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Office of Children’s Services

Senate Finance Committee October 20, 2016

Scott Reiner

Executive Director, Office of Children’s Services

Overview of the Children’s Services Act


CSA: A Very Short History • Effective July 1, 1993 • Consolidated funding from seven funding

streams and four agencies (DSS, DOE, DBHDS, DJJ) into a single “state pool”

• Established a state supervised, locally administered and operated system

• Created the structures and functions to operate the program (FAPT, CPMT, etc.)

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• Purpose of the Act: o Preserve families, least restrictive environment, protect

child welfare and public safety o Early identification and intervention o Services responsive to unique and diverse strengths and

needs o Increase interagency collaboration and family involvement o Public / private partnerships o Community flexibility in use of funds and decision-making

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System of Care Values

Child Centered

Family Focused

Community Based

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DSS

State and Local Foster Care

DSS

Foster Care Block Grant (Services)

DJJ

286 Special Placement Funds

DOE

Private Tuition Assistance

DOE

Interagency Assistance Fund

Placement of SWD

DJJ


DBHDS

Bed Purchase Funds for

Adolescents

CHILD

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DSS State and Local

Foster Care

DSS


DJJ


DOE


DOE Interagency

Assistance Fund for Placements of SWD

DJJ


DBHDS


Adolescents

CHILD

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DSS State and Local

Foster Care

DSS


DJJ

286 Special

Placement Funds

DOE


DOE Interagency


DJJ


DBHDS


Adolescents

CHILD

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DSS

State and Local Foster Care

DSS


DJJ

286 Special

Placement Funds

DOE


DOE Interagency


DJJ 239 Special

Placement Funds

DBHDS


Adolescents

CHILD

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CHILD

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Eligibility for Funds

Youth served by the funding streams that created the State Pool

Youth served by CSA today

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CSA Funding (COV, § 2.2-5211. C.)

Sum sufficient “Mandated” Non-sum sufficient

“Non-mandated”

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In FY2016, 98.5% of the total CSA expenditures were for sum sufficient populations

Source: CSA Pool Fund Reimbursement System, FY2016 Final


Primary Mandate Type of CSA Children Served – FY 2015

67%

22%

3% 8% FC/FC Prevention

Special Education

CHINS/ParentalAgreementsNon-Mandated

N = 15,609 Source: CSA Data Set Reporting System, FY2015 Final

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CSA Funding is a Shared Responsibility (Chapter 780, Item 285, C.)

State (approx. 65%)

Local (approx. 35%)

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CSA Total Expenditures

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FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16Local Match $139,732,964 $122,269,563 $115,623,364 $115,538,559 $115,110,841 $110,956,785 $110,635,695 $116,979,857 $126,734,537State Match $240,803,430 $242,984,942 $231,278,640 $216,569,564 $208,678,552 $203,257,283 $206,244,482 $217,266,143 $237,098,731

$0

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

$200,000,000

$250,000,000

$300,000,000

$350,000,000

$400,000,000

Source: CSA Pool Fund Reimbursement System


CSA Cost Per Youth - # Youth

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

$18,500

$19,000

$19,500

$20,000

$20,500

$21,000

$21,500

$22,000

$22,500

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

Average Annual Expenditure Per Child Child Count

Source: CSA Data Set Reporting System, FY2015 Final

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CSA Expenditures by Category (FY 2012 – FY 2016)

Empowering communities to serve youth 16


$-

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

$100,000,000

$120,000,000

$140,000,000

$160,000,000

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

Total Pool Fund Expenditures

FY12 = $323,426,788 FY13 = $314,213,370 FY14 = $316,880,177 FY15 = $343,300,533 FY16 = $363,996,063


Policy Impacts on Expenditures (Historical) 1. DSS Children’s Services Transformation

– Safely reduced the use of foster care and lowered the number of children in foster care from 7,557 (2008) to a low of 4,795 (August 2013). Foster care population on July 1, 2016 is 5,273.

– CSA expenditures for foster care dropped from $234.4 million (FY2008) to $161.6 million (FY2015).

– Some offset from increased costs for foster care prevention ($12.7 million) 2. Efforts to reduce children in congregate care

– Differential match rates enacted in FY 2009 intended to reduce utilization of more costly (and more restrictive) residential placements and increase community-based services

– Achieved desired results for some period, but also reduced overall local share. Now stabilized at 65% state/35% local.

3. Prohibition against use of CSA funds in public schools for students with disabilities (FY2010) – Resulted in a decrease from $19.5 million to $1.8 million in earmarked special

education wraparound funds in FY 2015 (Item 285 L.).

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Current Policy Impacts on Expenditures

• Sum sufficient funding (§2.2-5211.C.) to provide special education services for children placed in approved private school education programs and meeting relevant federal mandates for provision of these services. – The largest growth population are children with

autism. • Options are included in a report to HAC and

SFC to be issued shortly.

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Total CSA FY16 vs FY14 Expenditures: Increase By Service Category


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SPED PrivateDay

Placements

EducationCongregate

Care

CongregateCare

Foster Care CommunityBased Services

$0$5,000,000

$10,000,000$15,000,000$20,000,000$25,000,000$30,000,000

Total Increase = $46,715,837


Looking Forward • Projected Needs

– Based on DPB forecast (growth projection) – FY2017 – $23,786,234 – FY2018 – $34,890,647

• In FY2016, managed $15 million in costs by not transferring funds to DMAS (agreed to by DMAS and DPB)

• Prior year’s budget deferred program growth

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For more information:

www.csa.virginia.gov

[email protected]

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