COBI 2015 - Service Delivery

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FY 2016 Appropriation

The regional offices of the division direct and deliver child welfare, youth, and domestic violence services. This budget includes funding for caseworkers, related staff, regional administrative personnel, and training. There are five regions: 1) Northern, 2) Eastern, 3) Western, 4) Southwest, and 5) Salt Lake Valley which includes Salt Lake and Tooele counties. Each region analyzes the services needed by its clients and organizes resources to uniquely provide the services.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $79,026,200 from all sources for Service Delivery. This is a 1.2 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $55,073,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

The following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Child and Family Amendments$11,100$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$11,100$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.

Supplemental Federal Funds Adjustment - Human Services$0$1,402,900

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$1,402,900Federal Funds

No Description

Staff Analysis

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

DCFS Service Delivery Detailed Purposes

Offices of the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) are available in all 29 counties of the state. Funding provided to the division is "split up between five regions and the State Office." DCFS distributes the funds to the various regions "based on personnel costs and estimates for costs like travel, phone, building rents, car rental, etc." DCFS states that if the distribution were, "Based on general population the funding would be skewed. However, based on population need the current method works quite well."

Child Protective Services: Absence of maltreatment recurrence within 6 months

Child Protective Services: Percent on-time response to referrals - all referrals together

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 92

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that any remaining funds provided for the Division of Child and Family Services, in Item 41, Chapter 13, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of FY 2015. The Legislature further intends that these non-lapsing funds are to be used for Adoption Assistance, Out of Home Care, Service Delivery, In-Home Services, Special Needs, and SAFE Management Information System modernization consistent with the requirements found at UCA 63J-1-603(3)(b).

SB0002: Item 85

The Legislature intends the Department of Human Services' Division of Child and Family Services use nonlapsing state funds originally appropriated for Adoption Assistance non-IV-E monthly subsidies for any children that were not initially Title IV-E eligible in foster care, but that now qualify for Title IV-E adoption assistance monthly subsidies under eligibility exception criteria specified in P.L. 112-34 [Social Security Act Section 473(e)]. These funds shall only be used for child welfare services allowable under Title IV-B or Title IV-E of the Social Security Act consistent with the requirements found at UCA 63J-1-603(3)(b).

SB0002: Item 85

The Legislature intends to reinvest non-lapsing state funds originally appropriated for Out of Home Care to enhance Service Delivery or In-Home Services consistent with the requirements found at UCA 63J-1-603(3)(b). The purpose of this reinvestment of funds is to increase capacity to keep children safely at home and reduce the need for foster care, in accordance with Utah's Child Welfare Demonstration Project authorized under Section 1130 of the Social Security Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 1320a-9), which grants a waiver for certain foster care funding requirements under Title IV-E of the Act. These funds shall only be used for child welfare services allowable under Title IV-B or Title IV-E of the Act.

SB0007S01: Item 30

The Legislature intends that the Department of Human Services report on the following performance measures for the Child and Family Services line item: (1) Administrative Performance: Percent satisfactory outcomes on qualitative case reviews/system performance (Target = 85%/85%), (2) Child Protective Services:� Absence of maltreatment recurrence within 6 months (Target = 94.6%), and (3) Out of home services: Percent of children reunified within 12 months (Target = 74.2%) by January 1, 2016 to the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

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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	50,363,100	48,504,400	49,912,900	52,035,500	53,206,000	0	53,206,000	1,510,300	54,716,300
General Fund, One-time	1,036,600	(1,500,000)	(1,390,000)	(1,433,200)	296,400	0	296,400	60,900	357,300
Federal Funds	17,331,800	21,388,700	23,595,400	23,777,200	23,723,900	1,321,200	25,045,100	(630,400)	24,414,700
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act	0	1,700	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dedicated Credits Revenue	14,500	200	1,100	200	600	0	600	0	600
Transfers - Medicaid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(200)	(200)
Transfers - Other Agencies	0	0	(2,700)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transfers - Within Agency	(38,200)	(36,000)	(44,500)	(396,700)	(454,500)	(8,000)	(462,500)	0	(462,500)
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	2,440,300	2,684,000	1,569,500	0	0	0	0	0
Closing Nonlapsing	(874,200)	(2,159,700)	(3,370,400)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$67,833,600	$68,639,600	$71,385,800	$75,552,500	$76,772,400	$1,313,200	$78,085,600	$940,600	$79,026,200

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	53,254,000	53,902,100	56,941,900	60,918,900	60,202,300	1,267,200	61,469,500	1,888,200	63,357,700
In-state Travel	354,400	420,200	457,900	481,000	457,900	25,200	483,100	4,100	487,200
Out-of-state Travel	19,600	36,700	33,700	28,800	33,700	(5,200)	28,500	0	28,500
Current Expense	10,651,100	11,026,100	11,938,000	11,163,400	13,920,700	(935,100)	12,985,600	(1,240,800)	11,744,800
DP Current Expense	77,400	123,300	104,300	49,100	256,300	(126,600)	129,700	115,300	245,000
Capital Outlay	57,800	0	38,800	8,600	0	0	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	3,419,300	3,131,200	1,871,200	2,902,700	1,901,500	1,087,700	2,989,200	173,800	3,163,000
Total	$67,833,600	$68,639,600	$71,385,800	$75,552,500	$76,772,400	$1,313,200	$78,085,600	$940,600	$79,026,200

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	885	900.47	923.50	950.58	964.50	30.50	995	995
Actual FTE	853.95	875.60	912.60	964.30	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	184	194	192	169	195	(26)	169	169

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.