The 2021 Executive Budget Document
Governor Northam's Proposed Amendments to the 2020-2022 Biennial Budget
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Released on December 16, 2020 
 
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 Governor's Proposed Budget $454,105,516 $1,808,136,286 $2,262,241,802
    2020 Special Session Approp. Act $480,548,384 $1,801,443,732 $2,281,992,116
    Governor's Amendments ($26,442,868) $6,692,554 ($19,750,314)
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Proposed Budget $462,453,299 $1,620,831,162 $2,083,284,461
    2020 Special Session Approp. Act $477,257,300 $1,597,753,115 $2,075,010,415
    Governor's Amendments ($14,804,001) $23,078,047 $8,274,046
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 Proposed Positions 653.00 1,224.50 1,877.50
    2020 Special Session Approp. Act 653.00 1,224.50 1,877.50
    Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Proposed Positions 663.00 1,079.50 1,742.50
    2020 Special Session Approp. Act 661.00 1,074.50 1,735.50
    Governor's Amendments 2.00 5.00 7.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Move reductions to agency budget Decision Package
  Moves the reductions included in Item 482.20 of the 2020 Special Session Appropriation Act from Central Appropriations to the agency budget.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund ($31,066,312) ($31,309,565)
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Fund the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) forecast Decision Package
  Updates appropriation to properly account for the anticipated cost of providing mandated TANF benefits. Benefits include cash assistance payments, employment services and child care.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $1,747,069 $1,378,372
Nongeneral Fund ($17,693,963) ($2,585,687)
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Appropriate federal funds for local staff and operations Decision Package
  Increases the appropriation for federal pass through funding for local departments of social services.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
Nongeneral Fund $8,000,000 $8,000,000
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Fund statewide Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) prevention services program Decision Package
  Provides evidence-based and trauma-informed mental health, substance use disorder, and in-home parent skill based training to children at imminent risk of entering foster care and their families. The reimbursable services are included in the federal title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. Also provides funding to create an evidence-based practices evaluation team. An evaluation team is required by the FFPSA to ensure that the provision of evidence-based practices provided to children and families are producing the desired outcomes to improve the safety, permanency and well-being of children. Funding was separately reallotted during the 2020 Special Session I to provide phased-in funding for local departments of social services to begin hiring staff and creating their prevention services departments in response to the FFPSA.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $9,211,378
Nongeneral Fund $0 $5,000,000
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Fund the replacement of the agency licensing system Decision Package
  Funds the replacement of the licensing system, background investigation system, and central registry system with a modular system that integrates digital technologies with no code/low code development.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $2,653,124 $911,369
Nongeneral Fund $7,991,048 $125,000
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Transfer funding for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities to the Office of Children's Services Decision Package
  Removes funding at the Department of Social Services that funds foster care placements in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities with federal Title IV-E funding. These placements qualify for Medicaid funding and are reflected in a corresponding decision package at the Office of Children's Services.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 ($5,024,583)
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($5,024,584)
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Fund the child welfare forecast Decision Package
  Adjusts 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 2021 FY 2022
General Fund ($917,838) ($716,572)
Nongeneral Fund $2,365,422 $2,164,156
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Account for enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rate Decision Package
  Reduces the general fund appropriation and increases the nongeneral fund appropriation for foster care and adoptions to account for the temporary enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage rate. This adjustment has been calculated for January 1 through March 31, 2021, when the enhanced rate is set to expire.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund ($2,923,178) $0
Nongeneral Fund $2,923,178 $0
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Expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAPET) program Decision Package
  Provides funding to expand the SNAP Employment and Training (SNAPET) program to 95 additional local departments of social services.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $2,034,699
Nongeneral Fund $0 $2,923,675
Positions 0.00 1.00
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Fund Virginia Case Management System non-Medicaid modifications Decision Package
  Funds systems updates to the case management system that correspond with federal and state changes to benefits programs.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $923,804 $923,804
Nongeneral Fund $1,224,577 $1,224,577
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Fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) error rate reinvestment and repayment Decision Package
  Provides the agency with the funding for the repayment of $1.9 million resulting from the federal penalty for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment error rate sanction for federal fiscal year 2018 and reinvestment of $2.3 million resulting from the federal penalty for its SNAP payment error rate sanction for federal fiscal year 2019.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $1,903,760 $2,265,379
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Revise Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Full Employment Program (FEP) Decision Package
  Funds changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Full Employment Program. This package has corresponding legislation.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $104,814
Nongeneral Fund $600,000 $2,504,815
Positions 0.00 2.00
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Fund the Virginia Facilitated Enrollment Program Decision Package
  Provides funding for two positions in the Central Office and staffing costs for local departments of social services to implement the Virginia Facilitated Enrollment program. There is a corresponding package that the Department of Medical Assistance Services that include one-time funding for related changes to the Virginia Case Management System.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $376,910
Nongeneral Fund $0 $2,709,776
Positions 0.00 2.00
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Fund the Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP) Decision Package
  Funds the administrative costs for the Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP) at the Department of Social Services. Language has also been included to ensure that the administrative program is funded by fees collects from utilities, as the law stipulates. A separate package transfers a portion of the funding to the Department of Housing and Community Development for administration of the weatherization program.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
Nongeneral Fund $0 $3,000,000
Positions 0.00 2.00
