Office of Children and Family Se

Office of Children and Family Services

The 21-day amendments to the Executive Budget recommend the following changes (analysis as of February 14, 2008):

Reduces the SRO personal services appropriation by $200,000 in the Youth Facilities Program.

This results in an overall agency appropriation of $511.45 million which is an increase of $5.7 million from the SFY 2007-08 enacted budget.

The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January, 2008):

A SFY 2008-09 workforce of 3,862. This is a decrease of 243 FTEs from the adjusted FTE level for FY 2007-08. The following chart identifies adjustments in current fiscal years FTEs along with the recommended differences in FY 2007-08 FTEs by program:

Program	FY 2006-07 Adjustment	FY 2007-08 Difference
Central Administration	-2	-5
Family and Children Services	0	+14
Maintenance and Improvement of Youth Facilities	+7	0
Youth Facilities	+50	-252

According to the Executive Budget, the decrease of 243 FTEs is attributed to the closure of seven youth facilities (-254 FTEs , 238 of which were filled as of December 2007), the redeployment of 23 current positions and the planned hiring of 12 additional staff to enhance educational and community reintegration services for youth, child welfare investigations and adult protective services, and the transfer of one position to DOH to monitor the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program.

Closures/consolidations include:
- Camp Cass will close in May 2008 and be converted to a training center for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Cass has not provided direct services to children since January 2007. One PEF member remains at Cass.
- Brace (9 PEF members), Great Valley (6 PEF members) and Auburn (6 PEF members) non-secure centers will close in January 2009.
- Adirondack Residential Center (8 PEF members) and the Adirondack Wilderness Challenge Program (7 PEF members) will be merged into one facility at reduced capacity in January 2009
- Pyramid Reception Center (35 PEF members) will be closed in January 2009 and its function relocated to Ella McQueen
- The Gloversville group home, which has been vacant for the past year (no PEF members), will officially close January 2009.
- Lansing Residential Center will have its capacity reduced by half, from 100 to 50. Census reduction has already occurred but there have not been associated staffing reductions. OCFS has not yet informed PEF what, if any, staffing reductions will be made.

The Executive Budget states that all annual salaried staff will be offered comparable jobs at another OCFS facility or State agency.

$863,000 of the total $2.6 million SFY 2008-09 savings from the closures/consolidations will be reinvested in community based diversion programs. A breakdown of the estimated savings should be requested at statewide labor management.

Redeployment of staff resources and a portion of facility closure savings will be used to hire 25 new staff to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system, including additional teachers at youth facilities and aftercare workers for community service teams.

The total appropriation for Personal Service is $195.2 million, a $725,000, or .4% decrease from SFY 2007-08. This decrease does not adequately account for the 243 FTE reductions. This should be clarified at statewide labor management.

An All Funds increase of $5,895,000 (1.2 %) from SFY 2006-07.

The following programs had a decrease or no change in the personal service funding that is not associated with a decrease in FTEs:

A $2.7 million reduction in personal services in the Special Revenue-Federal funds in the Child Care Program
A $1.5 million personal service reduction in Maintenance Undistributed funds in the Family and Children’s Services program. These funds are associated with criminal records checks for foster parents, administrative costs for implementing the Home and Communities Based Waiver, and a demonstration project with OASAS regarding chemical dependency services.
A $2.0 million reduction in personal services in the Systems Support Program.
The total personal services decrease of $1.7 million in the Youth Facilities Program does not adequately account for the 252 FTE reductions for this Program.

OCFS employed an estimated 305 employees under consultant contracts in SFY 2007-08 at a cost of $18.2 million or an average annual cost of $59,738 per employee. It is estimated that $5.75 million will be allocated for consultant contracts in SFY 2008-09 for 170 employees at an average annual cost of $33,824 per employee.

Article VII legislation includes a provision establishing performance reporting requirements for certain program in OCFS and OTDA. We believe this will impose requirements on contractual services that are already being used in state operations.

Office of Children & Family Services
Program Details-State Operations
	Enacted	Proposed	Change in	Percent
Program	2007-08 Budget	2008-09 Budget	Appropriation	Change
All Funds	$505,753,000	$511,448,000	$5,695,000	1.1%
General Fund	$258,707,000	$274,901,000	$16,194,000	6.3%
Special Revenue-Federal	$132,239,000	$130,421,000	($1,818,000)	-1.4%
Special Revenue-Other	$114,232,000	$105,551,000	($8,681,000)	-7.6%
Enterprise Funds	$475,000	$475,000	$0	0.0%
Internal Service Funds	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%

