Department of Social Services [765]
Secretarial Area: Health and Human Resources
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $380,279,227 $1,417,475,684 $1,797,754,911
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $387,238,581 $1,449,900,233 $1,837,138,814
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $379,562,717 $1,539,376,280 $1,918,938,997
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $381,334,809 $1,521,079,922 $1,902,414,731
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $377,008,290 $1,503,226,380 $1,880,234,670
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $388,926,339 $1,465,172,076 $1,854,098,415
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, Caboose Bill $392,352,241 $1,569,200,595 $1,961,552,836
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation $392,352,241 $1,569,200,595 $1,961,552,836
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, Caboose Bill $403,251,996 $1,589,470,738 $1,992,722,734
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation $393,970,601 $1,555,901,800 $1,949,872,401
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments $9,281,395 $33,568,938 $42,850,333
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 389.31 1,272.19 1,661.50
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 376.21 1,260.29 1,636.50
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 376.21 1,260.29 1,636.50
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 398.21 1,282.29 1,680.50
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 405.21 1,297.29 1,702.50
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 400.21 1,305.29 1,705.50
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, Caboose Bill 559.21 1,162.29 1,721.50
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation 559.21 1,162.29 1,721.50
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, Caboose Bill 615.21 1,213.29 1,828.50
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation 615.21 1,213.29 1,828.50
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Fund required eligibility system operating costs Decision Package
  Provides funding to meet projected VITA and other information systems costs resulting from the transition of the Virginia Case Management System (VaCMS) from development to full operational status. This request includes funding for eight positions scheduled to be removed in FY 2018.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,131,072
Nongeneral Fund $0 $18,949,130
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Fund the child welfare forecast Decision Package
  Adds funding for cover the cost of providing foster care and adoption subsidy payments. Based on recent expenditure trends and the impact of child welfare policy changes, this amendment adjusts appropriation to cover the necessary costs of providing payments to foster care and adoptive families. The addendum also moves funding between service areas to ensure that amount dedicated for adoption subsidies is reflected correctly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,676,519
Nongeneral Fund $0 $6,532,698
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Appropriate nongeneral fund match to general fund central appropriation distribution Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to cover the nongeneral fund cost of increasing employee benefits. Agencies were provided the general fund share of centrally budgeted items, such as the recent salary increase, health insurance premiums, employee retirement. This technical adjustment ensures that sufficient nongeneral fund appropriation is available to fund that portion of these expenses.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $6,834,220
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Fund the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits forecast Decision Package
  Updates appropriation to properly account for the anticipated cost of providing mandated TANF benefits. Benefits include cash assistance payments, employment services and child care. The amendment also provides for a three percent caseload reserve.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($4,025,449)
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Appropriate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program employment and training pilot grant award Decision Package
  Appropriates new federal grant funds awarded to the Department of Social Services (DSS) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The goal of this federally funded program is to increase the number of SNAP work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employment, increase the earned income of work registrants, and reduce the reliance of work registrants on public assistance.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $3,735,459
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Appropriate nongeneral funds for agency savings strategies Decision Package
  Provides appropriation for the nongeneral fund increases needed to offset the general fund decreases as a result of the Department’s savings strategies. The requisite nongeneral fund appropriation for those strategies that supplanted general funds with federal funds was not provided in central appropriations adjustments.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $1,444,621
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Fully fund Division of Child Support Enforcement salary increase Decision Package
  Provides additional general fund to cover 24 percent of the salary and compression increases that would otherwise be funded by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) retained collections. There are insufficient TANF retained collections to cover the portion of the salary increase for DCSE staff funded by retained collections. Additional general fund is needed to cover the TANF retained collections share of the salary and compression increases for DCSE employees, including to fund Attorney General salary realignments.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $473,804
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Appropriate funds for federally required background checks Decision Package
  Appropriates additional nongeneral funds to cover the costs of providing fingerprint background checks to childcare providers not identified in § 63.2-1721.1, Code of Virginia. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG) mandates that states receiving block grant funds require national fingerprint background checks for all child care providers who are licensed, regulated, registered under state law or who receive CCDBG funds. Fingerprint check requirements in the Code address the federal fingerprint check mandate for licensed child day centers and licensed family day homes only. All costs will be funded by fee revenue generated from background checks. Fees for background checks will be adjusted as needed to recover costs.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $98,259
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Adjust base budget to reflect current operations Decision Package
  Moves appropriation between service areas to align the program budget with anticipated expenditures. The department recently reorganized its program support division to facilitate changes in business operations related to the implementation of the eligibility systems modernization project. This has resulted in the need to adjust agency appropriations between service areas in the budget. This action nets to zero.
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Adjust childcare and licensing appropriations to reflect operations Decision Package
  Moves appropriation between service areas to align the program budget with anticipated expenditures. The department received an appropriation in FY 2016 to implement legislation pertaining to the operation and oversight of family day homes and child day centers. This has resulted in the need to adjust agency appropriations between service areas in the budget. This action nets to zero.
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Adjust Division of Child Support Enforcement nongeneral fund appropriation Decision Package
  Moves appropriation between funds to align the program budget with anticipated expenditures. This action nets to zero.
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Pilot Project - Temporary Placement of Children Crisis General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Department of Social Services to establish a pilot program in Planning District 11 (Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell Counties and the City of Lynchburg) for the temporary placements of children in families in crisis. The pilot will allow the Department of Social Services to examine the use of a power of attorney to delegate parental authority. Virginia statute already allows for limited use of a power of attorney for kinship care cases. However, many other states go further and follow the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act which allows a parent to delegate to another person, for a period (usually between six months and one year), any power regarding care, custody, or property of their child. The pilot program will take a similar approach. The Department is required to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and report to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees and the Commission on Youth.
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Revert Auxiliary Grant Balances General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language capturing unspent funding of $1.0 million from the general fund in the Auxiliary Grant program within the Department of Social Services.
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Revert Unemployed Parent Program Balances General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language capturing unspent funding of $500,000 from the general fund in the Unemployed Parents Cash Assistance program within the Department of Social Services. Caseloads have steadily declined, leaving unspent general fund amounts in the program.
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Technical-Reflect TANF Spending and Balance General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment makes changes to the service areas for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program to accurately reflect the amount provided for TANF income benefits and TANF child care subsidies and at-risk child care subsidies in the introduced budget. In addition, language is modified to accurately reflect the balance in the TANF program at the end of fiscal year 2016.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 15:28:53