 12. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode 9
Island Capital Plan funds for fiscal year 2024 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2024 10
within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of the P.L. of 2022. 11
The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode 12
Island Capital Plan Fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending 13
June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028. These amounts supersede 14
appropriations provided within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of the P.L. of 2022. 15
For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the State Controller is hereby 16
authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the General Treasurer for the payment of 17
such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by him or her upon receipt of properly 18
authenticated vouchers. 19
FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending 20
Project 06/30/2025 06/30/2026 06/30/2027 06/30/2028 21
DOA - 560 Jefferson Boulevard 1,100,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 22
DOA - Accessibility Facility Renovations1,000,0001,000,000 1,000,000 1,022,200 23
DOA - Arrigan Center 75,000 200,000 200,000 0 24
DOA - Big River Management Area 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 25
DOA - Cannon Building 4,125,000 4,025,000 0 0 26
DOA - Chapin Health Laboratory 350,000 0 0 0 27
DOA - Civic Center 2,100,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 1,850,000 28
DOA - Communities Facilities 70,000 70,000 70,000 75,000 29
DOA - Cranston Street Armory 3,250,000 1,600,000 100,000 100,000 30
DOA - Developmental Disability 31
Regional Facilities 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,125,000 32
DOA - DoIT Enterprise 33
Operations Center 2,050,000 1,050,000 50,000 50,000 34
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DOA - Energy Efficiency Improvements1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1
DOA - Environmental Compliance 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 2
DOA - Group Homes Asset Protection1,350,00 1,350,00 1,350,000 1,380,000 3
DOA - Group Homes Fire Code 325,000 325,000 325,000 333,000 4
DOA - Hospital Reorganization 25,000,000 0 0 0 5
DOA - Medical Examiner’s Office 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 6
DOA - Mental Health Community Facilities950,000 950,000 950,000 975,000 7
DOA - Old State House 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 8
DOA - Pastore Building 9
Demolition 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 10
DOA - Pastore Center Hospital 11
Buildings 4,500,000 2,500,000 500,000 500,000 12
DOA - Pastore Center 13
Non-Hospital Buildings 5,000,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,600,000 14
DOA - Pastore Campus Infrastructure48,950,000 50,050,000 0 0 15
DOA - Pastore Power Plant 16
Rehabilitation 250,00 250,000 5,250,000 0 17
DOA - Replacement of Fuel Tanks 330,000 100,000 250,000 100,000 18
DOA - RI Convention Center Authority3,340,500 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 19
DOA - Shepard Building Upgrades 250,000 0 0 0 20
DOA - Security Measures State Buildings500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 21
DOA - State House Renovations 18,529,000 17,379,000 17,379,000 16,000,000 22
DOA - State Office Building 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 23
DOA - State Office Reorganization and 24
Relocation 250,000 250,000 0 0 25
DOA - Statewide Facility Master Plan200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 26
DOA - Substance Abuse Group Homes600,000 600,000 600,000 613,000 27
DOA - Veteran’s Auditorium 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 28
DOA - Washington County Government 29
Center 800,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 30
DOA - William Powers Building 2,400,000 2,200,000 2,000,000 2,040,000 31
DOA - Zambarano Buildings and Campus4,740,0002,850,000 250,000 1,800,000 32
DOA – Zambarano LTAC Hospital26,185,740 26,065,740 23,804,439 24,427,656 33
DBR - Fire Academy Expansion 1,940,500 0 0 0 34
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EOC - I-195 Redevelopment Commission700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 1
DCYF - Residential Treatment Facility15,000,00015,000,000 0 0 2
DCYF - Training School Asset Protection250,000 250,000 250,000 255,000 3
DOH - Health Laboratories and Medical 4
Examiner Equipment 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 5
BHDDH - DD Residential Support 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 6
BHDDH - Hospital Equipment 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 7
DHS - Blind Vending Facilities 165,000 165,000 165,000 165,000 8
DHS - Veterans’ Cemetery Asset Protection250,000 300,000 250,000 0 9
DHS - Veterans’ Home Asset Protection145,000 100,000 200,000 50,000 10
DHS - Veterans’ Home New Construction260,000 1,050,000 1,025,000 1,025,000 11
ELSEC - Davies Career and Technical 12
School Asset Protection 500,000 500,000 500,000 511,000 13
ELSEC - Davies Career and Technical 14
