COBI 2015 - Child Protection

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FY 2016 Appropriation

The Child Protection Division represents the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in court and administrative proceedings regarding child abuse, neglect, and substance dependency. It helps ensure that abused and neglected children are placed in safe living environments. It also advises case workers and represents the Department of Human Services with respect to licensure of child care centers and residential treatment centers.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $8,036,300 from all sources for Child Protection. This is a 3.8 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $6,649,800 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 3.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Child and Family Amendments$4,900$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$4,900$0General Fund

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Assuming about 5 cases annually, enactment of this bill could create total ongoing costs of $25,000 from the General Fund for the following agencies beginning in FY 2016: 1. Courts - $5,300 - for processing hearings, 2. Attorney General - $4,900 - for attorney representation, and 3. Guardian ad Litem (GAL) - $3,700 - for attorney representation, and 4. Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) - $11,100 - for evaluations.

Parent and Child Amendments$11,900$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$11,900$0General Fund

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Assuming about 60 shelter and other removal hearings cases, enactment of this bill could create total ongoing costs of about $52,900 from the General Fund for the following agencies beginning in FY 2016: 1. Courts - $32,000 - for processing hearings and judge time; 2. Attorney General - $11,900 - for attorney representation and research; and 3. Guardian ad Litem (GAL) - $9,000 - for attorney representation. Also, assuming about 15 cases of investigating cases of mental abuse, the Department of Human Services may have additional costs of about $1,500 annually for a total General Fund impact of $54,400.

Average number of Child Protection cases handled per attorney

In addition to the number of cases being handled, the number of attorneys available to handle these cases influences the ability of the Child Protection Division to accomplish its mission. This workload measure tracks the statewide average number of cases per available attorney at a point in time (end of each fiscal year).

Number of cases handled by the Child Protection Division

The ability of the Child Protection Division to accomplish its mission is significantly impacted by the number of cases they are required to handle. Most of these cases are in the Juvenile Courts. This workload measure tracks the total number of Juvenile Court cases at a point in time (the end of each fiscal year).

The Child Protection Division of the Attorney General's office is the result of the passage of the Child Welfare Reform Act in the 1994 General Session.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 10

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Attorney General in Item 22, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

SB0002: Item 10

The Legislature intends that $1,000,000 appropriated in this item for "Legal Fees - Endangered Species" be used for multi-stage sage grouse litigation.

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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	6,107,200	6,174,000	6,142,000	6,504,500	6,757,000	(358,000)	6,399,000	216,900	6,615,900
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	6,900	28,800	(28,800)	0	33,900	33,900
Dedicated Credits Revenue	1,265,100	1,048,500	1,044,800	1,205,100	1,194,700	150,700	1,345,400	41,100	1,386,500
Beginning Nonlapsing	55,100	38,600	14,300	0	0	0	0	0	0
Closing Nonlapsing	(43,500)	(14,300)	(8,900)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$7,383,900	$7,246,800	$7,192,200	$7,716,500	$7,980,500	($236,100)	$7,744,400	$291,900	$8,036,300

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	6,208,900	6,181,400	6,289,200	6,621,100	7,076,100	128,300	7,204,400	287,200	7,491,600
In-state Travel	18,600	22,100	21,600	23,200	21,900	1,100	23,000	0	23,000
Out-of-state Travel	2,500	1,900	2,700	400	2,700	(700)	2,000	0	2,000
Current Expense	559,100	405,500	282,700	311,800	286,100	113,900	400,000	0	400,000
DP Current Expense	30,100	77,600	57,100	70,700	59,700	55,300	115,000	4,700	119,700
Capital Outlay	19,100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	545,600	558,300	538,900	715,400	534,000	(534,000)	0	0	0
Total	$7,383,900	$7,246,800	$7,192,200	$7,742,600	$7,980,500	($236,100)	$7,744,400	$291,900	$8,036,300

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	66.20	66.80	67	70	71	0	71	71
Actual FTE	65.50	65.70	66	67.50	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	5	5	6	6	5	1	6	6

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.