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| OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
Adjusted Executive
Appropriation Request Percent
2001-02 2002-03 Change Change
AGENCY SUMMARY
General Fund 1,382,459,000 1,416,682,600 34,223,600 2.48%
Special Rev.-Fed. 1,764,486,000 1,855,052,000 90,566,000 5.13%
Special Rev.-Other 132,526,000 139,231,000 6,705,000 5.06%
Fiduciary 6,755,000 6,755,000 0 0.00%
Enterprise 500,000 500,000 0 0.00%
Internal Service Fund 100,000 100,000 0 0.00%
Capital Projects Fund 1,800,000 1,935,000 135,000 7.50%
Youth Facilities Improvement
Fund 15,850,000 85,275,000 69,425,000 438.01%
Total for AGENCY SUMMARY: 3,304,476,000 3,505,530,600 201,054,600 6.08%
STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 254,600,000 251,919,600 (2,680,400) -1.05%
Special Rev.-Fed. 69,748,000 88,144,000 18,396,000 26.37%
Special Rev.-Other 117,526,000 124,231,000 6,705,000 5.71%
Fiduciary 3,225,000 3,225,000 0 0.00%
Enterprise 500,000 500,000 0 0.00%
Internal Service Fund 100,000 100,000 0 0.00%
Total for STATE OPERATIONS: 445,699,000 468,119,600 22,420,600 5.03%
Central Administration
General Fund 34,258,700 34,286,400 27,700 0.08%
Special Rev.-Other 9,100,000 16,000,000 6,900,000 75.82%
Fiduciary 1,825,000 1,825,000 0 0.00%
Internal Service Fund 100,000 100,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 45,283,700 52,211,400 6,927,700 15.30%
System Support
General Fund 47,752,000 48,252,000 500,000 1.05%
Special Rev.-Fed. 12,500,000 30,000,000 17,500,000 140.00%
Special Rev.-Other 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 70,252,000 88,252,000 18,000,000 25.62%
Training and Development
General Fund 10,000,000 9,420,000 (580,000) -5.80%
Special Rev.-Other 60,287,000 57,342,000 (2,945,000) -4.88%
Enterprise 200,000 200,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 70,487,000 66,962,000 (3,525,000) -5.00%
Family and Children Services
General Fund 30,970,100 30,453,300 (516,800) -1.67%
Special Rev.-Fed. 17,800,000 17,800,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 1,046,000 1,046,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 49,816,100 49,299,300 (516,800) -1.04%
Child Care
General Fund 2,693,600 2,805,900 112,300 4.17%
Special Rev.-Fed. 14,800,000 14,800,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 17,493,600 17,605,900 112,300 0.64%
Youth Facilities
General Fund 150,590,600 151,090,000 499,400 0.33%
Enterprise 300,000 300,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 150,890,600 151,390,000 499,400 0.33%
Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
General Fund 8,428,000 8,455,000 27,000 0.32%
Special Rev.-Fed. 24,648,000 25,544,000 896,000 3.64%
Special Rev.-Other 500,000 500,000 0 0.00%
Fiduciary 1,400,000 1,400,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 34,976,000 35,899,000 923,000 2.64%
Departmental Administrative Reimbursement
General Fund (30,093,000) (32,843,000) (2,750,000) 9.14%
Special Rev.-Other 36,593,000 39,343,000 2,750,000 7.52%
Total for Program: 6,500,000 6,500,000 0 0.00%
AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 1,127,859,000 1,164,763,000 36,904,000 3.27%
Special Rev.-Fed. 1,694,738,000 1,766,908,000 72,170,000 4.26%
Special Rev.-Other 15,000,000 15,000,000 0 0.00%
Fiduciary 3,530,000 3,530,000 0 0.00%
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:2,841,127,0002,950,201,000 109,074,000 3.84%
Training and Development
General Fund 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Fed. 28,438,000 28,438,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 33,438,000 33,438,000 0 0.00%
Family and Children Services
General Fund 1,026,793,000 1,063,697,000 36,904,000 3.59%
Special Rev.-Fed. 1,042,300,000 1,114,470,000 72,170,000 6.92%
Special Rev.-Other 15,000,000 15,000,000 0 0.00%
