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
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $318,981,726 $52,607,746 $371,589,472
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $329,640,683 $57,632,329 $387,273,012
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $330,699,433 $57,632,329 $388,331,762
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $367,014,332 $57,632,329 $424,646,661
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $417,691,082 $57,632,329 $475,323,411
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $464,747,087 $57,632,329 $522,379,416
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $478,111,350 $69,307,018 $547,418,368
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget $444,015,907 $57,632,329 $501,648,236
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments $34,195,443 $11,674,689 $45,870,132
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments ($100,000) $0 ($100,000)
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $512,630,688 $69,307,018 $581,937,706
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget $444,015,907 $57,632,329 $501,648,236
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments $68,714,781 $11,674,689 $80,389,470
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments ($100,000) $0 ($100,000)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 14.00 0.00 14.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 15.00 0.00 15.00
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 16.00 0.00 16.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 16.00 0.00 16.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 16.00 0.00 16.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 16.00 0.00 16.00
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 16.00 0.00 16.00
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget 16.00 0.00 16.00
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 16.00 0.00 16.00
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget 16.00 0.00 16.00
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2028 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 salary increases for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increases for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 R. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $100,921 $100,921
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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 469 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $23,438 $23,438
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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 469 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($15,362) ($15,362)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded 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 469 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,483) ($3,483)
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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 470 E. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,786) ($2,786)
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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 470 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($384) ($384)
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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 469 O. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($170) ($170)
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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 470 F. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $152 $152
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Fund Children's Services Act forecast Decision Package
  Funds the projected costs of services provided through the Children's Services Act.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $49,571,785 $86,501,028
Nongeneral Fund $14,010,282 $16,001,406
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Reduce match rate on community-based services Decision Package
  Reduces the average state match rate for community-based services from 81 percent to 71 percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($10,784,893) ($11,793,069)
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Reflect elimination of automatic inflationary adjustments for residential treatment providers Decision Package
  Reflects the removal of automatic inflationary adjustments in Medicaid rates for private residential treatment facilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,300,605) ($2,409,388)
Nongeneral Fund ($2,335,593) ($4,326,717)
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Limit rate growth in private day services to 2.5 percent Decision Package
  Reduces the limit for private day services rate growth from five percent to two and a half percent.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($3,393,170) ($3,686,116)
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Adjust budget details between subobjects Decision Package
  Moves base budget amounts between budgetary codes to reflect the amounts specified in Appropriation Act language. This zero-sum transfer has no fiscal impact.
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Remove the Office of Children's Service Study Funding (272 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes funding provided to the Office of Children's Services (OCS) to contract with the Virginia Department of Education's Office of Special Education to conduct a review of private day placement decisions in those localities with a higher-than-average number of placements and make recommendations to the local education agency. The review was done last year and OCS indicates another study would be duplicative and not provide significant new information. OCS will still be required to publish on its website private day placements data.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($100,000) ($100,000)
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CSA Private Day Placement Reporting (272 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an annual report on CSA-funded private day school placement costs, aligned in a manner to be comparable to a report on SISNA funded student costs produced by the Department of Education. The SISNA report is established in a companion amendment in Item 125.
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Private Day Rate Language Clarification (271 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment clarifies that the rate cap for reimbursement to localities for private day educational services is associated with the per student/per diem tuition rates. The base amount is the maximum allowable amount for fiscal year 2026, and can increase 2.5 percent from the base amount year over year.
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Special Education Wrap Around Services (271 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment clarifies that in order to be eligible for special education wrap-around services under the Children's Services Act, individuals must meet one of the criteria outlined in § 2.2-5211, Code of Virginia.


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