School HVAC 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 15
ELSEC - Davies Career and Technical 16
School Wing Renovation 30,000,000 2,500,000 0 0 17
ELSEC - MET School Asset Protection2,000,000 250,000 250,000 255,000 18
ELSEC - School for the Deaf 131,000 156,000 156,000 185,000 19
URI - Asset Protection 12,006,225 12,606,536 12,236,863 13,528,074 20
URI - Athletics Complex 15,000,000 13,300,000 0 0 21
URI - Fine Arts Center Renovation8,000,000 0 0 0 22
URI - Fire Protection Academic Buildings3,311,666 0 0 0 23
URI - Bay Campus 0 12,500,000 12,500,000 0 24
URI - Stormwater Management 2,221,831 2,221,831 0 0 25
RIC - Asset Protection 5,785,000 5,950,000 6,025,000 6,157,000 26
RIC - Infrastructure Modernization5,675,000 5,675,000 5,675,000 5,925,000 27
RIC - Master Plan Phase III 5,000,000 0 0 0 28
CCRI - Asset Protection 2,719,452 2,719,452 2,719,452 2,780,000 29
CCRI - Data, Cabling, and 30
Power Infrastructure 3,700,000 4,650,000 0 0 31
CCRI - Flanagan Campus Renovations5,000,000 1,500,000 0 0 32
CCRI - Renovation and Modernization14,000,00012,000,000 0 0 33
AEC - Atomic Energy Asset Protection50,000 50,000 50,000 51,000 34
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OAG -Building Renovations and Repairs150,000 2,525,000 1,150,000 900,000 1
DOC - Asset Protection 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 2
Judiciary - Asset Protection 2,250,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 3
Judiciary - Garrahy Courthouse 4
Restoration 1,125,000 1,125,000 1,125,000 0 5
Judiciary - HVAC 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 6
Judiciary - Fan Coil Unit Replacements500,000 500,000 750,000 850,000 7
Military Staff – Asset Protection 1,166,500 1,363,205 775,000 792,000 8
Military Staff - Aviation Readiness Center1,599,115 0 0 0 9
Military Staff - Counter Drug 10
Training Facility 1,025,560 0 0 0 11
Military Staff - Quonset Airport 12
Runway Reconstruction 1,098,500 0 0 0 13
EMA - RI Statewide Communications 14
Network Infrastructure Upgrade 140,000 40,000 15,000 15,000 15
EMA - RI Statewide 16
Communications Network 1,494,400 1,494,400 1,494,400 1,494,400 17
DPS - Asset Protection 1,271,000 600,000 730,000 511,000 18
DPS - Southern Barracks 10,162,390 0 0 0 19
DPS - RISCON Microwave Replacement249,754 249,754 0 0 20
DPS - Training Academy Upgrades1,920,000 715,000 150,000 150,000 21
DEM - Dam Repair 3,565,000 2,515,000 1,165,000 1,015,000 22
DEM – Recreation Facility Asset Protection750,000 750,000 750,000 765,000 23
DEM – Fish & Wildlife Facilities 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 24
DEM - Fort Adams Rehabilitation 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 25
DEM - Marine Infrastructure and 26
Pier Development 650,000 0 0 0 27
DEM - Port of Galilee 11,500,000 16,500,000 14,113,820 1,500,000 28
DEM - Natural Resources Offices 29
and Visitor's Center 2,500,000 2,000,000 0 0 30
DEM - Newport Pier Upgrades 1,000,000 0 0 0 31
DEM - Recreational Facilities 32
Improvement 5,229,077 2,600,000 3,338,551 3,260,000 33
CRMC - Confined Aquatic Dredged 34
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Material Disposal Cells 20,600,000 0 0 0 1
DOT - Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 2
DOT - Highway Improvement 3
Program 133,302,060 27,200,000 27,200,000 27,200,000 4
DOT - Maintenance 5
Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 6
DOT - Maintenance Facility 7
Improvements 500,000 859,756 500,000 1,375,000 8
DOT - Salt Storage Facilities 1,150,000 1,150,000 1,150,000 1,500,000 9
DOT - Train Station Asset Protection475,585 500,000 500,000 500,000 10
DOT - Welcome Center Improvements150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 11
DOT - RIPTA Land and Building 12
Enhancements 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 13
SECTION 13. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund Projects. 14
Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund project 15
appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same 16
purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General Assembly 17
as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five hundred 18
dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the State Budget Officer. 19
SECTION 14. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, the Rhode Island Housing and 20
Mortgage Finance Corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support 21
of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The Corporation shall provide a report detailing the 22
amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number of units of 23
housing provided as a result to the Director of Administration, the Chair of the Housing Resources 24
Commission, the Chair of the House Finance Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance 25
Committee and the State Budget Officer. 26
SECTION 15. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of 27
Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 28
ending June 30, 2024, all State Economic Activity Taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4 of 29