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Provide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant funding to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks Decision Package
  Continues Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant funding to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks to provide child nutrition programs.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
Nongeneral Fund $0 $3,000,000
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Fund adult and child welfare licensing programs to achieve transfer of early childhood programs to the Department of Education Decision Package
  Provides general fund dollars for the adult and child welfare licensing units in the second year. The programs currently share funding and other resources with the child licensing unit, which is scheduled to transfer to the Department of Education by July 1, 2021.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $2,130,394
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Transfer funding for non-Qualified Residential Treatment Programs to the Office of Children's Services Decision Package
  Removes funding at the Department of Social Services that funds foster care placements that will no longer be eligible for federal Title IV-E once the Commonwealth implements the federal Family First Prevention Services Act.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 ($815,306)
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($815,306)
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Transfer general fund appropriation for assisted living facility screenings from the Department of Medical Assistance Services Decision Package
  Moves general fund appropriation from the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to the Department of Social Services (DSS) to cover the assisted living facility screening being conducted by local departments of social services. In addition, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is directed to modify regulations to remove obsolete language that identifies DMAS as being responsible for supporting this activity.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $641,050 $641,050
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Increase child support enforcement incentive fund appropriation due to award increase Decision Package
  Provides a one-time appropriation increase to account for an additional incentive fund award amount from the federal government.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
Nongeneral Fund $1,178,888 $0
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Fund foster care and adoptions cost of living adjustments Decision Package
  Raises maximum maintenance payments made to foster family homes on behalf of foster children by two 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 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $953,491
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Build a stronger 2-1-1 system for citizen information and referral Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to support the 2-1-1 VIRGINIA contract.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $362,305
Nongeneral Fund $0 $362,305
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Fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) knowledge base annual license fee Decision Package
  Provides funding in the second year for licensing fee costs for a knowledge-based application for local departments of social services to assist with SNAP cases and help reduce the state's error rate.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $333,351
Nongeneral Fund $0 $333,351
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Implement Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Broad Based Categorical Eligibility (SNAP BBCE) Decision Package
  Implements state-wide Broad Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) in order to increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). BBCE is a state option for SNAP eligibility determination, by which every household member receiving a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funded service is assumed to qualify for SNAP.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $281,292
Nongeneral Fund $0 $342,558
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Transfer appropriation for Virginia Case Management System Medicaid modifications from the Department of Medical Assistance Services Decision Package
  Transfers appropriation from the Department of Medical Assistance Services to fund systems updates to the case management system that correspond with federal and state changes to the Medicaid program.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $300,000 $300,000
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Support trauma-informed responses to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through the Virginia Helping Everyone Access Linked Services (HEALS) program Decision Package
  Provides general fund to support a program that focuses on early identification and intervention to lessen the impact of trauma in children, including COVID-19 related challenges.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $517,553
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Provide personal protective equipment for licensing inspectors Decision Package
  Funds the cost of personal protective equipment (PPE) for licensing inspectors who are required to perform field visits and inspections of high-traffic areas. The first year funds PPE for child licensing and adult and child welfare licensing, while the second year funds only adult and child welfare licensing because child licensing transfers to the Department of Education.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $45,653 $182,610
Nongeneral Fund $103,404 $0
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Transfer funding for the Percentage Income Payment Program (PIPP) to the Department of Housing and Community Development Decision Package
  Transfers $300,000 in nongeneral funds from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Housing and Community Development to facilitate the administration of the program.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($300,000)
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Provide funding to Children's Harbor to expand child care on the Eastern Shore Decision Package
  Provides funding to Children's Harbor, a child care provider on the Eastern Shore, to expand center-based child care services on the Eastern Shore.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $250,000 $0
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Fund local department of social services criminal background checks Decision Package
  Provides funding for criminal background checks for local department of social services employees who view federal tax information. This action is in accordance with federal Internal Revenue Service requirements.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $78,254
Nongeneral Fund $0 $113,411
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Implement emergency approval process for kinship caregivers Decision Package
  Funds an emergency approval process for kinship caregivers. Children in the foster care system often move from placement to placement and this process will help place children with eligible kin.
 
  FY 2021 FY 2022
General Fund $0 $75,000
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Consider temporary regulatory change for in-home child care providers during the COVID-19 emergency Decision Package
  Authorizes a temporary regulatory change to provide a flat rate for in-home child care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Extend line of credit to the Department of Social Services Decision Package
  Extends a line of credit in the amount of $17.0 million to the Department of Social Services to reimburse localities, pay public assistance benefits, and process vendor invoices that are partially or fully funded by the federal government due to the timing of the federal cash draw downs.


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