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
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 $434,112,881 $1,819,379,011 $2,253,491,892
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $470,241,998 $1,660,590,401 $2,130,832,399
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $512,579,795 $1,744,657,305 $2,257,237,100
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget $468,644,651 $1,638,047,324 $2,106,691,975
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments $43,914,038 $107,511,039 $151,425,077
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments $21,106 ($901,058) ($879,952)
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $506,400,227 $1,810,962,063 $2,317,362,290
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget $468,644,651 $1,638,047,324 $2,106,691,975
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments $53,854,996 $185,602,473 $239,457,469
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments ($16,099,420) ($12,687,734) ($28,787,154)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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 653.00 1,224.50 1,877.50
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
2022-2024 2023 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 674.00 1,086.50 1,760.50
2022-2024 2023 Base Budget 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
2022-2024 2023 Governor's Amendments 5.50 3.50 9.00
2022-2024 2023 General Assembly Adjustments 5.50 3.50 9.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 671.50 1,084.00 1,755.50
2022-2024 2024 Base Budget 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
2022-2024 2024 Governor's Amendments 5.50 3.50 9.00
2022-2024 2024 General Assembly Adjustments 3.00 1.00 4.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 X. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,991,688 $1,991,688
Nongeneral Fund $4,187,032 $4,187,032
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for state-supported local employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for state-supported local employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 Y. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,846,187 $5,846,187
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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 478 C. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,102,058) ($2,102,058)
Nongeneral Fund ($3,162,396) ($3,162,396)
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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 477 H. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $299,238 $299,238
Nongeneral Fund $629,075 $629,075
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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 477 G. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $200,625 $200,625
Nongeneral Fund $468,390 $468,390
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 G. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $111,147 $111,147
Nongeneral Fund $233,641 $233,641
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state-supported local employee other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state-supported local employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 L. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($127,723) ($127,723)
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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 478 F. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($7,994) ($7,994)
Nongeneral Fund ($28,749) ($28,749)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded general liability premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for general liability premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 478 J. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $8,526 $8,526
Nongeneral Fund $23,662 $23,662
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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 478 H. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,901) ($2,901)
Nongeneral Fund ($10,846) ($10,846)
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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 478 I. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,101) ($2,101)
Nongeneral Fund ($7,860) ($7,860)
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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 477 K. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,182 $3,182
Nongeneral Fund $6,689 $6,689
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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 477 R. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,348) ($1,348)
Nongeneral Fund ($5,667) ($5,667)
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Appropriate funds for the Percentage of Income Payment Program Decision Package
  Appropriates funding for the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides utility payments to eligible low-income households.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $59,500,000 $122,000,000
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Adjust Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding Decision Package
  Provides general fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant activities in order to prevent an annual structural deficit in funding compared to spending. This package also reduces funding for some TANF activities, based on previous years' spending.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $8,457,600 $8,457,600
Nongeneral Fund ($19,069,744) ($19,069,744)
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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 $17,980,990 $17,980,990
Nongeneral Fund $6,550,175 $6,550,175
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Replace the Virginia Case Management System Decision Package
  Provides funding to replace the Virginia Case Management System. Language is included to require the agency to perform a thorough market check in accordance with Virginia Information Technology Agency requirements before starting development of the system.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,621,038 $8,469,600
Nongeneral Fund $12,313,962 $23,495,400
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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 $19,694,200 $20,011,800
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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 $16,340,215 $16,340,215
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Enhance funding for child welfare information system Decision Package
  Provides funding for the development of an updated child welfare system that meets federal requirements.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,460,195 $7,121,181
Nongeneral Fund $3,460,195 $7,121,181
Positions 5.00 5.00
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Remove one-time funding for the development of the CASA Welcome Center and the Northampton Community Center Decision Package