the Rhode Island General Laws, as amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax 30
revenues certified by the Commerce Corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13) of the Rhode 31
Island General Laws), for the purposes of paying debt service on bonds, funding debt service 32
reserves, paying costs of infrastructure improvements in and around the ballpark district, arts 33
district, and the growth center district, funding future debt service on bonds, and funding a 34
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redevelopment revolving fund established in accordance with § 45-33-1 of the Rhode Island 1
General Laws. 2
SECTION 16. The appropriations from federal funds contained in Section 1 shall not be 3
construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or 4
apportioned to the State of Rhode Island from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects 5
Fund enacted pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 for fiscal year 2024 6
except for those instances specifically designated. Projected out-year expenditures for State Fiscal 7
Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund projects have been consolidated into appropriations for 8
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 to ensure the timely obligation of these funds to comply with 9
rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. 10
The State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund appropriations herein shall be 11
made in support of the following projects: 12
Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund 13
Department of Administration (DOA) 14
DOA - Electric Heat Pump Grant Program. These funds shall support a grant program 15
within the office of energy resources to assist homeowners and small-to-mid-size business owners 16
with the purchase and installation of high-efficiency electric heat pumps, with an emphasis on 17
families in environmental justice communities, minority-owned businesses, and community 18
organizations who otherwise cannot afford this technology. The office of energy resources shall 19
report to the Speaker of the House and Senate President no later than April 1 of each year the results 20
of this program, including but not limited to, the number of grants issued, amount of each grant and 21
the average grant amount, and the expected cumulative carbon emissions reductions associated 22
with heat pumps that received a grant. 23
DOA – Pandemic Recovery Office. These funds shall be allocated to finance the Pandemic 24
Recovery Office established within the Department of Administration. 25
DOA - Public Health Response Warehouse Support. These funds shall be allocated to the 26
proper of PPE and other necessary COVID-19 response related supplies. 27
DOA - Auto-Enrollment Program. These funds shall support a program for automatically 28
enrolling qualified individuals transitioned off Medicaid coverage at the end of the COVID-19 29
public health emergency into qualified health plans to avoid gaps in coverage, administered by 30
HealthSource RI. 31
DOA – Municipal Roads Grant Program. These funds shall support a program for the 32
Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to distribute grants to municipalities for the construction and 33
maintenance of roads, sidewalks, and bridges. 34
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DOA – Woonsocket Public Safety Facility. These funds shall support building a public 1
safety facility in Woonsocket that houses fire headquarters, fire stations, emergency management, 2
dispatch, and police station and headquarters. 3
Department of Labor and Training (DLT) 4
DLT - Enhanced Real Jobs. These funds shall support the Real Jobs Rhode Island program 5
in the development of job partnerships, connecting industry employers adversely impacted by the 6
pandemic to individuals enrolled in workforce training programs. 7
Executive Office of Commerce (EOC) 8
EOC - Destination Marketing. These funds shall be used for destination tourism marketing 9
in support of airline routes to T.F. Green Airport. The Commerce Corporation is required to supply 10
equivalent matching funds out of its portion of the state hotel tax. 11
EOC - Minority Business Accelerator. These funds shall support a program to invest 12
additional resources to enhance the growth of minority business enterprises as defined in chapter 13
14.1 of title 37. The initiative will support a range of assistance and programming, including 14
financial and technical assistance, entrepreneurship training, space for programming and co- 15
working, and assistance accessing low-interest loans. Commerce shall work with minority small 16
business associations, including the Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA), to advance 17
this program. 18
EOC - South Quay Marine Terminal. These funds shall support the development of an 19
integrated and centralized hub of intermodal shipping designed to support the offshore wind 20
industry along memorial parkway in the East Providence waterfront special development district. 21
