342#1s (DSS) Local Department of Social Services - In-Home Services Specialists. SB30 - Member Request

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2022 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Mason
Local Department of Social Services - In-Home Services Specialists

Item 342 #1s

Item 342 #1s	First Year - FY2023	Second Year - FY2024
Health and Human Resources
Department of Social Services	FY2023 $3,356,735	FY2024 $6,713,470	GF
	FY2023 $2,046,010	FY2024 $4,092,020	NGF

Language
Page 378, line 29, strike "$552,579,139" and insert "$557,981,884".
Page 378, line 29, strike "$552,579,139" and insert "$563,384,629".

Explanation

(This amendment provides $3.4 million general fund and $2.0 million nongeneral fund the first year and $6.7 million from the general fund and $4.1 nongeneral fund the second year for local departments of social services (LDSS) to hire additional In-Home Services Specialists positions in order to provide services to children who are high or very high risk of entry into foster care. This funds 69 positions in the first year and 69 positions in the second year for a total of 138 positions in the biennium. The local cost impact is $991,036 the first year and $1,982,072 in the second year. )

Item 342

Item 342	First Year - FY2023	Second Year - FY2024
Financial Assistance for Local Social Services Staff (46000)	$552,579,139	$552,579,139
Local Staff and Operations (46010)	FY2023 $552,579,139	FY2024 $552,579,139
Fund Sources:
General	FY2023 $148,290,869	FY2024 $148,290,869
Dedicated Special Revenue	FY2023 $9,374,916	FY2024 $9,374,916
Federal Trust	FY2023 $394,913,354	FY2024 $394,913,354

Authority: Title 63.2, Chapters 1 through 7 and 9 through 16, Code of Virginia; P.L. 104-193, Titles IV A, XIX, and XXI, Social Security Act, Federal Code, as amended.

A. The amounts in this Item shall be expended under regulations of the Board of Social Services to reimburse county and city welfare/social services boards pursuant to § 63.2-401, Code of Virginia, and subject to the same percentage limitations for other administrative services performed by county and city public welfare/social services boards and superintendents of public welfare/social services pursuant to other provisions of the Code of Virginia, as amended.

B. Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 63.2-403, 63.2-406, 63.2-407, 63.2-408, and 63.2-615 Code of Virginia, all moneys deducted from funds otherwise payable out of the state treasury to the counties and cities pursuant to the provisions of § 63.2-408, Code of Virginia, shall be credited to the applicable general fund account.

C. Included in this appropriation are funds to reimburse local social service agencies for eligibility workers who interview applicants to determine qualification for public assistance benefits which include but are not limited to: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and Medicaid.

D. Included in this appropriation are funds to reimburse local social service agencies for social workers who deliver program services which include but are not limited to: child and adult protective services complaint investigations; foster care and adoption services; and adult services.

E. Out of the federal fund appropriation for local social services staff, amounts estimated at $83,200,000 the first year and $83,200,000 the second year shall be set aside for allowable local costs which exceed available general fund reimbursement and amounts estimated at $24,000,000 the first year and $24,000,000 the second year shall be set aside to reimburse local governments for allowable costs incurred in administering public assistance programs.

F. Out of this appropriation, $562,260 the first year and $562,260 the second year from the general fund and $540,211 the first year and $540,211 the second year from nongeneral funds shall be provided to cover the cost of the health insurance credit for retired local social services employees.

G. The Department of Social Services shall work with local departments of social services on a pilot project in the western region of the state to evaluate the available data collected by local departments on facilitated care arrangements. The department shall, based on the findings from the pilot project, determine the most appropriate mechanism for collecting and reporting such data on a statewide basis.

H.1. Out of this appropriation, $4,527,969 the first year and $4,527,969 the second year from the general fund shall be available for the reinvestment of adoption general fund savings as authorized in Title IV, parts B and E of the federal Social Security Act (P.L. 110-351).

2. Of the amount in paragraph H.1. above, $1,333,031 the first year and $1,333,031 the second year from the general fund shall be used to provide Child Protective Services (CPS) assessments and investigations in response to all reports of children born exposed to controlled substances regardless of whether the substance had been prescribed to the mother when she has sought or gained substance abuse counseling or treatment.

I. Out of this appropriation, $594,713 the first year and $594,713 the second year from the general fund and $4,734,573 the first year and $4,734,573 the second year from nongeneral funds shall be provided to implement the Virginia Facilitated Enrollment Program.