Adjusted Executive Legislative
Approp. Request Approp.
2001-02 2002-03 2002-03 Change
STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 254,600,000 251,919,600 251,919,600 0
Special Rev. Fed. 69,748,000 88,144,000 88,144,000 0
Special Rev. Other 117,526,000 124,231,000 124,231,000 0
Fiduciary 3,225,000 3,225,000 3,225,000 0
Enterprise 500,000 500,000 500,000 0
Internal Service Fund 100,000 100,000 100,000 0
Total for
STATE OPERATIONS: 445,699,000 468,119,600 468,119,600 0
AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 1,127,859,000 1,164,763,000 1,170,720,600 5,957,600
Special Rev. Fed. 1,694,738,000 1,766,908,000 1,804,508,000 37,600,000
Special Rev. Other 15,000,000 15,250,000 17,250,000 2,000,000
Fiduciary 3,530,000 3,530,000 3,530,000 0
Total for Agency: 2,841,127,000 2,950,451,000 2,996,008,600 45,557,600
Total Grants In Aid: 0 0 21,236,822 21,236,822
Total for
AID TO LOCALITIES: 2,841,127,000 2,950,451,000 3,017,245,422 66,794,422
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 17,650,000 87,210,000 14,410,000 (72,800,000)
Total for
CAPITAL PROJECTS: 17,650,000 87,210,000 14,410,000 (72,800,000)
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
The Legislature authorizes $3,464,128,200 in All Funds support for the Office of
Children and Family Services.
Legislative Reductions
The Legislature denies the Executive proposed $72,800,000 capital projects
appropriation for the construction of a new secure detention facility to replace
the Harlem Valley Secure Center.
Legislative Changes
The Legislature provides $3,000,000 in General Fund support for a cost of living
adjustment for direct care workers in voluntary not-for-profit foster care
agencies in New York State. The Legislature also provides additional General
Fund support for services and programs for children and families in New York
State, including runaway and homeless youth, youth development and delinquency
prevention programs, family preservation centers, child advocacy centers,
domestic violence training for child protective service workers and the
William B. Hoyt Memorial Trust Fund.
The Legislature allocates $36,000,000 from the Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF) surplus funds to support various children and family services
programs including $18,000,000 to continue currently funded preventive services
initiatives, $16,000,000 to support home visiting expansion, $1,000,000 for
the development of "Fatherhood Counts" programs and, $1,000,000 for caretaker
relative support services.
The Legislature provides $913,400,000 in All Funds support for child care
programs and services, which reflects an increase of $36,400,000 over the
Executive proposal. This increase is achieved through transfer of additional
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) surplus funds and includes:
$26,000,000 for additional low-income child care subsidies, $5,000,000 for
demonstration projects to increase the availability of child care to eligible
families with incomes up to 275 percent of the Federal poverty level,
$3,400,000 for child care programs operated by the State University of New
York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY), and $2,000,000 for
child care services provided by the satellite day care program.
The Legislature amends the Child Care Worker Recruitment and Retention Program
to provide for increases in the retention awards made to eligible child care
workers with direct care responsibility, as well as additional financial
enhancements to awards for direct care workers who obtain a recognized
credential, certificate or degree in the child care field. The Legislature
also amends the Child Care Reserve Fund to authorize the Office of Children
and Family Services to make allocations from the Reserve Fund in SFY 2002-03,
only to those districts that are projected to fully expend prior year allocations.
Article VII
The Legislature adds new Article VII language that creates a new financing
structure for funding child welfare, effective April 1, 2002. The language
provides for a new Foster Care Block Grant which will provide local social
services districts with an annual allocation for foster care tuition,
maintenance and administrative services. In addition, the language provides
local social services districts with uncapped reimbursement at 65 percent for
child protective, preventive, independent living, aftercare and adoption
services. These provisions also create a Commission on the Quality of Foster
Care to oversee the quality of congregate foster care programs and to
investigate allegations of institutional abuse and neglect. The language
further authorizes evaluations of local districts by the Office of Children
and Family Services in accordance with federal child welfare standards and
provides local districts with the opportunity to implement corrective action
prior to fines being levied. These Article VII provisions will sunset on
June 30, 2007.
The Legislature rejects the Executive proposal to reduce State reimbursement
to local districts for detention when a youth is detained over 45 days and,
instead, authorizes the Office of Children and Family Services to review the
future capacity needs of local detention facilities and to develop a methodology
for a certificate of need process for secure and non-secure detention beds, that
will become effective after March 1, 2004.
The Legislature also extends the Child Care Worker Recruitment and Retention
Program to March 31, 2003.
Legislative Additions
The Legislature provides funding for the following:
VARIOUS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROJECTS. $4,000,000
CHILD WELFARE WORKFORCE WAGE ENHANCEMENT. $3,000,000
OTHER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INITIATIVES. $2,000,000
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAM. $1,092,000
SETTLEMENT HOUSES. $895,000
AMY WATKINS CASEWORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING. $683,000
WILLIAM B. HOYT MEMORIAL TRUST FUND. $681,600
SETTLEMENT HOUSES STATEWIDE GRANTS. $478,000
FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTERS. $350,000
FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTERS. $350,000
RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH. $342,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERS. $342,000
HISPANIC FEDERATION OF NEW YORK. $300,000
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES. $240,000
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAMS. $210,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAININGS/CPS. $150,000
MANHATTAN YOUTH RECREATION AND RESOURCES, INC. $127,000
NORTHERN MANHATTAN COALITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. $75,000
FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED, INC. $60,000
GORDON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER. $50,000
YOUTH OUTREACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE. $30,000
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY. $25,000
JACKSON HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. $25,000
BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE. $25,000
RICHMOND HILL BLOCK ASSOCIATION. $25,000
YOUTH EXPLOSION. $5,000
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