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
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 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $431,177,854 $1,788,437,837 $2,219,615,691
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $434,112,881 $1,819,379,011 $2,253,491,892
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $434,112,881 $1,819,379,011 $2,253,491,892
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $470,241,998 $1,660,590,401 $2,130,832,399
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $468,644,651 $1,638,047,324 $2,106,691,975
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $1,332,124 $19,808,300 $21,140,424
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $265,223 $2,734,777 $3,000,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 638.00 1,213.50 1,851.50
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 653.00 1,224.50 1,877.50
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 653.00 1,224.50 1,877.50
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 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Appropriate federal funds for local staff and operations Decision Package
  Funds the nongeneral fund portion of the salary increase state-supported local employees received in Chapter 552 and increases the federal appropriation for pass through funding at local departments of social services.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $16,340,215
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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 $969,122
Nongeneral Fund $0 $6,942,785
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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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Benefits include cash assistance payments, employment services and child care.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($4,899,914)
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Adjust Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding Decision Package
  Reduces funding for some Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant activities, based on previous years' spending, in order to prevent an annual structural deficit in funding compared to spending.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($4,612,144)
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Appropriate child support enforcement non-matched incentive funds related to award increase Decision Package
  Adjusts the child support enforcement non-matched incentive fund appropriation to align with the federal award increase.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $4,141,426
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Appropriate Medicaid expansion funding for state supported local worker salary increases Decision Package
  Funds the nongeneral fund portion of the salary increase state-supported local employees received in Chapter 552.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $1,131,932
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Modernize the child support information system Decision Package
  Provides funding for the development of an updated child support information system.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $680,000
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Fully fund the Division of Licensing Programs salary increase Decision Package
  Fully funds the Division of Licensing Programs salary increase provided in Chapter 552. Funding splits for the division were calculated using 2021 data, but all child care nongeneral fund appropriation was transferred to the Department of Education, effective July 1, 2021, leaving a shortfall in funding for the state employee salary increase.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $363,002
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Provide funding to United Community to address funding delay for the Family Achievement Program Decision Package
  Provides additional general fund to United Community in fiscal year 2022 to account for a delay in funding the Family Achievement Program in fiscal year 2021.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $84,000
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Add language requiring a market check for the replacement of the Virginia Case Management System Decision Package
  Requires the agency to perform a thorough market check in accordance with Virginia Information Technology Agency requirements before starting development of a replacement for the Virginia Case Management System.
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Add language to create a criminal justice diversion program task force Decision Package
  Adds language to create a criminal justice diversion task force responsible for studying effective types of diversion tools for use in local criminal justice diversion programs.
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Edit language for statewide resilience and trauma-informed services Decision Package
  Edits language appropriating State and Local Relief Funds for trauma-informed care networks.
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Transfer funding and positions between programs due to agency reorganization Decision Package
  Transfers funding and positions between programs due to agency reorganization.
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Capture enhanced federal match savings in the child welfare program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures $2.7 million in general fund savings from the Title IV-E Foster Care program due to the extension of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE). The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127) provides a 6.2 percentage point increase in the state's federal match rate for Medicaid in each quarter under a PHE. The Title IV-E program uses the same match rate. The federal Secretary of Health and Human Services announced in January another 90-day extension and this amendment reflects the savings to the Commonwealth for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($2,734,777)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $2,734,777
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Fund caseload increase in TANF Unemployed Parent program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $3.0 million from the general fund in fiscal year 2022 to fully fund the caseload increase in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Family Unemployed Parent program. This program is state-funded only.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $3,000,000
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Adjust TANF balance in embedded language General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant balance to reflect projected spending in fiscal year 2022.
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Capture balances in Auxiliary Grant program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language to capture $2.0 million in balances the second year in the Auxiliary Grant program within the Department of Social Services. It requires the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, to unallot $2.0 million in unused balances on or before June 30, 2022.
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Remove Virginia Case Management System language General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes language related to replacement of the Virginia Case Management System. An amendment to House Bill 30 delays the replacement of the system, making this language unnecessary.


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