Personal Services	$195,909,769	$194,984,000	($925,769)	-0.5%
Contractual services	$149,253,846	$157,963,000	$8,709,154	5.8%

Central Administration Program	$46,684,000	$46,183,000	($501,000)	-1.1%
Personal Service	$22,891,000	$22,779,000	($112,000)	-0.5%
Regular	$21,437,000	$21,325,000	($112,000)	-0.5%
Temporary Service	$1,201,000	$1,201,000	$0	0.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$253,000	$253,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$10,539,000	$9,250,000	($1,289,000)	-12.2%
Supplies and materials	$185,000	$960,000	$775,000	418.9%
Travel	$833,000	$380,000	($453,000)	-54.4%
Contractual services	$8,529,000	$6,042,000	($2,487,000)	-29.2%
Equipment	$992,000	$1,868,000	$876,000	88.3%
Maintenance Undist.	$500,000	$0	($500,000)	-100.0%
Personal Service	$425,000	$0	($425,000)	-100.0%
Regular	$425,000	$0	($425,000)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$75,000	$0	($75,000)	-100.0%
Supplies and materials	$15,000	$0	($15,000)	-100.0%
Travel	$30,000	$0	($30,000)	-100.0%
Contractual services	$15,000	$0	($15,000)	-100.0%
Equipment	$15,000	$0	($15,000)	-100.0%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$528,000	$528,000	$0	0.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$12,126,000	$13,526,000	$1,400,000	11.5%
Internal Service Funds (ISF)	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%

Head Start Grant Acct - (SRF)	$528,000	$528,000	$0	0.0%

Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)	$301,000	$301,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$30,000	$30,000	$0	0.0%
Regular	$30,000	$30,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$271,000	$271,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and materials	$222,000	$222,000	$0	0.0%
Travel	$15,000	$15,000	$0	0.0%
Equipment	$19,000	$19,000	$0	0.0%
Fringe Benefits	$15,000	$15,000	$0	0.0%

Youth Grants and Bequests Acct. - (SRO)	$1,600,000	$3,000,000	$1,400,000	87.5%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,600,000	$3,000,000	$1,400,000	87.5%
Supplies and materials	$30,000	$60,000	$30,000	100.0%
Contractual services	$1,540,000	$2,880,000	$1,340,000	87.0%
Equipment	$30,000	$60,000	$30,000	100.0%

Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled - (SRO)	$225,000	$225,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$225,000	$225,000	$0	0.0%
Equipment	$225,000	$225,000	$0	0.0%

OCFS Program Acct - (SRO)	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	0.0%
Regular	$5,000,000	$4,900,000	($100,000)	-2.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$0	$100,000	$100,000	100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	0.0%

Youth Vocational Ed. Acct. (ISF)	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and materials	$50,000	$50,000	$0	0.0%
Equipment	$50,000	$50,000	$0	0.0%

Child Care Program	$48,094,000	$45,356,000	($2,738,000)	-5.7%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$48,094,000	$45,356,000	($2,738,000)	-5.7%

Federal Day Care Acct - (SRF)	$48,094,000	$45,356,000	($2,738,000)	-5.7%

Comm Blnd & Vis Hndcppd	$41,038,000	$42,195,000	$1,157,000	2.8%
Personal Service	$1,661,000	$1,711,000	$50,000	3.0%
Regular	$1,647,000	$1,696,000	$49,000	3.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$14,000	$15,000	$1,000	7.1%
Nonpersonal Service	$6,802,000	$6,989,000	$187,000	2.7%
Supplies and materials	$8,000	$10,000	$2,000	25.0%
Contractual services	$6,794,000	$6,979,000	$185,000	2.7%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$30,670,000	$31,590,000	$920,000	3.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$1,905,000	$1,905,000	$0	0.0%

Rehab Serv/Basic Support Acct - (SRF)	$30,670,000	$31,590,000	$920,000	3.0%

CBVH Gifts and Bequests Acct - (SRO)	$27,000	$27,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$27,000	$27,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and materials	$5,000	$5,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$20,000	$20,000	$0	0.0%
Equipment	$2,000	$2,000	$0	0.0%

CBVH-Vending Stand Acct - (SRO)	$1,378,000	$1,378,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$38,000	$39,000	$1,000	2.6%
Regular	$38,000	$38,000	$0	0.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$0	$1,000	$1,000	100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,340,000	$1,339,000	($1,000)	-0.1%
Supplies and materials	$216,000	$215,000	($1,000)	-0.5%
Travel	$2,000	$4,000	$2,000	100.0%
Contractual services	$600,000	$598,000	($2,000)	-0.3%
Fringe Benefits	$522,000	$467,000	($55,000)	-10.5%
Fringe Benefits	$0	$55,000	$55,000	100.0%

