A letter from Acting Deputy Secretary Harriet Dichter reviews the impact of the FY 2005/06 budget. Budget letter highlights:
- The federal finding surplus from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) has now been spent requiring an increase of nearly 28% in new state dollars to replace federal funding;
- A new state-funded transition line of $45 million will be available to counties to ease the burden of providing county matching funds for detention, in-home, and prevention programs;
- Statewide initiatives in child welfare are budgeted at $71 million, with funds to support
- Permanency initiatives
- Child welfare professional development and education
- Transition from Foster Care
- Prevention initiatives
- Behavioral Health treatment services for dependent and delinquent children and youth will be supported by a shift of $77 million from child welfare to Medical Assistance to support the realignment of treatment funding through the Children’s Integrated Service Initiative.
The complete text of Deputy Secretary Dichter’s letter is available
from the link below. For
questions contact Connell O'Brien
at the association.
Dichter
Budget Letter
FY 2005/06
