Children's Services Act [200]
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
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $219,085,410 $52,607,746 $271,693,156
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $237,179,203 $52,607,746 $289,786,949
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $278,903,167 $52,607,746 $331,510,913
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $279,946,707 $52,607,746 $332,554,453
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $292,676,916 $52,607,746 $345,284,662
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $309,269,426 $52,607,746 $361,877,172
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $318,981,726 $52,607,746 $371,589,472
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $321,078,477 $52,607,746 $373,686,223
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments ($2,096,751) $0 ($2,096,751)
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $329,640,683 $57,632,329 $387,273,012
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $328,605,954 $52,607,746 $381,213,700
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $607,929 $5,024,583 $5,632,512
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $426,800 $0 $426,800
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 13.00 0.00 13.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 13.00 0.00 13.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 14.00 0.00 14.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 14.00 0.00 14.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 14.00 0.00 14.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 14.00 0.00 14.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 14.00 0.00 14.00
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 14.00 0.00 14.00
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 15.00 0.00 15.00
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 14.00 0.00 14.00
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 1.00 0.00 1.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Increase appropriation to account for Medicaid replacing Title IV-E as payer of first resort Decision Package
  Accounts for an anticipated increase in costs due to the shifting of responsibility from IV-E to Medicaid for the costs of CSA-eligible children receiving services at psychiatric residential treatment facilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $2,688,153
Nongeneral Fund $0 $5,024,583
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Adjust appropriation to account for forecast changes Decision Package
  Reduces appropriation to account for slowed growth in the program due to in-person service limitations as a result of COVID-19. The reduction results in forecasted growth in the program of 3.3 percent in 2021 and 3.2 percent in 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,046,751) ($3,051,520)
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Shift expenditures for congregate care from IV-E to CSA Decision Package
  Supports the costs of implementation of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act which will result in costs shifting from federal and state Title IV-E to the Children's Services Act. These funds support mandated services provided to children in foster care.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $921,296
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Add funds for private day special education rate setting Decision Package
  Provides funds to contract with a consultant to assist the Office of Children's Services in implementing rate setting for private day special education rates.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $100,000
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Move reductions to agency budget Decision Package
  Moves the reductions included in Item 482.20 of the 2020 Special Session Appropriation Act from Central Appropriations to the agency budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($50,000) ($50,000)
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Allot restored amounts (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - Item 482.20) Decision Package
  Allots $250,000 in FY 2021 for amounts originally unalloted in Item 293.10 of Chapter 1289 (2020) and subsequently restored via 2020 Special Session General Assembly action in Item 482.20.
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CSA Special Education Private Day Rates (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 292 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment adds language requiring continued payment for services of private day schools provided to students with disabilities if such services are still required by the student's individualized education plans and the private school provides remote learning or telehealth services during the 2020-21 school year, however the rates may be adjusted commensurate with the level of services being provided.
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Delay implementation of private day rate setting Decision Package
  Delays the implementation of private day special education rate setting due to a delay in the results of a rate setting study in 2021. This amendment also restores the two percent cap on rate increases for special education private day services for the duration of the biennium.
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State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $305,357 the second year from the general fund for the fiscal impact of Senate Bill 1338, 2021 Special Session I, which establishes the State Kinship Guardianship Assistance program, which allows payments to be made to relatives, including fictive kin, who receive custody of a child. A corresponding amendment in the Department of Social Services reduces funding through the Title IV-E program as some children will transition to the State-Funded Kinship Guardship Assistance Program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $305,357
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Improve Oversight of the Children's Services Act General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds funding for the Office of Children's Services (OCS) to implement new responsibilities for monitoring local program performance and working with local programs that underperform to strengthen their operations pursuant to the new statutory requirements in House Bill 2212, 2021 Special Session I. It also adds language requiring the Office of Children's Services to develop a plan to modify its staffing and operations to ensure effective local implementation of the Children s Services Act (CSA). It also directs OCS to collect annually from each local CSA program the number of program staff by full- and part-time status and information on local administrative budgets to better understand local program resources. These actions are based on recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's November 2020 study on CSA.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $121,443
Positions 0.00 1.00
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Eliminate Authority to Adjust Rates for Distance Learning in Special Education Private Day Schools General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes language that allows localities to adjust daily or monthly rates for the 2020-2021 school year for virtual or distance learning provided by a private school serving students with disabilities under the Children's Services Act.
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Eliminate Cap on Rate Increases for Special Education Private Day School Services General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates the annual two percent rate cap on increases that localities may pay for private day special services under the Children's Services Act in fiscal year 2022. This rate cap was temporary until the completion of the rate setting study, which will be complete in fiscal year 2021.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 06-07-2025 17:05:48