Funds may be used for design and development of the waterfront portion of the terminal into a 22
marine-industrial facility. 23
EOC - Bioscience Investments. $45 million shall support a program to invest in the 24
biosciences industry in Rhode Island. This program will include, but is not limited to, the 25
development of one or more wet lab incubator spaces in collaboration with industry partners; the 26
creation of a fund that will support wrap-around services to aid in the commercialization of 27
technology and business development, growth of the biosciences talent pipeline, and support two 28
full-time Commerce Corporation staff to implement the biosciences investments initiative. 29
EOC – Small Business Assistance. This project totals $36,672,000 over multiple fiscal 30
years, $5,000,000 of which is appropriated in Section 1 of this article. Of this total project amount, 31
thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) shall be allocated to a program of financial and technical 32
assistance to small businesses and COVID-impacted industries as follows: twelve million five 33
hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall be provided as direct payments to businesses for lost 34
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revenue, ten million five hundred thousand dollars ($10,500,000) shall support technical assistance 1
for long-term business capacity building, seven million five hundred thousand dollars 2
($12,500,000) shall support public health upgrades, energy efficiency improvements, and outdoor 3
programming, and one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) shall be allocated to 4
support administration of these programs. To be eligible to receive funds or support under this 5
program a business must have less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) in annual gross revenues 6
and demonstrate a negative impact from the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the Rhode 7
Island Commerce Corporation. Under this program, total support in the form of direct payments, 8
or technical assistance grants shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per eligible business 9
through either program. Total support in the form of direct payments, technical assistance, and 10
grants for public health upgrades, energy efficiency and outdoor programming shall not exceed 11
thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) in the aggregate. Provided further that at least twenty percent 12
(20%) of all funds must be reserved for awards to assist minority business enterprises as defined in 13
chapter 14.1 of title 37. 14
Department of Housing 15
Housing- Development of Affordable Housing. These funds shall expand a program at the 16
Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to provide additional investments in the 17
development of affordable housing units in conjunction with general obligation bond funds and 18
other sources of available financing according to guidelines approved by the Coordinating 19
Committee of the Housing Resources Commission. Of this amount, ten million ($10,000,000) shall 20
be available to Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to establish a pilot program 21
that shall direct funds to support low income public housing through project-based rental assistance 22
vouchers and financing for pre-development, improvement, and housing production costs. Within 23
eighteen (18) months, any money available for the pilot that is not yet allocated to viable projects, 24
or which has been awarded to public housing authorities which are unable to demonstrate 25
substantial completion of all work within eighteen (18) months of receipt of any such funds, shall 26
be returned to this program and no longer be included in the pilot. Determination of viability and 27
substantial completion under the pilot shall be at the sole discretion of the deputy secretary of 28
commerce for housing. 29
Housing - Site Acquisition. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode Island housing and 30
mortgage finance corporation toward the acquisition of properties for redevelopment as affordable 31
and supportive housing to finance projects that include requirements for deed restrictions not less 32
than thirty (30) years, and a non-recourse structure. 33
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Housing - Down Payment Assistance. Administered by the Rhode Island housing and 1
mortgage finance corporation, these funds shall be allocated to a program to provide down payment 2
assistance to eligible first-time home buyers to promote homeownership. 3
Housing - Workforce Housing. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode Island housing 4
and mortgage finance corporation to support a program to increase the housing supply for families 5
earning up to 120 percent of area median income. 6
Housing - Affordable Housing Predevelopment Program. These funds shall be allocated to 7
the Rhode Island housing mortgage finance corporation to support predevelopment work, for 8