  Removes general fund appropriation for one-time funding for development of the Northampton Community Center and the CASA Welcome Center in Prince William County.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($7,000,000) ($7,000,000)
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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. This package also includes adjustments to the TANF Unemployed Parents program.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($4,899,914) ($4,899,914)
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Provide funding for the statewide Family First Prevention Services program Decision Package
  Funds fidelity monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based prevention services, appropriates federal Transition Act funding and fully funds salaries for allocated program positions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $400,000 $831,410
Nongeneral Fund $3,550,000 $3,981,410
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Fund foster care and adoption cost of living adjustments Decision Package
  Raises maximum maintenance payments made to foster family homes on behalf of foster children by five percent. 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 $2,314,764 $2,314,764
Nongeneral Fund $1,900,838 $1,900,838
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Fully fund the Broad Based Categorical Eligibility program and agency portion of the Facilitated Enrollment Program Decision Package
  Annualizes the administrative funding for the Broad Based Categorical Eligibility program and the Department of Social Services portion of the Virginia Facilitated Enrollment Program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $966,045 $966,045
Nongeneral Fund $3,240,629 $3,240,629
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Create a public benefit navigator pilot program Decision Package
  Funds a pilot program in the Office of New Americans that competitively award grants to immigrant- and refugee-serving organizations. These grants will provide intensive case management to limited English proficiency individuals to assist them with applying for critical public services. Grants also will be competitively awarded to refugee resettlement agencies to ensure that immigrants and refugees receive equitable services by expanding the agencies' capacity to provide legal services, case management, and assistance finding health care, housing, education, and employment. In addition, two restricted positions are funded for the duration of the pilot to handle the administrative needs of the program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Fund mandated reinvestment in child welfare services Decision Package
  Provides additional resources for ongoing mandated activities such as post adoption case management services, mutual family assessments, foster care and adoption services, and substance abuse services.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,500,000 $2,500,000
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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 $1,629,378 $1,629,378
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Increase appropriation for the Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund Decision Package
  Provides additional appropriation for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,350,000 $1,350,000
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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 $1,131,932 $1,131,932
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Remove pandemic-related Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding Decision Package
  Removes Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant funding for pandemic-related assistance to Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services, BritePaths, Koinonia Foundation, and the Lorton Community Action Center.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($800,000) ($800,000)
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Appropriate funding to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program outreach Decision Package
  Provides funding to build a more robust outreach campaign for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to reach more vulnerable households.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $215,100 $215,100
Nongeneral Fund $215,100 $215,100
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Transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding for Healthy Families from the Virginia Department of Health to the Department of Social Services Decision Package
  Transfers Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding for Healthy Families from the Virginia Department of Health back to the Department of Social Services.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $417,822 $417,822
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Fund recommendations from the Emergency Shelter Capabilities and Readiness report Decision Package
  Provides funding for the Department of Social Services to re-evaluate state shelter sites on a rotating basis.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $191,978 $191,978
Nongeneral Fund $196,642 $196,642
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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 $363,002 $363,002
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Remove development funding for agency licensing system Decision Package
  Removes funding for the development of the agency's licensing system. Funding for operation and maintenance remains in the agency's budget for the system.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($125,000) ($125,000)
Nongeneral Fund ($193,362) ($193,362)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded minimum wage increases Decision Package
  Adjusts appropriation to reflect the increases in the Virginia minimum wage effective May 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, and budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 477 T. of Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. The amounts provided support the annualized general fund cost of increasing the Virginia minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $11.00 per hour or the equivalent annual salary of $22,880.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,858 $1,858
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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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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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Delay replacement of Virginia Case Management System General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment delays the replacement of the Virginia Case Management System and removes the funding included in the introduced budget for its replacement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,621,038) ($8,469,600)
Nongeneral Fund ($12,313,962) ($23,495,400)