Fiduciary 3,530,000 3,530,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 2,087,623,000 2,196,697,000 109,074,000 5.22%
Child Care
General Fund 96,066,000 96,066,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Fed. 624,000,000 624,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 720,066,000 720,066,000 0 0.00%
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 1,800,000 1,935,000 135,000 7.50%
Youth Facilities Improvement
Fund 15,850,000 85,275,000 69,425,000 438.01%
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS: 17,650,000 87,210,000 69,560,000 394.11%
Design and Construction Supervision
Youth Facilities Improvement
Fund 0 3,000,000 3,000,000 --
Total for Program: 0 3,000,000 3,000,000 --
Maintenance and Improvement of Facilities
Capital Projects Fund 1,800,000 1,935,000 135,000 7.50%
Youth Facilities Improvement Fund6,650,000 9,475,000 2,825,000 42.48%
Total for Program: 8,450,000 11,410,000 2,960,000 35.03%
New Construction
Youth Facilities Improvement Fund9,200,000 72,800,000 63,600,000 691.30%
Total for Program: 9,200,000 72,800,000 63,600,000 691.30%
ALL FUNDS PERSONNEL
BUDGETED FILL LEVELS
Current Requested
Program 2001-02 2002-03 Change
Central Administration 465 465 0
System Support 171 171 0
Training and Development 50 50 0
Family and Children Services 510 510 0
Child Care 235 235 0
Youth Facilities 2,812 2,760 (52)
Commission for the Blind and
Visually Handicapped 178 178 0
Office of National and
Community Services 9 9 0
Employment and Disability
Assistance Account 11 11 0
Total General Fund : 3,855 3,803 (52)
Total All Other Funds : 586 586 0
TOTAL: 4,441 4,389 (52)
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
(Executive Budget: pp. 35-41)
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) was
created in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 1997-98 with the goal of enhancing
the delivery of services to children and families through a system of
support that would help families achieve and maintain self-sufficiency
in order to provide for the well-being of their children. The Office
administers a broad range of child welfare programs, including child
protective, preventive, foster care and adoption services, and
adolescent pregnancy prevention programs. The Office also administers
child care programs, adult protective programs, and services to the
blind and visually handicapped, as well as responsibility for all
residential and non-residential services and delinquency prevention
programs, operated by the former Division for Youth (DFY).
The Executive proposes All Funds appropriations totalling
$3,505,530,600 for SFY 2002-2003, an increase of $201,054,600, or 6.1
percent over SFY 2001-02. The Agency supports a workforce of 4,389
full-time equivalent (FTE) positions.
The adjusted appropriation for the Office of Children and Family
Services includes recommended deficiency appropriations totaling
$99,380,000 of which $5,930,000 is in State Operations and $93,450,000
is in Aid to Localities.
This agency is included in the Education, Labor and Family Assistance
appropriation bill.
State Operations
For SFY 2002-03, the Executive recommends an All Funds State
Operations appropriation of $468,119,600, a net increase of
$22,420,600, or 5.0 percent over SFY 2001-02, primarily due to an
increase in Federal funds. A net decrease of $2,680,400 in the
General Fund appropriation is attributable to the following actions:
increased personal service costs offset by nonpersonal service
increases in six programs, for a net increase of $649,600; a reduction
of $580,000 related to the transfer to the Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance (OTDA) of training contracts administered by
that agency; and a savings of $2,750,000 related to increased Federal
revenues available to offset the General Fund.
