Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired [702]
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 $6,564,461 $43,190,274 $49,754,735
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $6,116,691 $57,476,773 $63,593,464
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $6,335,907 $68,534,863 $74,870,770
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $5,923,019 $65,654,765 $71,577,784
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,138,137 $66,229,439 $72,367,576
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $6,532,746 $66,972,548 $73,505,294
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly $9,270,198 $67,972,548 $77,242,746
2020-2022 2021 Base Budget $6,532,746 $66,519,439 $73,052,185
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $4,237,452 $1,453,109 $5,690,561
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments ($1,500,000) $0 ($1,500,000)
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly $9,270,198 $69,472,548 $78,742,746
2020-2022 2022 Base Budget $6,532,746 $66,519,439 $73,052,185
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $4,237,452 $2,953,109 $7,190,561
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments ($1,500,000) $0 ($1,500,000)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 62.60 84.40 147.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 62.60 84.40 147.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2020-2022 2021 Base Budget 62.60 92.40 155.00
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 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly 62.60 92.40 155.00
2020-2022 2022 Base Budget 62.60 92.40 155.00
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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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 G. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $231,793 $231,793
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded 2.75 percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the 2.75 percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 T. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $99,704 $99,704
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded 2.25 percent merit-based salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the 2.25 percent merit-based salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 V. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $68,005 $68,005
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 G. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $33,631 $33,631
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 L. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,654 $6,654
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 R. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,887 $4,887
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 H. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $877 $877
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 474 K. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($876) ($876)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded internal service fund charges for the Personnel Management Information System Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for Personnel Management Information System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 O. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($251) ($251)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 M. of Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($41) ($41)
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Increase workforce services for vision impaired individuals Decision Package
  Provides additional general fund support for vocational rehabilitation service provided to Virginians who are blind, vision impaired or DeafBlind. These dollars will serve as matching and maintenance of effort (MOE) dollars for the federal vocational rehabilitation grant.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,083,020 $3,083,020
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Adjust appropriation to reflect current services Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency's budget to reflect current operations. Appropriation and positions are moved between service areas to ensure that all agency employees and services are properly budgeted. In addition, additional nongeneral fund appropriation is provided to reflect anticipated revenues. The appropriation changes provided for in this action are not expected to have any impact on services or future general fund need.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,453,109 $2,953,109
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Maintain independent living teachers for blind, vision impaired, or DeafBlind individuals Decision Package
  Backfills funding for agency rehabilitation teacher positions that were left vacant due to lost federal revenue and increasing costs. These teachers instruct vision impaired individuals on daily living skills allowing them to enhance their quality of life and to retain their independence.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $397,842 $397,842
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Fund unavoidable increases in shared services contract costs Decision Package
  Funds the increased cost of administrative services being provided by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $312,207 $312,207
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Reduce Funding for Vocational Rehabilitation Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces $1.5 million each year from the general fund provided in the introduced budget for the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired's Vocational Rehabilitation program. The introduced budget provided $3.0 million each year for this purpose. The total additional general fund provided in the introduced budget represented a 65 percent increase in the agency's general fund operating budget.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,500,000) ($1,500,000)
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Unallot spending increases in response to potential revenue shortfall (Reconvened Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  Creates a language item to require the unallotment of new discretionary spending amounts ($1,980,862 in FY 2021 and $1,980,862 in FY 2022).
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
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Improve Campus Infrastructure
  Funds improvements, such as lighting and sidewalks, to the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired's 36 acre Azalea Avenue campus.
 
  FY FY
Tax Supported Debt $0 $1,223,500


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