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
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, 2016 Acts of Assembly $392,352,241 $1,569,200,595 $1,961,552,836
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $403,251,996 $1,589,470,738 $1,992,722,734
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $415,809,095 $1,607,168,963 $2,022,978,058
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $420,181,314 $1,631,832,563 $2,052,013,877
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $429,427,587 $1,678,486,822 $2,107,914,409
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation $429,427,587 $1,678,486,822 $2,107,914,409
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $431,177,854 $1,788,437,837 $2,219,615,691
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation $433,983,740 $1,710,266,240 $2,144,249,980
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments ($1,975,967) $10,940,781 $8,964,814
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments ($829,919) $67,230,816 $66,400,897
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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, 2016 Acts of Assembly 559.21 1,162.29 1,721.50
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 615.21 1,213.29 1,828.50
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 615.21 1,216.29 1,831.50
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 676.99 1,163.51 1,840.50
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 624.00 1,198.50 1,822.50
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation 624.00 1,198.50 1,822.50
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 638.00 1,213.50 1,851.50
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation 638.00 1,213.50 1,851.50
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Fund the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 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.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($9,317,546)
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Appropriate nongeneral funds for local staff salary increases Decision Package
  Funds the nongeneral fund portion of the raise state-supported local employees received in Chapter 854.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $8,140,399
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Fund the child welfare forecast Decision Package
  Adds funding to 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 the appropriation to cover the necessary costs of providing payments to foster care and adoptive families.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $722,339
Nongeneral Fund $0 $4,128,395
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Increase LIHEAP grant appropriation Decision Package
  Increases the low-income home energy assistance program appropriation to account for a federal increase in the grant amount.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $4,500,000
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Adjust funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Unemployed Parents program Decision Package
  Decreases funding for the unemployed parent cash assistance program, based on a revised projection of the estimated 2020-2022 biennial costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($3,528,225)
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Create a summer food program pilot Decision Package
  Creates a summer feeding pilot program using TANF funding. Provides $50 on a family's EBT card each month during the summer for meals purchases.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $2,720,349
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Fund foster care and adoptions cost of living adjustments Decision Package
  Raises maximum maintenance payments made to foster family homes on behalf of foster children by five percent. Appropriation Act language requires an automatic adjustment for inflation be applied to the maximum room and board rates paid to foster parents in the fiscal year following a state employee pay raise. Because state employees received up to a five percent raise in June 2019, this addendum provides a similar percent increase to foster care rates. This increase is also assumed for adoption subsidy funding to ensure that adoption subsidies keep pace with foster family rates and to avoid any disincentives to adoption.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $565,544
Nongeneral Fund $0 $446,059
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Replace legacy IT systems with an enterprise platform solution Decision Package
  Funds the replacement of the Virginia case management system and other legacy systems with a modular enterprise platform solution.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $264,375
Nongeneral Fund $0 $323,125
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Transfer funding and personnel between programs due to agency reorganization Decision Package
  Transfers funding and positions between programs due to agency reorganization.
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Increase CCDBG appropriation to account for emergency child care funding provided by the CARES Act (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases nongeneral fund appropriation by $66 million in order to reflect additional federal funding provided to the Commonwealth in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This funding will help address child care issues that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $66,000,000
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Increase CCDF appropriation to spend grant balances on full-day child care and sibling authorizations (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Adds funding in the second year to provide full-day child care for school-aged children and sibling enrollment for families already approved for child care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding comes from Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) grant balances.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $2,000,000
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Remove cost of living adjustments for foster care and adoption subsidy payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes funding for foster care and adoption subsidy payments that were inadvertently included in the introduced budget in fiscal year 2020 as a cost of living adjustment. The budget requires that these rates be increased in the year following a salary increase provided for state employees. State employees were given a pay raise in their July 1, 2019 paycheck. House Bill 30 provides a cost of living adjustment for these subsidy payments in fiscal year 2021 to reflect the fiscal year 2020 increase for state employee compensation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($565,544)
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($446,059)
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Remove funding for legacy IT systems replacement General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes funding for the replacement of the Virginia case management system (VaCMS) and other legacy systems with a modular enterprise platform solution. The VaCMS was developed beginning in state fiscal year 2013 after the 2012 General Assembly authorized funds to modernize the agency's eligibility processing information system for benefit programs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($264,375)
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($323,125)
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Add language to permit emergency program changes related to COVID-19 response (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides DSS temporary authority to make immediate changes to program eligibility and enrollment in response to COVID-19. Any change would be subject to the Governor’s approval and must be reported within 15 days. Authorization and any program changes will expire with the Governor’s emergency declaration.
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Adjust language to reflect appropriation for Healthy Families America General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts language to reflect the appropriated nongeneral fund amounts for the Healthy Families America home visiting model.
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Licensure exemption and background check portability for child day programs operating solely for children of essential personnel (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Adds language to exempt from licensure certain child day programs operating to provide care for children of essential personnel in response to COVID-19. Also adds language to allow background check portability for child day program workers and providers operating these emergency programs and adds language to allow schools to operate emergency child care programs. The child day program operating under this language must operate solely for children of essential personnel in need of childcare.
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Unallot general fund FMAP savings (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Requires that DSS identify all FY 2020 state savings associated with the federal government increasing the federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) rate (to 56.2%). This enhnaced rate increases the federal match rate for Title IV-E foster care and adoption services, which reduces the amount of general fund needed to support current service levels. Title IV-E foster care and adoptions services. Any identified funds can be unallotted by the Department of Planning and Budget. This language is included in HB 29 and HB 30.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 06-07-2025 13:51:59