The adjusted appropriation for State Operations includes a recommend
deficiency appropriation of $5,930,000. The Executive proposes to
restore 50 percent of the nonpersonal service reductions enacted in
the SFY 2001-02 Budget, in the Youth Facilities Program and in the
Systems Support Program for payments to the Office for Technology
(OFT).
Workforce
The Executive proposes an All Funds decrease in the OCFS workforce
from 4,441 to 4,389, reflecting a net decrease of 52 full-time
equivalent (FTE) positions. This reduction in workforce will occur
through attrition and includes: the elimination of 13 positions at
the Harlem Valley Secure Center as a result of a proposed closure of
a third wing; the elimination of 18 positions resulting from the
annualization of savings actions first implemented in SFY 2001-02; and
21 positions proposed to be earmarked in the hiring freeze to occur
in SFY 2002-03.
Systems Support
The Governor recommends a total of $60,400,000 in State and Federal
Funds for the operation, continued development and maintenance of
CONNECTIONS, the State's automated child welfare information system.
The State share of this amount, $30,400,000, is continued at the
current year's level. The balance of $30,000,000 reflects an
anticipated 50 percent Federal match.
Aid to Localities
The adjusted appropriation includes a recommended deficiency totaling
$93,450,000. The recommended allocation of the deficiency is as
follows: $10,800,000 for Detention reimbursement; $6,750,000 for
Committees on Special Education (CSE); $12,000,000 for adoption
subsidies; $1,700,000 for payments to the Dormitory Authority; and
$62,200,000 is proposed for child protective services to support
higher than expected claims for these services by local social
services districts.
The Executive recommends an All Funds appropriation of $2,950,201,000
for SFY 2002-03, a net increase of $109,074,000, or 3.8 percent over
SFY 2001-02. This increase results primarily from an increase of
$72,170,000 in Federal funding.
Family and Children's Services
The Executive recommends a General Fund appropriation of
$1,063,697,000 to support the Family and Children's Services Program
which represents a net increase of $36,904,000, or 3.5 percent above
SFY 2001-02 funding. Of major significance is the Executive's
proposal to replace the Family and Children's Services Block Grant
with a new funding methodology. The Executive recommends General Fund
appropriations totaling $688,900,000 to support this proposed
financing reform. These appropriations reflect an increase of
$23,200,000 over current year funding including $62,200,000 from the
proposed child protective services deficiency. The components of the
Executive's financing reform include:
-- a $324,400,000 appropriation to support these services:
preventive and child protective, after care, independent
living, adoption services and administration other than
subsidies. These services are proposed to be reimbursed at 65
percent of the non Federal share of expenses. All of these
services, except child protective, are currently funded within
the block grant-like funding methodology that was used as an
interim measure in the SFY 2001-02 budget because the Family
and Children's Services Block Grant had expired on March 31,
2001, without a new financing mechanism to replace it.
-- an appropriation of $364,500,000 for a new Foster Care Block
Grant that would cap the available funding for foster care
services. The appropriation would provide reimbursement to
local social services districts for foster care maintenance,
supervision and tuition of children placed in the custody of
State and local commissioners of social services. In addition,
it would provide reimbursement for the costs associated with
the care, maintenance, supervision of foster care for children
in Federally funded Job Corps programs, and for supervision and
tuition for adjudicated juvenile delinquents/persons in need of
supervision (JD/PINS) in authorized in-state and out-of-state
residential programs. Reimbursement under the Block Grant
would be limited to the district's allocation which would be
based on claiming history and other factors. The Executive is
proposing that any savings attributed to a reduction in a
district's foster care caseload may be reprogrammed for
preventive or aftercare services.
The Executive also proposes the creation of a $3,000,000 Child Welfare
Quality Initiative, supported by Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) funds. These funds would support projects
administered by not-for-profits that improve the quality of child
welfare services.