proposed affordable housing developments to build a pipeline of new projects and build the 9
capacity of affordable housing developers in the state to expand affordable housing production. 10
Housing - Home Repair and Community Revitalization. These funds shall expand the 11
acquisition and revitalization program administered by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage 12
finance corporation to finance the acquisition and redevelopment of blighted properties to increase 13
the number of commercial and community spaces in disproportionately impacted communities and 14
or to increase the development of affordable housing. Residential development will serve 15
households earning no more than 80 percent of area median income. Commercial and community 16
spaces must serve or meet the needs of residents of a census tract where at least 51 percent of the 17
residents are low-and moderate-income persons. The program will also support critical home 18
repairs within the same communities. 19
Housing - Predevelopment and Capacity Building. These funds shall support a program to 20
increase contract staffing capacity to administer proposed affordable housing projects. These funds 21
will support research and data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and the expansion of services for 22
people experiencing homelessness. 23
Housing - Homelessness Assistance Program. These funds shall support a program to 24
expand housing navigation, behavioral health, and stabilization services to address pandemic- 25
related homelessness. The program will support both operating subsidies for extremely low-income 26
housing units and services for people transitioning from homelessness to housing, including 27
individuals transitioning out of the adult correctional institutions. 28
Housing - Homelessness Infrastructure. These funds shall be used to support a program to 29
respond to and prevent homelessness, including but not limited to, acquisition or construction of 30
temporary or permanent shelter and other housing solutions and stabilization programs, of which 31
ten million ($10,000,000) shall support Crossroads Rhode Island sponsored housing development-32
based and/or housing- based solutions, wrap-around services and administrative costs of 33
implementation. 34
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Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) 1
QDC - Port of Davisville. These funds shall be allocated to expand a program developing 2
port infrastructure and services at the Port of Davisville in Quonset in accordance with the 3
corporation’s master plan. 4
Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) 5
DCYF - Foster Home Lead Abatement & Fire Safety. These funds shall be allocated to 6
provide financial assistance to foster families for lead remediation and fire suppression upgrades. 7
Department of Health (DOH) 8
DOH – COVID-19 Operational Support. These funds shall be allocated to continue 9
COVID- 19 mitigation activities at the department of health and to address the public health impacts 10
of the pandemic in Rhode Island. 11
Department of Human Services (DHS) 12
DHS - Child Care Support. To address the adverse impact the pandemic has had on the 13
child care sector, the funds allocated to this program will provide retention bonuses for direct care 14
staff at child care centers and licensed family providers in response to pandemic-related staffing 15
shortages and start up and technical assistance grants for family child care providers. Retention 16
bonuses shall be paid monthly or as often as administratively feasible, but not less than quarterly. 17
The director of the department of human services and the director of the department of children, 18
youth and families may waive any fees otherwise assessed upon child care provider applicants who 19
have been awarded the family child care provider incentive grant. The allocation to this program 20
will also support quality improvements, the creation of a workforce registry and additional funds 21
for educational opportunities for direct care staff. 22
Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 23
(BHDDH) 24
BHDDH - Crisis Intervention Trainings. To respond to the increased volume of mental- 25
health related calls reported by police departments, these funds shall be allocated to the crisis 26
intervention training program to provide training every three years for law enforcement as well as 27
continuing education opportunities. 28
BHDDH - 9-8-8 Hotline. These funds shall be allocated for the creation of a 9-8-8 hotline 29
to maintain compliance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the Federal 30
Communications Commission-adopted rules to assure that all citizens receive a consistent level of 31
9-8-8 and crisis behavioral health services. 32
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ELSEC) 33
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RIDE - Adult Education Providers. These funds shall be directly distributed through the 1
Office of Adult Education to nonprofit adult education providers to expand access to educational 2
