Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 21, 2004):

 

·        An FTE level of 3,853, which represents a decrease of 28 positions from the adjusted 2003-04 FTE level which reflects the restoration of 178 FTEs in the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.   Decreases occur in the following areas:

§         (-19) Central administration, with administration staffing falling from 442 (All Funds) to 423.  The 19 positions to be eliminated are supported by General Funds.

§         (-5) in Family and Children Services, shrinking to 484 from 489 (All Funds). The five positions cut are General Fund supported.

§         (-4) System Support. This lowers the FTEs in Systems Support, which are all General Fund positions, from 142 to 138.

·        No additional bed reductions or closures in the Youth Facilities Program.

·        A net decrease in agency-wide funding of   $11 million (2.6 percent)  from $420 million to $409 million, with all from the General Fund

·        A decrease of $3.5 million (6.5 percent) in Central Administration from $53.2 million to $49.7 million.  This includes a reduction of $1.2 million in Personal Service, a $1.4 million reduction in the Federal DOE fund.

·        An net increase in Family and Children Services of  $4.6 million  (6.9 percent) from $66.6 million to $71.2 million. This includes a decrease of $590,000 in personal service and an increase of $2.2 million in the Youth Projects Account Special Revenue Federal funding.

·        A net reduction in Youth Facilities of $11 million (-7.4 percent), dropping from $147 million to $136 million.  This includes decreases of $11.6 million in personal service (9.7%), and $1.8 million in nonpersonal service (6.9%), offset by an increase of $2.5 million for Evidence-based Community Initiative (EbCI) programs designed to reduce the rate of recidivism among non-violent youths through the use of local non-profit agencies providing services ranging from family-based counseling to specialized after-school programs (Maintenance Undistributed).

·        All Fiduciary Fund accounts are transferred into Special Revenue-Other accounts.

·        Article VII legislation creates a new $56 million Detention Block Grant (Aid to Localities) designed to “discourage excessive lengths of stay in detention while promoting the creation of new preventive program models.” The bill would encourage counties to monitor lengths of stay in detention and use community-based alternatives to institutional care.  Counties will be able to access state 65 percent open-ended reimbursement as well as federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding.  PEF is investigating the potential impact of this proposal on state-operated services.

·        OCFS and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) will jointly implement a pilot program that would provide improve service coordination for foster children with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

 

 

Office of Children & Family Services

Program Details-State Operations

 

Enacted

Proposed

Change in

Percent

Program

2003-04 Budget

2004-05 Budget

Appropriation

Change

All Funds

$420,185,000

$409,158,500

($11,026,500)

-2.6%

General Fund

$210,448,500

$199,167,500

($11,281,000)

-5.4%

Special Revenue-Federal

$75,330,000

$76,760,000

$1,430,000

1.9%

Special Revenue-Other

$130,279,000

$132,631,000

$2,352,000

1.8%

Fiduciary Funds

$3,527,500

$0

($3,527,500)

-100.0%

Enterprise Funds

$500,000

$500,000

$0

0.0%

Internal Service Funds

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

_

_

Administration Program

$53,159,900

$49,690,500

($3,469,400)

-6.5%

Personal Service

$20,711,000

$19,554,000

($1,157,000)

-5.6%

Nonpersonal Service

$10,248,900

$9,998,000

($250,900)

-2.4%

Maintenance Undist.

$1,913,500

$1,413,500

($500,000)

-26.1%

Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)

$1,986,000

$500,000

($1,486,000)

-74.8%

Special Revenue-Other (SRO)

$16,075,000

$18,125,000

$2,050,000

12.8%

Internal Service Funds (ISF)

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

Fiduciary Funds (Fid)

$2,125,500

$0

($2,125,500)

-100.0%

 

 

 

_

_

Head Start Grant Acct - (SRF)

$600,000

$500,000

($100,000)

-16.7%

Fed DOE Fund - (SRF)

$1,386,000

$0

($1,386,000)

-100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

DFY Recreation and Welfare Acct.- (SRO)

$0

$100,000

$100,000

100.0%

Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)

$0

$300,000

$300,000

100.0%

Youth Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)

$0

$1,500,000

$1,500,000

100.0%

Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled - (SRO)

$0

$225,000

$225,000

100.0%

OCFS Program Acct - (SRO)

$16,000,000

$16,000,000

$0

0.0%

Head Start Training Acct. (SRO)

$75,000

$0

($75,000)

-100.0%

 

 

 

_

_

Youth Vocational Ed. Acct. (ISF)

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

_

_

DFY Recreation and Welfare Acct.- (Fid)

$100,000

$0

($100,000)

-100.0%

Youth Grants and Bequests Acct. - (Fid)

$1,800,000

$0

($1,800,000)

-100.0%

Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled - (Fid)

$225,500

$0

($225,500)

-100.0%

 

 

 

_

_

Comm Blnd & Vis Hndcppd

$35,902,000

$36,618,000

$716,000

2.0%

Maintenance Undistributed

$8,456,000

$8,456,000

$0

0.0%

Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)

$25,544,000

$26,260,000

$716,000

2.8%

Special Revenue-Other (SRO)

$500,000

$1,902,000

$1,402,000

280.4%

Fiduciary Funds - (Fid)

$1,402,000

$0

($1,402,000)

-100.0%

 

 

 

_

_

Rehab Serv/Basic Support Acct - (SRF)

$25,544,000

$26,260,000

$716,000

2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CBVH Gifts and Bequests Acct - (SRO)

$0

$26,000

$26,000

100.0%

CBVH-Vending Stand Acct - (SRO)

$0

$1,376,000

$1,376,000

100.0%

CBVH Highway Revenue Acct - (SRO)

$500,000

$500,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

_

_

CBVH Gifts and Bequests Acct - (Fid)

$26,000

$0

($26,000)

-100.0%

CBVH-Vending Stand Acct - (Fid)

$1,376,000

$0

($1,376,000)

-100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Deptl Admn Reimbsmt Pgm

$6,500,000

$6,500,000

$0

0.0%

Maintenance Undistributed

($42,643,000)

($41,043,000)