Office of Children and Family Services

 

The enacted budget makes the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 31, 2005):

 

The Legislature’s budget decreases State Operations appropriations by $3.3 million, or 0.8%, from $423 million to $419.7 million.  This reduction comes from:

 

The Legislature accepts the Executive’s proposal to reduce 115 beds and 98 FTE positions in the Youth Facilities program.

 

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 20, 2005):

 

·          An FTE level of 3,754, which represents a net decrease of 99 FTEs from the 3/31/05 target of 3,853.   During the SFY2004-05 fiscal year there were some adjustments in General Fund supported staffing in some programs, including:

o         Central Administration: an increase of 19 FTEs

o         Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped:  a decrease of 3 FTEs

o         Family and Children: an increase of 5 FTEs;

o         Systems Support:  an  increase of 4 FTEs

o         Youth Facilities program: a decrease of 25 FTEs.

Proposed changes in SFY 2005-06 from the adjusted targets are in the following   programs: 

o         Central Administration:  a net decrease of 4 FTEs (a reduction of 11 FTEs in General Fund supported positions and an increase of 7 in Capital Projects Funds supported positions);

o         Child Care: a reduction of 1 FTE;

o         Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped: an increase of 4 FTEs

o          Family and Children Services: decrease of 2 FTEs in General Fund supported positions offset by an increase of 2 FTEs in Special Revenue Funds-Other supported FTEs;

o         Office of National and Community Service:  a decrease of 1 General Fund FTE offset by an increase of 1 Special Revenue-Federal FTE;

o         Youth Facilities:  a decrease of 98 FTEs.

·          Facility capacity will be reduced by 115 beds, attributed to a continued population decline. According to the Executive Budget there are no facility closures associated with this census reduction.  The Executive Budget states that the bed closures will save $3.679 million in SFY2005-06

·          An overall funding level of $423,046,000, an increase of $16.9 million from SFY 2005-06 (4.2%).  This includes increases of $25.8 million (13.1%) in the General Fund and $4.7 million (6.1%) in Special Revenue-Federal funds, and a decrease of $13.6 million (10.3%) in Special Revenue-Other funds.

·          Special Revenue-Federal funds in the Commission on the Blind and Visually Handicapped are increased by $3.7 million for the Rehabilitation Services/Basic Support Account, some of which will support the additional 4 FTEs in this program.

·          Special Revenue-Other funding for the State Central Register Account (for administration of the state central register employment screening activities) in the Family and Children Services program increases by $661,000 (124.7%). Some of this funding will support 2 FTEs formerly supported by the General Fund.  However, it should be determined at Labor/Management what the remainder of this increased appropriation supports.  We suspect it may be for contractual services.

·          Maintenance Undistributed funding in the Systems Support program for operation of the statewide automated child welfare information system is increased by $4.3 million (45.7%).  A justification for this increase should be sought at Labor/Management as we believe the increase will support contractual services.

·          A reduction of $2.7 million (32.9%) for the Special Revenue Other State Match Account in the Training and Development Program.

·          An increase of $2.2 million in a Maintenance Undistributed appropriation within the Youth Facilities Program which is targeted for EbCI programs.  The Executive Budget states that increase for EbCI programs is $1.214 million; this discrepancy should be explored at Labor/Management as should the justification for such an increase.  To date this initiative has been underutilized because OCFS had been unable to find youth that meet the selective criteria of these programs.

·          The Executive Budget states that the total cost of “State Operations spending changes” for OCFS’s budget will total $8.7 million.  Some of this funding covers contractual raises but exactly what these “spending changes” entail should be explored at Labor/Management.

·          The OMH budget includes $2.34 million in State reimbursement to expand the OMH home and community based waiver by 245 slots to meet the mental health needs of children in foster care or at risk of institutional placement.

·          Proposed legislation would reduce the placement of persons-in-need of supervision (PINS) in detention facilities and provide community-based services to these youth, generating $3 million in annual State and local savings, of which $1 million in State share savings will be reinvested into community based programs. According to the Executive Budget the cost of the detention reform initiative for OCFS’s budget will total $5.2 million in SFY2005-06.

 

  

Office of Children & Family Services

Program Details-State Operations

 

Enacted

Proposed

Enacted

Change in

Percent

Program

2004-05 Budget

2005-06 Budget

2005-06 Budget

Appropriation

Change

All Funds

$406,158,500

$423,046,000

$419,746,000

$13,587,500

3.3%

General Fund

$196,167,500

$221,947,000

$218,647,000

$22,479,500

11.5%

Special Revenue-Federal

$76,760,000

$81,478,000

$81,478,000

$4,718,000

6.1%

Special Revenue-Other

$132,631,000

$119,021,000

$119,021,000

($13,610,000)

-10.3%

Enterprise Funds

$500,000

$500,000

$500,000

$0

0.0%

Internal Service Funds

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration Program

$49,690,500

$51,202,000

$50,877,000

$1,186,500

2.4%

Personal Service

$19,554,000

$21,113,000

$21,113,000

$1,559,000

8.0%

Nonpersonal Service

$9,998,000

$9,908,000

$9,583,000

($415,000)

-4.2%

Maintenance Undist.

$1,413,500

$1,427,000

$1,427,000

$13,500

1.0%

Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)

$500,000

$528,000

$528,000

$28,000

5.6%

Special Revenue-Other (SRO)

$18,125,000

$18,126,000

$18,126,000

$1,000

0.0%

Internal Service Funds (ISF)

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head Start Grant Acct - (SRF)

$500,000

$528,000

$528,000

$28,000

5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

DFY Recreation and Welfare Acct.- (SRO)

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)

$300,000

$301,000

$301,000

$1,000

0.3%

Youth Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)

$1,500,000

$1,500,000

$1,500,000

$0

0.0%

Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled - (SRO)

$225,000

$225,000

$225,000

$0

0.0%

OCFS Program Acct - (SRO)

$16,000,000

$16,000,000

$16,000,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Vocational Ed. Acct. (ISF)

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comm Blnd & Vis Hndcppd

$36,618,000

$40,022,000

$40,022,000

$3,404,000

9.3%

Maintenance Undistributed

$8,456,000

$8,114,000

$8,114,000

($342,000)

-4.0%

Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)

$26,260,000

$30,003,000

$30,003,000

$3,743,000

14.3%

Special Revenue-Other (SRO)

$1,902,000

$1,905,000

$1,905,000

$3,000

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rehab Serv/Basic Support Acct - (SRF)

$26,260,000

$30,003,000

$30,003,000

$3,743,000

14.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBVH Gifts and Bequests Acct - (SRO)

$26,000

$27,000

$27,000

$1,000

3.8%

CBVH-Vending Stand Acct - (SRO)

$1,376,000

$1,378,000

$1,378,000

$2,000

0.1%

CBVH Highway Revenue Acct - (SRO)

$500,000

$500,000

$500,000

$0

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deptl Admn Reimbsmt Pgm

$6,500,000

$6,500,000

$6,500,000

$0

0.0%

Maintenance Undistributed

($41,043,000)

($29,043,000)

($29,043,000)

$12,000,000

-29.2%

Special Revenue-Other (SRO)

$47,543,000

$35,543,000