2003 Green Book
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Adjusted
Appropriation
2002-03 		Executive
Request
2003-04 		Legislative
Appropriation
2003-04 		Change

STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 252,926,600 211,188,500 210,448,500 (740,000)
Special Revenue-Other 124,456,000 135,029,000 130,279,000 (4,750,000)
Special Revenue-Federal 89,744,000 62,558,000 75,330,000 12,772,000
Fiduciary 3,525,000 2,713,500 3,527,500 814,000
Enterprise 500,000 500,000 500,000 0
Internal Service Fund 100,000 100,000 100,000 0
Total for STATE OPERATIONS 471,251,600 412,089,000 420,185,000 8,096,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 1,191,479,422 1,226,984,000 1,230,617,100 3,633,100
Special Revenue-Other 17,250,000 12,250,000 12,250,000 0
Special Revenue-Federal 1,804,508,000 2,022,308,000 2,012,108,000 (10,200,000)
Fiduciary 3,530,000 3,530,000 3,530,000 0
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES 3,016,767,422 3,265,072,000 3,258,505,100 (6,566,900)

CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 1,935,000 2,930,000 2,930,000 0
Youth Facilities Improvement Fund 12,475,000 17,100,000 17,100,000 0
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS 14,410,000 20,030,000 20,030,000 0
LEGISLATIVE ACTION

The Legislature provides All Funds appropriations totaling $3,698,720,100 for the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), a net increase of $1,529,100 above the Executive proposal. This increase reflects restoration of Aid to Localities funding for various child welfare programs and services.

Legislative Reductions

The Legislature reduces State funding for CONNECTIONS by $10 million. The Legislature contends that there are sufficient Federal and State reappropriations to meet expenditure needs in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2003-04.

The Legislature also reduces the SFY 2003-04 appropriation for Advantage After-School Programs by $10,200,000, but provides sufficient funding, through a combination of new and prior year appropriations, to maintain full funding for the Programs in the 2003-04 fiscal year.

Legislative Changes

The Legislature concurs with the Executive’s proposal and provides $929 million in All Funds support for child care programs and services in order to maintain the SFY 2002-03 level of 183,400 subsidies while providing for a market rate increase. The Legislature allocates $17,400,000 in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds, within the Block Grant, for the following purposes: $3,400,000 for SUNY/CUNY child care programs and services; $11,000,000 for demonstration projects, located in Monroe, Oneida and Kings counties and the Capital District Region and designed to increase the availability of child care to eligible families with incomes up to 275 percent of the Federal poverty level; $2,000,000 for satellite child care; and $1,000,000 to support child care programs and services for migrant workers.

The Legislature restores $3,633,100 to the General Fund to support services and programs for children and families in New York State, including: youth development & delinquency prevention programs, settlement houses, family preservation centers, child advocacy centers, homeless veterans outreach programs and services, runaway & homeless youth, and domestic violence training for child protective service workers.

The Legislature allocates $18,325,000 in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funding to restore the preventive services initiative, the “Fatherhood Counts” program and caretaker relative support services.

Article VII

The Legislature:

  • Reconstitutes the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH) and the Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled within the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). The denial of this proposal is cost-neutral;

  • Accepts the Executive’s proposal to merge the Council on Children and Families into the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) for half-year savings of $500,000, and full annual savings of $1,000,000;

  • Denies the Executive’s proposal to limit State reimbursement for the non-secure detention of persons in need of supervision (PINS) and juvenile delinquents (JDs). The Governor contends this would provide a State share savings of $1,424,554. This savings assumes a declining population within the non-secure detention system. The Legislature, however, approves a new $3,300,000 million community-based intensive supervision program and PINS preventive services funding of $7,000,000. These initiatives should serve to assist counties in reducing that population without the imposition of fiscal sanctions on the counties;

  • Denies the Executive’s proposal to allow counties to enroll children placed in foster boarding homes through voluntary agencies in Medicaid managed care programs;

  • Accepts the Executive’s proposal to assign financial responsibility to local school districts for out-of-home special education placements made by Committees on Special Education (CSE) during the regular school year. This action will save the State and county governments $2,500,000 million each through a shift of $5,000,000 to local school districts;

  • Denies the Executive’s proposal to repeal the State Commission on the Quality of Foster Care and reappropriates the SFY 2002-03 appropriation of $500,000 for that purpose; and

  • Extends the Child Care Worker Recruitment and Retention Program through March 31,
    • 2005.


Legislative Additions

The Legislature provides funding for the following:




PROGRAM APPROPRIATION VETO #

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAM $982,800 46
SETTLEMENT HOUSES $626,500 98
SETTLEMENT HOUSES - STATEWIDE GRANTS $334,500 98
FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTERS $315,000 50
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERS $307,800 45
RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH $307,800 47
FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTERS $245,000 48
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAM $230,000 100
HOMELESS VETERAN OUTREACH PROGRAM $148,700 99
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS $135,000 49

*All program appropriations vetoed by the Executive, as indicated by a veto message number, were subsequently overridden by the Legislature.


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