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Adjust funding to account for enhanced federal match savings in the child welfare program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces general fund spending for adoption assistance, foster care and the KinGAP programs and replaces it with an equal amount of federal funding due to changes in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) beginning October 1, 2022 through fiscal year 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,031,396) ($2,129,213)
Nongeneral Fund $3,031,396 $2,129,213
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Increase TANF standards of assistance General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $529,949 from the general fund and $4.3 million from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant the first year and $602,856 from the general fund and $4.9 million from the TANF block grant the second year for a five percent increase in the TANF standards of assistance. The 2021 Appropriation Act included language providing for annual increases for TANF until it was 50% of the federal poverty level.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $529,949 $602,856
Nongeneral Fund $4,291,737 $4,889,719
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Adjust relative maintenance payments General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces by $5.5 million the first year and $4.0 million the second year from the general fund from the $8.5 million provided each year in the introduced budget to provide support for relative maintenance payments. The introduced budget reflected a change in fund source from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant to the general fund. In the 2021 Appropriation Act, this program was funded from TANF.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($5,455,200) ($4,048,800)
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Eliminate the public benefit navigator pilot program and provide one-time funding to support resettlement agencies General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes funding for a new initiative creating a public benefit navigator pilot program in the Office of New Americans and redirects $2.0 million the first year from the general fund to support resettlement agencies in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,000,000) ($4,000,000)
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Provide funding for the Fairfax County Vocational Welcome Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $5.0 million from the general fund the first year to Fairfax County to support a CASA vocational welcome center.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,000,000 $0
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Provide funding for foster care and family support (Executive Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment is a recommendation from the Safe and Sound Task Force. It provides funding for five positions to collaborate with local departments to facilitate approval of kinship foster parents through engagement, assessment, and training of relatives when children enter foster care. Additionally, it creates a pilot program to facilitate family based placements for foster children at risk of being placed or placed in a congregate care setting. Lastly, this amendment provides funding to develop initiatives to support in-state placements for high acuity foster care children, in order to help prevent institutionalization for high acuity foster children. Funding, including funding for the five positions, is provided in the first year only.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,391,060 $0
Nongeneral Fund $291,060 $0
Positions 5.00 0.00
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Increase funding for community action agencies General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $1.5 million each year from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant for support of Community Action Agencies, representing an increase of 19 percent over the fiscal year 2022 appropriation.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,500,000 $1,500,000
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Increase and transfer funding from VDH for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $650,000 from the general fund each year, and transfers from the Department of Health $650,000 each year from the general fund, increasing the support for the fund to $2.7 million each year. This funding is used to develop and support programs that prevent sexual and domestic violence through strategies that: (i) promote healthy practices related to relationships, sexuality, and social-emotional development; and (ii) counteract the factors associated with the initial perpetration of sexual and domestic violence. This amendment also includes language that requires the Department of Social Services to allocate the funding for these services in a timely manner.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,300,000 $1,300,000
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Increase funding for children's advocacy centers General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $1.0 million each year from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant to provide additional support for the existing 27 child advocacy centers (CACs). Currently, CACs serve almost 6,000 children and families and cover 82 percent of the state.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Increase funding for the Laurel Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $500,000 each year from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant to the Laurel Center for education, outreach, program services, and new career and education support for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence in Winchester, Frederick County, Clarke County, and Warren County at the Center's residential facility for survivors.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Provide funding to Northern Virginia Family Services for a neighborhood-based program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 each year from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant to Northern Virginia Family Services to deploy a neighborhood-based, mobile service delivery and outreach program. This replicable model will address the immediate and long-term recovery needs of those who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and leverage civic participation and community building. The funds will support a mobile service delivery and outreach van, a trauma-informed Community Outreach Team, helping community members by connecting them to tools and resources to improve financial well-being, and providing support through mini-grants and direct assistance.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Provide funding for assisted living facility safeguards for residents General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $698,034 the first year and $187,708 the second year from the general fund to fund the fiscal impact of safeguards in legislation which prevents assisted living facilities (ALFs) from involuntarily discharging patients, with certain exceptions. It requires ALFs to take steps to prevent involuntary discharges, provide 30 days' notice, and provide a discharge plan prior to the discharge. The legislation also requires the Department of Social Services to establish a process by which the resident or a representative can appeal the involuntary discharge.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $698,034 $187,708
