COBI 2015 - Other Assistance

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Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

Other assistance programs are those that do not fall into other specific categories. These include federal grant awards, Special Administrative Expense Account activities, medical assistance payments and repayment of disallowed costs.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $325,000 from all sources for Other Assistance. This is a 96.8 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.

Staff Analysis

For the most recent completed fiscal year, the following information represents the purposes for which the money was used:

Other Assistance Detailed Purposes

Federal grant awards include State Energy Sector Partnership grant, Wagner Peyser, Health Coverage Tax Credit Bridge Program, and Education Training Voucher programs.

The Special Administrative Expense Account allows the department to provide labor exchange and employment and training services to customers that may not qualify for other funding sources.

Repayment of Disallowed Costs utilizes State funding to repay federal partners when a cost has been determined not appropriate under a federal funding source.

The Education Training Voucher program provides: post-secondary funding for eligible youth who have been involved in the foster care system for 12 months after age 14, career assessment, education and employment planning, and resources to help obtain post-secondary educational credentials and become self-sufficient. Funding for the program is provided by the Division of Child and Family Services.

The Health Coverage Tax Credit Bridge Program allows a job seeker to have continuity of health insurance coverage while looking for new employment. This eliminates a potential barrier for the job seeker to obtain or retain employment. This is in line with the department's mission to "strengthen Utah's economy by supporting the economic stability and quality of our workforce."

Wagner Peyser services and activities serve to improve the marketability of workers toward the development of a higher quality workforce capable of competing in the labor market on a state and national level. It also provides employers the opportunity to job match highly skilled and qualified workers.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 84

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code the Legislature intends that up to $3,100,000 of the appropriations provided for the Operation and Policy line item in Item 30 of Chapter 13 Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to computer equipment and software and one-time projects associated with addressing client services due to caseload growth or refugee services.

HB0003: Item 84

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code the Legislature intends that up to $2,500,000 of the appropriations provided for the Operation and Policy line item in Item 75 of Chapter 282 Laws of Utah 2014 for the Special Administrative Expense Account not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The use of any non-lapsing funds is limited to employment development projects and activities or one-time projects associated with client services.

SB0002: Item 77

All General Funds appropriated to the Department of Workforce Services - Operations and Policy line item are contingent upon expenditures from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1, 111th United States Congress) not exceeding amounts appropriated from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in all appropriation bills passed for Fiscal Year 2016. If expenditures in the Operations and Policy line item from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act exceed amounts appropriated to the Operations and Policy line item from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Fiscal Year 2016, the Division of Finance shall reduce the General Fund allocations to the Operations and Policy line item by one dollar for every one dollar in Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expenditures that exceed Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act appropriations.

SB0002: Item 77

The Legislature intends the Department of Workforce Services and the Administrative Offices of the Courts provide a report to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than September 1, 2015. The report shall include, at a minimum: 1) a summary of efforts to improve coordination between the Drug Court program and DWS' Workforce Development Division in order to improve Drug Court success, 2) data indicating the success of the efforts including the implementation and reporting on measures of post program recidivism, and 3) any identified savings or additional funding of drug court recipients as a result of improved coordination efforts.

SB0002: Item 77

The Legislature intends that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act appropriation provided for the Operations and Policy line item is limited to one-time projects associated with Unemployment Insurance modernization.

SB0003: Item 17

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that up to $2,000,000 of savings above $7,392,800 from savings from Savings from Higher Federal Match Rate not lapse at the close of FY 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to upgrading technology and phone systems to voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) in FY 2016.

SB0003: Item 17

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that up to $350,000 of savings above $753,500 from savings from Affordable Care Act Mandatory Changes not lapse at the close of FY 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to upgrading technology and phone systems to voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) in FY 2016.

SB0003: Item 17

The Legislature intends that the $100,000 in Beginning Nonlapsing provided to the Department of Workforce Services - Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon up to $100,000 funds not otherwise designated as nonlapsing to the Workforce Services - Housing and Community Development line item being retained as nonlapsing in FY 2015.

SB0003: Item 17

The $5,000 in federal funds appropriated for the Weber County Youth Impact program in Department of Workforce Services in the Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon the availability of and qualification for the the Weber County Youth Impact program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal funds.

SB0003: Item 17

The $30,000 in federal funds appropriated for the Weber County Youth Impact program in Department of Workforce Services in the Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon the availability of and qualification for the the Weber County Youth Impact program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal funds.

SB0003: Item 125

SB0007S01: Item 8

The Legislature intends the Department of Workforce Services provide to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than September 1, 2015 a detailed report on its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reserve amount including the current balance and any uses of the reserve since the 2015 General Session or planned and projected uses of the reserve in the future.

SB0007S01: Item 8

The Legislature intends that the Department of Workforce Services report on the following performance measures for the Operations and Policy line item: (1) Labor Exchange - Total job placements (Target = 50,000 placements per calendar quarter), (2) TANF Recipients - positive closure rate (Target = 70% per calendar month), and (3) Eligibility Services - internal review compliance accuracy (Target = 95%) by January 1, 2016 to the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

SB0007S01: Item 20

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	1,136,900	264,900	263,600	60,000	0	0	0	0	0
Federal Funds	4,089,200	3,246,300	321,700	92,900	0	95,000	95,000	0	95,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act	392,500	1,543,400	1,258,100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dedicated Credits Revenue	0	0	0	600	0	0	0	0	0
GFR - Special Administrative Expense	226,500	366,600	0	4,828,100	0	7,700,000	7,700,000	(7,700,000)	0
Transfers - Health	0	0	0	(22,800)	0	(36,700)	(36,700)	36,700	0
Transfers - Human Services	0	0	0	178,700	0	180,000	180,000	0	180,000
Transfers - Medicaid	111,100	17,600	2,600	2,400	0	86,700	86,700	(36,700)	50,000
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	1,419,200	3,455,600	3,900,000	0	2,217,800	2,217,800	(2,217,800)	0
Closing Nonlapsing	(1,419,200)	(3,455,600)	0	(2,217,800)	0	0	0	0	0
Lapsing Balance	0	(268,100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$4,537,000	$3,134,300	$5,301,600	$6,822,100	$0	$10,242,800	$10,242,800	($9,917,800)	$325,000

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Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Current Expense	2,688,000	0	3,075,000	2,934,500	0	5,435,700	5,435,700	(5,263,200)	172,500
DP Current Expense	0	500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	1,849,000	3,133,800	2,226,600	2,595,200	0	4,807,100	4,807,100	(4,654,600)	152,500
Total	$4,537,000	$3,134,300	$5,301,600	$5,529,700	$0	$10,242,800	$10,242,800	($9,917,800)	$325,000

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.