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Support Services: The “bridge” services available include, but are not limited to, the following:- Mentoring and tutoring- Mental health services and substance abuse counseling- Life skills classes, including credit management and preventive health activities- Parenting classes- Job and career skills training- Counselor consultations- Temporary financial assistance- Financial literacy skills trainingCash Assistance: In order to receive cash assistance young adults must meet with anindependent living resource person and develop a 30- to 90-day interim self-sufficiency planthat details the specific actions that the service provider and youth will undertake to help theyoung adult transition to self-sufficiency. Based on that self-sufficiency plan, a budget of cashassistance and support services should be put into place. The cash assistance budget shouldnot exceed the amount of direct stipends that may be available to young people who opt toremain in care. Prior to the 30- to 90-day period expiring, a young adult who needs continuedsupport can meet again with the independent living resource person to show their progress andcreate a follow-on 30- to 90-day plan. Young adults who opt not to remain in care may utilizethis resource for a total of 12 months between ages 18 and 22, with the option to extend thatsupport to 18 of 36 months in extenuating circumstances. 14 For young adults who exit statecustody from licensed foster care, relative custody, and unlicensed care at age 18 who requirecontinued cash assistance support extensions, the independent living resource person willprovide information and assess the benefits of opting into intensive supports and services.Independent Living Resource Person: It is critical that young people who receive bridge supportmeet with a consistent independent living resource person and have a clear understanding ofhow to access bridge support across the state. This may require building a statewide websitefor transitioning youth, as well as posting information through Facebook, FosterClub, etc.Guardianship and Adoption Subsidies at age 16+Young adults who are adopted or achieve guardianship at ages 16 and over will continue to beeligible for adoption or guardianship subsidy through age 21. 15 Young adults who have beenadopted at age 16 and over will also have continued access to post-adoption services until theyreach age 21. Young adults who achieve guardianship at age 16 and over should also haveaccess to post-guardianship services until age 21. Currently, post-guardianship services do notexist in Florida. It is critical that these services are developed to support both children and youngadults that have achieved permanency through guardianship.Potential Sources of Revenue - Current Spending on Independent LivingServices14 Criteria must be developed for extenuating circumstances. An appeals process for young adults who are deniedbridge support must also be defined.15 The cost of extending guardianship subsidies to 21 was not completed as part of this analysis because a separateworkgroup in Florida is reviewing options regarding guardianship. If guardianship payments are not extended to age 21for young people who achieve guardianship at ages 16 and 17, the workgroup recommends that those young peoplebecome eligible for intensive and bridge supports.The Finance Project 7
Florida currently makes significant investments in supports and services for older youthtransitioning from foster care. The workgroup considered those funding sources that currentlysupport maintenance, housing, and case management functions which have the potential to be IV-E reimbursable. 16In SFY 2010-11, Florida was allocated $5.7 million in federal Chafee funds and $2.4 million inEducation and Training Voucher (ETV) funds, which will be matched with $1.4 million and$599,000 in state General Funds, respectively. In addition, Florida has allocated $19.25 million instate General Funds to support the current Road-to-Independence, Transitional Support Services,Aftercare Support Services, and Supervised Independent Living programs. 17Despite these significant investments by the state, utilization of independent living servicescontinues to increase and the allocated funds have not met the need for the last several years.Accordingly, Community Based Care agencies (CBCs) have made up the difference between stateallocations and actual expenditures for the last several years. In SFY 2009-2010, the gap betweenallocations and expenditures for independent living was approximately $16.9 million.Existing Sources of Revenue – SFY 2010-11Funding Streams Federal State FundingChafee $5,764,276 $1,441,070Education and Training$2,396,966 $599,242VouchersState General Fund $18,475,167CBC “above and beyond”Contribution$16,855,984Subtotal $8,161,242 $37,371,463Grand Total $45,532,705Projections of the Net Fiscal Impact of the Independent Living RedesignBased on the design work completed and the review of current state spending on young people 18to 22, The Finance Project worked with DCF staff to develop cost projections and determine thenet fiscal impact of the Independent Living Redesign. The workgroup agreed that Florida shouldseek to draw down additional Title IV-E funds available through the Fostering Connections Act inorder to finance the redesign work.Under Fostering Connections, states have the option to extend eligibility for three separate Title IV-E programs: foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance.16 Florida currently operates under a Title IV-E waiver. As a result, Florida receives Title IV-E funds in a “block grant”,which the state distributes to Community Based Care (CBC) agencies to provide foster care maintenance and casemanagement to children age 0-17. This fiscal analysis assumes that Florida will not extend the block grant to includeyoung people ages 18-21 and will instead draw down Title IV-E funds for this population in line with current Title IV-Eprocedures.17 Supervised Independent Living costs approximately $775,000 per year. Since this program serves young people ages16-17, these funds are reserved for this population in the analysis, leaving a total of $18,475,167 which can be directedtoward supporting Intensive and Bridge Supports and Services.The Finance Project 8
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