Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Mission:
The mission of the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is to provide leadership to improve the criminal justice system in Virginia's communities through effective training, partnerships, research, regulation, and support.
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. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$238,201,302
$54,767,394
$292,968,696
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$218,521,755
$54,515,608
$273,037,363
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$215,751,139
$53,132,577
$268,883,716
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$208,597,022
$53,132,577
$261,729,599
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$208,342,180
$53,174,018
$261,516,198
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$210,501,470
$52,974,018
$263,475,488
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$220,022,457
$53,561,022
$273,583,479
Base Budget
$210,501,470
$52,974,018
$263,475,488
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$9,520,987
$587,004
$10,107,991
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$227,261,389
$53,582,738
$280,844,127
Base Budget
$210,501,470
$52,974,018
$263,475,488
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$16,759,919
$608,720
$17,368,639
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
63.50
71.50
135.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
53.50
68.50
122.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
48.50
68.50
117.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
48.50
68.50
117.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
48.50
68.50
117.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
48.50
68.50
117.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
48.50
68.50
117.00
Base Budget
48.50
68.50
117.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
48.50
68.50
117.00
Base Budget
48.50
68.50
117.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Increase 599 program funding
Decision Package
Increase general fund support to provide financial assistance to localities with qualified police departments.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$7,068,926
$14,248,197
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,122,429
$1,122,429
•
Provide additional funding for School Resource and School Safety Officers
Decision Package
Provides additional general fund support for school safety personnel.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$750,000
$750,000
•
Transfer of Towing Board appropriation
Base Budget Adjustment
Transfer existing appropriation for towing operations to the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$573,743
$573,743
•
Increase funding for victim/witness programs
Decision Package
Increases general fund support for victim/witness programs that provide services to the victims and witnesses of all types of crimes.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$500,000
$500,000
•
Restore reductions to Court Appointed Special Advocate program funding
Decision Package
Increases general fund support to assist court appointed special advocates work with abused and neglected children.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$100,000
$100,000
•
Remove texting and driving training funding
Base Budget Adjustment
Removes one time funding for development and implementation of a training program for law enforcement officers on texting and driving laws.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($50,000)
($50,000)
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency’s budget to pay for the agency’s share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$43,427
Nongeneral Fund
$0
$10,929
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$20,825
$20,825
Nongeneral Fund
$5,241
$5,241
•
Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$7,160
$11,682
Nongeneral Fund
$6,546
$10,680
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,162
$12,807
Nongeneral Fund
$651
$7,176
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$430
$497
Nongeneral Fund
$823
$951
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state’s Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$55
$55
•
Extend the the moratorium on approving any new criminal justice training academy
Decision Package
Extends moratorium on approving and funding new criminal justice academies through June 30, 2016.
