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Budget Amendments - HB1400 (Committee Approved)

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Redirect Funding for Child Welfare Improvements

Item 340 #1h

Item 340 #1h

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Health and Human Resources
Department of Social Services FY2023 ($4,100,000) FY2024 $4,100,000 GF

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Page 424, line 21, strike "$56,238,201" and insert "$52,138,201".
Page 424, line 21, strike "$50,458,490" and insert "$54,558,490".

Page 426, strike lines 1 though 15 and insert:

"K.  Out of this appropriation, $2,100,000 from the general fund the second year shall be provided to support the child welfare workforce including: (i) trauma-informed training for local departments of social services and state staff; (ii) public-private partnerships to support child welfare prevention initiatives, (iii) continued efforts to improve capacity to serve children in Foster Care at risk of displacement; (iv) provision of a peer support line for local departments of social services and state staff to support retention of child welfare staff; and (v) additional infrastructure and procurement positions to support the implementation of efforts to build child welfare service capacity.

L. Out of this appropriation, $750,000 from the general fund the second year shall be provided to support enhanced information technology to support child welfare staff in the field.

M.  Out of this appropriation, $1,250,000 from the general fund the second year shall be provided to increase and enhance support for kinship caregivers in child welfare cases."



Explanation

(This amendment moves $4.1 million from the general fund the first year to the second year to redirect funding that was provided in Chapter 2, 2022 Special Session 1 for child welfare improvements. This funding is not expected to be spent in fiscal year 2023 and language is modified to enhance child welfare efforts, modernize information technology for child welfare workers and increase and enhance support for kinship caregivers in child welfare cases.)