CBVH Highway Revenue Acct - (SRO)	$500,000	$500,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$500,000	$500,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$500,000	$500,000	$0	0.0%

Deptl Admn Reimbsmt Pgm	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	($29,043,000)	($19,978,000)	$9,065,000	-31.2%
Regular	($29,043,000)	($19,978,000)	$9,065,000	-31.2%
Maintenance Undistributed	$0	$0
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$35,543,000	$26,478,000	($9,065,000)	-25.5%

Dept Admin Reimbursement Acct - (SRO)	$35,543,000	$26,478,000	($9,065,000)	-25.5%
Personal Service	$29,043,000	$19,978,000	($9,065,000)	-31.2%
Regular	$29,043,000	$19,978,000	($9,065,000)	-31.2%
Nonpersonal Service	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and materials	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	$0	0.0%
Equipment	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$0	0.0%

Family & Childrens Svs	$59,557,000	$61,923,000	$2,366,000	4.0%
Personal Service	$23,698,000	$27,941,000	$4,243,000	17.9%
Regular	$22,697,000	$26,885,000	$4,188,000	18.5%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$1,001,000	$1,056,000	$55,000	5.5%
Nonpersonal Service	$8,054,000	$10,437,000	$2,383,000	29.6%
Supplies and materials	$568,000	$738,000	$170,000	29.9%
Travel	$360,000	$423,000	$63,000	17.5%
Contractual services	$7,096,000	$9,085,000	$1,989,000	28.0%
Equipment	$30,000	$191,000	$161,000	536.7%
Maintenance Undistributed	$3,244,000	$0	($3,244,000)	-100.0%
Personal Service	$1,518,769	$0	($1,518,769)	-100.0%
Regular	$1,477,769	$0	($1,477,769)	-100.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$41,000	$0	($41,000)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,725,231	$0	($1,725,231)	-100.0%
Supplies and materials	$153,022	$0	($153,022)	-100.0%
Travel	$45,055	$0	($45,055)	-100.0%
Contractual services	$1,416,846	$0	($1,416,846)	-100.0%
Equipment	$110,308	$0	($110,308)	-100.0%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$22,354,000	$22,354,000	$0	0.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$2,207,000	$1,191,000	($1,016,000)	-46.0%

Discretionary Demonstration Acct - (SRF)	$13,301,000	$13,301,000	$0	0.0%
Youth Rehabilitation Acct - (SRF)	$3,019,000	$3,019,000	$0	0.0%
Youth Projects Acct - (SRF)	$6,034,000	$6,034,000	$0	0.0%

Foster Care Savings Offset Acct - (SRO)	$316,000	$0	($316,000)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$316,000	$0	($316,000)	-100.0%
Contractual services	$316,000	$0	($316,000)	-100.0%

State Central Register Acct - (SRO)	$1,191,000	$1,191,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$95,000	$96,000	$1,000	1.1%
Regular	$90,000	$91,000	$1,000	1.1%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$5,000	$5,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$1,096,000	$1,095,000	($1,000)	-0.1%
Contractual services	$1,051,000	$1,050,000	($1,000)	-0.1%
Fringe Benefits	$45,000	$45,000	$0	0.0%

JTPA Youth Employment Acct - (SRO)	$700,000	$0	($700,000)	-100.0%
Personal Service	$400,000	$0	($400,000)	-100.0%
Regular	$400,000	$0	($400,000)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$300,000	$0	($300,000)	-100.0%
Equipment	$100,000	$0	($100,000)	-100.0%
Fringe Benefits	$200,000	$0	($200,000)	-100.0%

Systems Support Program	$86,760,000	$91,163,000	$4,403,000	5.1%
Personal Service	$11,562,000	$9,527,000	($2,035,000)	-17.6%
Regular	$11,423,000	$9,381,000	($2,042,000)	-17.9%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$139,000	$146,000	$7,000	5.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$10,550,000	$13,275,000	$2,725,000	25.8%
Supplies and materials	$243,000	$255,000	$12,000	4.9%
Travel	$54,000	$59,000	$5,000	9.3%
Contractual services	$10,009,000	$12,695,000	$2,686,000	26.8%
Equipment	$244,000	$266,000	$22,000	9.0%
Maintenance Undistributed	$24,055,000	$27,768,000	$3,713,000	15.4%
Personal Service	$2,800,000	$3,291,000	$491,000	17.5%
Regular	$2,756,000	$3,239,000	$483,000	17.5%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$44,000	$52,000	$8,000	18.2%
Nonpersonal Service	$21,255,000	$24,477,000	$3,222,000	15.2%
Supplies and materials	$88,000	$103,000	$15,000	17.0%
Travel	$88,000	$103,000	$15,000	17.0%
Contractual services	$20,302,000	$23,358,000	$3,056,000	15.1%
Equipment	$777,000	$913,000	$136,000	17.5%
Special Revenue-Federal (SRF)	$30,593,000	$30,593,000	$0	0.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$0	0.0%