programs and literary services. 3
RIDE – Out of School Time Education Providers. These funds shall be directly distributed 4
through the Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports to expand access to educational 5
programs. 6
Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner 7
OPC – RI Reconnect. These funds shall support a program to improve postsecondary 8
degree and credential attainment among working-age Rhode Islanders. The program will assist 9
students in addressing barriers to education completion, particularly among communities of color 10
and lower socio-economic strata. 11
Department of Public Safety (DPS) 12
DPS - Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence. These funds shall be allocated to invest 13
in the nonprofit community to provide additional housing, clinical and mental health services to 14
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. This includes increased investments for therapy 15
and counseling, housing assistance, job training, relocation aid and case management. 16
Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund 17
Department of Administration (DOA) 18
DOA - CPF Administration. These funds shall be allocated to the department of 19
administration to oversee the implementation of the Capital Projects Fund award from the 20
American Rescue Plan Act. 21
DOA - Municipal and Higher Ed Matching Grant Program. These funds shall be allocated 22
to a matching fund program for cities and towns that renovate or build a community wellness center 23
that meets the work, education and health monitoring requirements identified by the U.S. 24
Department of the Treasury. 25
DOA - RIC Student Services Center. These funds shall support the development of a 26
centralized hub at Rhode Island College, where students can complete essential tasks. 27
Executive Office of Commerce (EOC) 28
EOC - Broadband. These funds shall be allocated to the executive office of commerce to 29
invest in broadband projects to provide high-speed, reliable internet to all Rhode Islanders. The 30
secretary of commerce, in partnership with the director of business regulation, will run a series of 31
requests for proposals for broadband infrastructure projects, providing funds to municipalities, 32
public housing authorities, business cooperatives and local internet service providers for projects 33
targeted at those unserved and underserved by the current infrastructure as defined by national 34
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telecommunications and information administration standards. This investment shall be used to 1
augment or provide a match for federal funds for broadband investment made available through the 2
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. These funds shall be used in accordance with the statewide 3
broadband strategic plan and may not be obligated nor expended prior to its submission in 4
accordance with the requirements of the Rhode Island Broadband Development Program set forth 5
in Chapter 42-162. 6
SECTION 17. Reappropriation of Funding for State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital 7
Projects Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of general law, any unexpended and unencumbered 8
federal funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund shall be 9
reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same purposes. However, any 10
such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General Assembly as part of the 11
supplemental appropriations act. 12
SECTION 18. State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund Compliance and 13
Reporting. The pandemic recovery office shall be established within the department of 14
administration to oversee all programs financed by the State Fiscal Recovery Fund or Capital 15
Projects Fund to ensure compliance with the rules, regulations, and other guidance issued by the 16
U.S. Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of Section 9901, Subsections 17
602 and 604 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2. The pandemic recovery 18
office shall be responsible for submission of all reports required by the U.S. Department of the 19
Treasury for the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund. 20
In consultation with the pandemic recovery office, the budget officer shall establish an 21
allotment system such that distributions of State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund 22
shall be made contingent upon recipients’ compliance with all state and federal rules, regulations, 23
and guidance. 24
SECTION 19. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller shall 25
transfer $55,000,000 to the Supplemental State Budget Reserve Account by July 14, 2023. 26
SECTION 20. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller shall 27
transfer $79,060,000 from the Information Technology Restricted Receipt Account to the Large 28
Systems Initiatives Fund by July 14, 2023. 29
SECTION 21. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2023, except as otherwise provided 30
herein. 31