Departm rtment f t for Ch or Children an and F Fam amilies SFY 2020 Budget Presentation Presented by: Ken Schatz, Commissioner February 4, 2020
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget UPS $12.7M GF: Salary & Fringe Class RFRs MISSION: The Department for Children and Families, as part of an integrated Agency of Human Services, fosters the Capped Federal Funds healthy development, safety, well-being, and self-sufficiency Internal Service Funds of Vermonters. FSD – IV-E Federal Funding adjustments OCS – IV-D Federal Funding adjustments We are passionate about prevention and will: Reduce poverty and homelessness; FSD Caseload driven OT/Temps/Standby/Call-in • Improve the safety and well-being of children and • FSD Adoption Caseload families; Reach Up Revenue Loss due to Caseload Decrease Create permanent connections for children and youth; • Woodside and Provide timely and accurate financial supports for • Room & Board Investment Phasedown children, individuals, and families. CDD – Childcare Transportation Family Services Initiative https://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/DCF/reports/DCF- Outcomes.pdf DOWNS ($7.7M) GF: Leverage Home Weatherization Assistance Fund Governor's Recommended Budget Reach Up – Revenue Increase – PA & FS Recoveries FY 2020 ($ millions) CDD – Subsidy Caseload Decrease $399.5 CDD – CIS Underutilization AABD – Caseload Savings GC, GF, $69.3 , $137.1 , Reach Up Caseload Savings 18% 34% Reach Up Grant Reductions Eliminate VT Child & Family Community Response Pilot SF, $35.7 , Reach Up Staff SNAP E&E Training Funding Shift 9% Eliminate Contracts for Reach Up Case Managers – but invest FF, IdT, $156.6 , in PCC infrastructure $0.8 , 39% 0% Change Crisis Fuel Benefit to State Median Income
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es Admin inis istratio ion & & Economic ic Servic ices FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget Jobs for Independence (JFI) Pilot project ending: • DCF Administration and Support Services Salary ($150,521) FF • This portion of the budget includes Personal Fringe ($119,011) FF • Services and Operating Expenses for the OP ($30,000) FF • Commissioner’s Office, the Business Office, the Grants ($1,481,020) FF Economic Services Division (ESD), Assistant • Attorney Generals and IT services for the Department for Children and Families (DCF). Change in Crisis Fuel Benefit Determination from • FPL to SMI: ($175,000) GF Governor's Recommended Budget Allocation of RU staff time from GF to SNAP E&T FY 2020 ($ millions) • federal funds: ($1,484,913) GF $55.3 GC, $2.0 , 4% Allocation of AHS-wide Grants Reduction Plan GF, • $25.9 , (250,000) GF 47% LIHEAP/Weatherization Fund Shift: (600,000) GF • FF, $23.9 , 43% SF, IdT, $3.3 , $0.2 , 6% 0%
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es Family S y Service ces Caseload Budget Pressures: • FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget Overtime $262,252 GF, $189,263 GC • Temp Case Aides $207,887 GF, $150,029 GC Family Services Division (FSD) • Contract Temp positions $28,253 GF, $20,389 GC • FSD works in partnership with families, communities and others to make sure children Family Services Staffing initiative: $2M GF • and youth are safe from abuse, their basic FS Case Workers – 13 positions • needs (e.g., food, clothing, shelter and health FS Supervisors – 2 positions • care) are met and youth are free from Resource Coordinators – 3 positions • delinquent behavior. They also ensure families Asst. AG – 1 position • Case Aides - contracts are supported to achieve these goals. • Foster Care Rate Increase of $22/day to $23.54/day • Governor's Recommended Budget Adoption Caseload Increase: $757,227 GF • FY 2020 ($ millions) $121.3 Phasedown of GC Investment for Residential Room and • Board: $3,161,115 GF GC, GF, $44.5 , $48.5 , 37% 40% Title IV-E Adjustment: $469,710 GF • Allocation of AHS-wide Grants Reduction Plan: • ($422,274) GF, $457,700 GC CHINS Reform Workgroup Report • SF, $0.9 , 1% Child Protection Report IdT, FF, $27.4 , https://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/Protection/docs/2017- $0.1 , 22% 0% CP-Report.pdf
CHILDREN IN CUSTODY BY AGE RANGE AS OF SEPT 30TH 0-5 6-11 12-17 18+ 539 518 493 485 480 452 468 453 448 431 400 346 340 322 308 284 227 194 43 36 36 28 28 23 FFY2013 FFY2014 FFY2015 FFY2016 FFY2017 FFY2018