The Governor recommends a total of $534,600,000 be made available from
TANF Block Grant surplus funds, to offset the State's share, for the
following child welfare purposes:
-- Emergency Assistance Fund (EAF) set-aside - $140,000,000, an
increase of $40,000,000
-- Transfer to Title XX - $241,000,000
-- EAF-JD/PINS - $105,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000
-- NYC Foster Care tuition - $41,000,000, an increase of
$5,000,000
-- New Child Welfare Quality Initiatives - $3,000,000
-- New PINS (ages 16-18) preventive services - $4,600,000
In SFY 2002-03, the Governor proposes $2,250,000 in General Fund
support for Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) compliance, a
$532,000 decrease from the current year's funding level. Funds will
be used to continue processing fingerprint applications of prospective
foster care and adoptive parents. The Governor also requests
continued authorization to purchase finger imaging machines on behalf
of local social services districts that ultimately are expected to
bear the full cost of purchase and maintenance of the machines.
The Governor continues General fund support of $1,600,000 in State
funds which is the current year level, and $14,800,000 in TANF funds
for a total of $16,400,000 for the Home Visiting program to support
27 sites operating in 20 counties. The Executive maintains funding
at prior year levels of $7,700,000 in TANF funds for the Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention Program (APPS).
The Executive recommends an increase of $14,170,000 to support
adoption subsidies, bringing the total General Fund appropriation to
$144,170,000 for this purpose. This is based on a 4,700 projected
increase in the number of adoptions.
Youth Programs
The Governor recommends total funding of $25,000,000 for Advantage
Schools, an increase of $5,000,000 above the SFY 2001-02 funding
level, supported totally from TANF funds.
The Governor also recommends a $3,500,000 General Fund increase in
secure and non-secure detention reimbursement, an increase that is
attributable to growth in per diem costs and caseloads, bringing this
appropriation to $6,596,000.
The Governor maintains funding at the current year level for the
following programs:
-- Youth Development & Delinquency Prevention, $31,636,000;
-- Special Delinquency Prevention, $10,421,000;
-- Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs, $5,314,000;
-- Child Advocacy Centers, $1,500,000; and
-- Child Fatality Review Teams, $300,000.
Child Care
The Executive proposes an increase of $37,000,000 in the Special
Revenue Fund Federal appropriation to increase the Child Care Block
Grant from $840,000,000 to $877,000,000. This new funding level would
support 177,500 subsidies an increase of 3,500 above the current
year's level of 174,000, as well as market rate adjustments effective
October 1, 2001.
The 3-year Child Care Reserve Fund was authorized in SFY 1999-2000
with an appropriation of $200,000,000 from TANF surplus funds. In SFY
2000-01, $51,000,000 was made available to local districts who had
expended their entire allocation as well as their local share of child
care funding. In SFY 2001-02, the Governor was authorized to
distribute another $71,000,000 from the Reserve Fund. In SFY 2002-03,
the Governor proposes to distribute the remaining $78,000,000 for this
purpose. The $78,000,000 contribution from the Reserve Fund is
subsumed in the total for the Child Care Block Grant.
Capital Projects
The Executive recommends capital appropriations of $87,210,000, an
increase of $69,560,000, or 394. percent, above the current fiscal
year. The appropriation consists primarily of a $72,800,000 bonded
appropriation to support construction of a new secure facility to
replace the Harlem Valley Secure Center that is slated for closure.
The Executive reappropriates $22,000,000 for the Child Care Facilities
Development Program from SFY 1999-2000 and SFY 2000-01 for which
awards have been made to continue the development of additional
capacity.
Article VII Proposals
The Governor proposes Article VII legislation that would limit lengths
of stay in detention for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of
supervision (JD/PINS). This legislation would authorize OCFS to
reduce the level of reimbursement to a local social services district,
from 50 percent to 25 percent, for any youth that exceeds the time
limit and to consider capacity needs when certifying or re-certifying
juvenile detention programs. Savings associated with this bill,
primarily attributable to a reduction in reimbursement for lengths of
stay in excess of 45 days, could exceed $2,000,000 annually.
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