Connections Acct - (SRF)	$30,593,000	$30,593,000	$0	0.0%

Connections Acct - (SRO)	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$0	0.0%

Trng & Development Pgm	$59,743,000	$60,028,000	$285,000	0.5%
Maintenance Undistributed	$7,092,000	$7,377,000	$285,000	4.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$7,092,000	$7,377,000	$285,000	4.0%
Contractual services	$7,092,000	$7,377,000	$285,000	4.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)	$52,451,000	$52,451,000	$0	0.0%
Enterprise Funds (Ent)	$200,000	$200,000	$0	0.0%

Multiagency Training Contract Acct - (SRO)	$40,429,000	$40,429,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$1,500,000	$2,000,000	$500,000	33.3%
Regular	$1,500,000	$2,000,000	$500,000	33.3%
Nonpersonal Service	$38,929,000	$38,429,000	($500,000)	-1.3%
Contractual services	$38,159,000	$37,514,000	($645,000)	-1.7%
Fringe Benefits	$719,000	$850,000	$131,000	18.2%
Indirect costs	$51,000	$65,000	$14,000	27.5%

State Match Acct - (SRO)	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$0	0.0%

Training, Management and Evaluation Acct - (SRO)	$6,522,000	$6,522,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$0	0.0%
Regular	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$3,522,000	$3,522,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and Materials	$11,000	$20,000	$9,000	81.8%
Travel	$7,000	$12,000	$5,000	71.4%
Contractual services	$1,864,000	$1,854,000	($10,000)	-0.5%
Equipment	$100,000	$100,000	$0	0.0%
Fringe benefits	$1,438,000	$1,434,000	($4,000)	-0.3%
Indirect costs	$102,000	$102,000	$0	0.0%

Training Materials Acct - (Ent)	$200,000	$200,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$200,000	$200,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$200,000	$200,000	$0	0.0%

Youth Facilities Program	$157,377,000	$158,100,000	$723,000	0.5%
Personal Service	$122,105,000	$121,606,000	($499,000)	-0.4%
Regular	$109,677,000	$109,221,000	($456,000)	-0.4%
Temporary Service	$5,879,000	$6,248,000	$369,000	6.3%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$6,006,000	$6,137,000	$131,000	2.2%
18 Licensed (Soc Workers & Psychologists)	$543,000	$0	($543,000)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$27,174,000	$29,082,000	$1,908,000	7.0%
Supplies and materials	$10,830,000	$9,957,000	($873,000)	-8.1%
Travel	$1,215,000	$576,000	($639,000)	-52.6%
Contractual services	$13,825,000	$17,733,000	$3,908,000	28.3%
Equipment	$1,304,000	$816,000	($488,000)	-37.4%
Maintenance Undistributed	$7,823,000	$7,137,000	($686,000)	-8.8%
Personal Service	$1,246,000	$1,255,000	$9,000	0.7%
Regular	$1,234,000	$1,243,000	$9,000	0.7%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$12,000	$12,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$5,740,000	$5,882,000	$142,000	2.5%
Supplies and materials	$166,000	$170,000	$4,000	2.4%
Travel	$15,000	$15,000	$0	0.0%
Contractual services	$5,540,000	$5,678,000	$138,000	2.5%
Equipment	$19,000	$19,000	$0	0.0%
Personal Service	$740,000	$0	($740,000)	-100.0%
Regular	$667,600	$0	($667,600)	-100.0%
Temporary Service	$35,800	$0	($35,800)	-100.0%
Holiday/overtime compensation	$36,600	$0	($36,600)	-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$97,000	$0	($97,000)	-100.0%
Supplies and materials	$38,700	$0	($38,700)	-100.0%
Travel	$4,300	$0	($4,300)	-100.0%
Contractual services	$49,300	$0	($49,300)	-100.0%
Equipment	$4,700	$0	($4,700)	-100.0%
Enterprise Funds (Ent)	$275,000	$275,000	$0	0.0%

DFY Acct - (Ent)	$275,000	$275,000	$0	0.0%
Nonpersonal Service	$275,000	$275,000	$0	0.0%
Supplies and Materials	$192,500	$193,000	$500	0.3%
Equipment	$82,500	$82,000	($500)	-0.6%