Caseload Count by Type of Agency Involvement as of Sept 30th 3,000 2,628 2, 349 2,417 2,405 2,500 2,134 1,972 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 FFY2013 FFY2014 FFY2015 FFY2016 FFY2017 FFY2018 DCF Custody 982 1,156 1,370 1,319 1,250 1,301 Conditional Custody 573 573 553 596 575 815 Family Support 417 405 426 502 580 512
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es Child D Dev evel elopment Race to the Top Federal Grant Initiative ending: • FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget Salary ($212,337) FF • Child Development Division (CDD) Fringe ($89,031) FF • CDD improves the well-being of Vermont Grants ($3,625,300) FF • children by developing and administering a continuum of high-quality, comprehensive child CCFAP Caseload Underspend: ($1.25M) GF • development and family support services that promote health and well-being, school Governor’s Childcare Initiative: $7M GF • readiness and foundations for lifelong success CIS Under-Utilization of Medicaid: ($671,396) GC • Governor's Recommended Budget FY 2020 ($ millions) PCC Master Grant Increase in Response to RU Case $78.9 • Manager Grant Reduction: $800,000 GF GF, $32.8 , GC, 42% $11.1 , 14% Eliminate VT Child & Family Community Response • Pilot: ($350,000) GF PCC Legislative Report • VT Regulated Child Care Program, Report on Program Closures FF, $33.1 , SF, https://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/CDD/Reports/April_20 42% $1.8 , 17_Closed_Program_Report.pdf 2%
Child Care Financial Assistance 8,653 8,444 8,420 9,000 8,241 8,031 8,000 Average Number 7,000 of Children 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 SFY2014 SFY2015 SFY2016 SFY2017 SFY2018 In high quality care (3-5 stars) 4,039 4,527 4,849 5,187 5,375 In all other care (0-2 stars) 4,405 4,126 3,571 3,054 2,656
Child Care Financial Assistance $47.5M $46.7M $46.1M $50,000,000 $45.7M $44.5M $45,000,000 $40,000,000 Dollars Spent $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 On high quality care (3-5 stars) $26,241,239 $28,117,773 $29,839,105 $32,256,276 $33,273,025 On all other care (0-2 stars) $19,489,031 $18,553,952 $17,619,445 $13,853,363 $11,184,244
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es Offic ice o of Child ld S Support FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget Title IV-D Federal Fund Reduction due to Audit • Office of Child Support (OCS) Finding: $255,232 GF OCS improves children’s economic security by: Title IV-D Loss of Incentive: $8,792 GF 1. Establishing, enforcing and modifying child • support orders for children who do not live with both parents. Federal Behavioral Interventions for Child Support • (BICS) Grant ending: ($167,476) FF 2. Collecting, recording and distributing child support payments through the OCS Registry. Governor's Recommended Budget FY 2020 ($ millions) $14.5 GF, $4.3 , 30% SF, $0.5 , 3% FF, $9.3 , 64% IdT, $0.4 , 3%
Child Support Collections , by Federal Fiscal Year $45.5 MM $45.2 MM $44.5 MM $43.7 MM $42.5 MM 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Cases With A Child Support Obligation That Received A Payment 87% 87% 86% 85% 84% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Agency o of Human an S Service ces, FY 2020 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Departm tmen ent f t for Children en & & Families es Aid t d to the he A Aged, Bl Blind & & Disabled Aid to Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD) FY Y 2020 2020 Go Governor’s Recommended Budget Caseload Savings: ($1M) GF Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD) This program provides a financial supplement to recipients of federal SSI who are over 65, SFY Average Caseload disabled or blind and do not have sufficient income to provide a reasonable subsistence 2015 16,036 needed for their well-being as defined in 33 V.S.A. Chapter 13. It also funds the Essential 2016 15,956 Person Program by providing cash assistance to household members whose care is essential to 2017 15,841 an aged or disabled person in the home. 2018 15,631 Governor's Recommended Budget FY 2020 ($ millions) 2019 to-date 15,258 $12.6 GC, $3.9 , 31% GF, $8.6 , 69%
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