This amendment provides $500,000 each year from the general fund for local administrative costs of providing oversight, accountability and administration for the Children's Services Act (CSA). Local administrative duties include implementing the mandatory assessment tool and process, developing service plans for children, managing expenditures, collecting input and outcome data by child, negotiating rates and contracts with vendors, and maximizing the use of federal funds. It is the intent that the Office of Children's Services shall develop a methodology to distribute this additional funding to local governments in an equitable manner.