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Children and Family Services - Assistance Budget Summary
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES - ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS BUDGET SUMMARY
Mission Statement
The Children and Family Services-Assistance Budget funds
programs to: 1) support children who are placed in
out-of-home care because of abuse or neglect; 2) provide for
seriously emotionally disturbed children who require services
as part of an Individualized Education Plan; 3) aid prospective
adoptive parents in meeting the additional expenses of special
needs children; and 4) assist public and private agencies in
providing child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention
programs to meet the needs of high-risk children.
2011-12 Budget Message
The 2011-12 Recommended Budget for Assistance Payments
reflects an overall $6.4 million increase in net County cost
(NCC) primarily due to: 1) an increase of $7.0 million in funding
for the Tier II Wraparound case costs included in the
Board-approved Katie A. Settlement Agreement Strategic Plan
(Katie A. Strategic Plan) for children who need intensive mental
health services; 2) a projected $6.6 million increase in
caseloads and/or case costs consisting of $3.5 million in
Adoptions Assistance, and $3.1 million in Emergency
Assistance; 3) a projected $6.8 million increase due to the
implementation of AB12 which will extend foster care services
to youth from 18 to 21 years of age; and 4) a projected
$1.1 million as a result of California Necessities Index (CNI) rate
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Budget Summaries
FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 FY 2011-12 CHANGE FROM
CLASSIFICATION ACTUAL ESTIMATED BUDGET REQUESTED RECOMMENDED BUDGET
FINANCING USES
SERVICES & SUPPLIES $ 3,406,714.00 $ 4,574,000 $ 4,574,000 $ 5,241,000 $ 5,241,000 $ 667,000
OTHER CHARGES 811,752,732.22 840,789,000 879,760,000 888,205,000 888,136,000 8,376,000
GROSS TOTAL $ 815,159,446.22 $ 845,363,000 $ 884,334,000 $ 893,446,000 $ 893,377,000 $ 9,043,000
INTRAFUND TRANSFERS (1,373,550.58) (25,248,000) (8,744,000) (8,178,000) (8,178,000) 566,000
NET TOTAL $ 813,785,895.64 $ 820,115,000 $ 875,590,000 $ 885,268,000 $ 885,199,000 $ 9,609,000
REVENUE 759,854,117.26 732,935,000 773,303,000 782,568,000 776,534,000 3,231,000
NET COUNTY COST $ 53,931,778.38 $ 87,180,000 $ 102,287,000 $ 102,700,000 $ 108,665,000 $ 6,378,000
FUND FUNCTION ACTIVITY
GENERAL FUND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OTHER ASSISTANCE
increase for Group Homes consisting of $0.8 million in Title IV-E
Waiver Capped Allocation Demonstration Project (Waiver) and
$0.3 million in non Title IV-E Waiver programs. The NCC
increases are partially offset by: 1) a projected $3.7 million
decrease in caseload and/or case cost in Waiver Foster Care
assistance payments; 2) a projected $9.5 million decrease in
General Relief Ineligible (GRI) due to projected caseload
reductions and the implementation of AB12; and 3) a projected
$1.6 million decrease in Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED)
due to projected caseload reductions; and 4) a $0.3 million
increase in Realignment Sales Tax revenue.
Critical/Strategic Planning Initiatives
The Department is currently implementing a number of
strategies under the Waiver to ensure safety, stability and
permanency for children under its care. The efficiencies as a
result of the strategic changes are projected to reduce Foster
Care costs. The three key areas that are projected to affect the
assistance costs include: 1) ensuring that only those children
and families who would be appropriately served by the child
welfare system enter the system; 2) reducing the time children
spend in out-of-home care; and 3) providing services to
children and families to enable the children to safely remain in
their home or achieve timely permanency.
FY 2011-12 Recommended Budget Volume One 14.9 County of Los Angeles