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Establish the Judge Swett Learning Center for reentry programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund the first year to support the establishment of the Judge Swett Learning Center to promote vocational and educational classes for ex-offenders.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $500,000 $0
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Provide funding for Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $200,000 each year from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant to support Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services, a non-profit organization serving Northern Virginia that provides housing, emergency services, children's services, budgeting counseling and other resources for low-income families.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $200,000 $200,000
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Fund positions for kinship foster care appeals General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $96,805 from the general fund and $98,711 from nongeneral funds and two positions the first year and $86,456 from the general fund and $88,734 from nongeneral funds and two positions the second year for the Office of Appeals and Fair Hearings. Two additional full-time staff includes an appeal officer and administrative staff to manage appeals and subsequent hearings within the timeframes outlined in Chapter 562, 2022 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $96,805 $86,456
Nongeneral Fund $98,711 $88,734
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Fund foster care placements court review General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides funding for the fiscal impact of legislation that provides that a court has the authority to review and approve or deny a foster care plan filed by a local board of social services. The legislation requires a foster care plan to assess the stability of proposed placements, the services provided or plans for services to be provided to address placement instability, and a description of other placements that were considered for the child. The legislation codifies the factors to be considered when determining the best interests of a child for the purposes of developing foster care plans.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $184,333 $137,815
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Fund regional cooperation on kinship care General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $100,000 from the general fund each year to fund the fiscal impact of House Bill 653, 2022 Special Session I, which establishes and implements a collaborative local board placement program to increase kinship placements and the number of locally approved foster homes. Funding will allow the Department of Social Services to contract with a facilitator to assist the local departments in developing collaborating partnerships and facilitating the approval of kinship foster parents.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,000 $100,000
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Develop an iFoster care portal General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $98,038 the first year and $66,783 the second year from the general fund for the development of the iFoster Portal or an app with similar functionality to include Virginia and locality-specific resources available to individuals who are currently being served or have been served in the foster care system, as well as professionals serving the foster care population. The portal is a free internet resource that includes education assistance and workforce development options, as well as independent living resources geared for young adults who have experienced foster care.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $98,038 $66,783
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Provide administrative funding for foster care housing support General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $66,521 the first year and $66,575 the second year from the general fund for the administrative cost of providing short-term housing supports to youth between the ages of 18 and 21 pursuant to House Bill 349, 2022 Special Session I. A companion amendment in Item 114 provides funding for housing support services from the Department of Housing and Community Development.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $66,521 $66,575
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Support the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $114,000 from the general fund the first year to support the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence for operational support and infrastructure of the organization for its programs and administrative operations.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $114,000 $0
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Fund a safe haven hotline for infant relinquishment General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides language and funding to direct the Department of Social Services to implement the Commonwealth's safe haven legislation passed during the 2022 Regular Session. It directs the agency to contract with the National Safe Haven Alliance to implement the toll-free 24-hour hotline, which already provides this service in other states.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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Adjust TANF balances in embedded language General Assembly Adjustment
  This technical amendment adjusts the Commonwealth's accumulated balance for authorized federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds to reflect TANF spending included in the amendments to House Bill 30, 2022 Special Session I.
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Amend CASA Welcome Center language (Executive Amendment) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language to Item 347 AA. to require consultation and approval from the Secretary of Health and Human Resources before the funding can be distributed to Fairfax County.
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Eliminate language for the criminal justice diversion task force General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates language in the introduced budget that creates a criminal justice diversion task force responsible for studying effective types of diversion tools for use in local criminal justice diversion programs. Such a task force is more appropriate to be led by the Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 07-19-2025 01:56:02