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Mission Statement Operating Budget Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Personnel Cost
2009 Appropriation	$ 380,279,227	$ 1,417,475,684	$ 121,557,567
2010 Appropriation	$ 387,238,581	$ 1,449,900,233	$ 119,667,293
2011 Appropriation	$ 379,562,717	$ 1,539,376,280	$ 113,561,654
2012 Appropriation	$ 375,576,936	$ 1,517,793,080	$ 113,561,653
2013 Base Budget	$ 375,576,936	$ 1,517,793,080	$ 119,884,317
2013 Addenda	$ 11,370,481	$ (17,987,998)	$ 641,032
2013 Total	$ 386,947,417	$ 1,499,805,082	$ 120,525,349
2014 Base Budget	$ 375,576,936	$ 1,517,793,080	$ 119,884,317
2014 Addenda	$ 8,843,763	$ (53,427,598)	$ 681,013
2014 Total	$ 384,420,699	$ 1,464,365,482	$ 120,565,330

Authorized Position Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Total Positions
2009 Appropriation	389.31	1,272.19	1,661.50
2010 Appropriation	376.21	1,260.29	1,636.50
2011 Appropriation	376.21	1,260.29	1,636.50
2012 Appropriation	398.21	1,282.29	1,680.50
2013 Base Budget	398.21	1,282.29	1,680.50
2013 Addenda	5.00	9.00	14.00
2013 Total	403.21	1,291.29	1,694.50
2014 Base Budget	398.21	1,282.29	1,680.50
2014 Addenda	5.00	9.00	14.00
2014 Total	403.21	1,291.29	1,694.50

• Correct fund detail for internet crimes against children fund
  Transfers appropriation to properly account for the newly created internet crimes against children fund. This action will eliminate the need for an administrative budget adjustment action. This action nets to zero.

• Adjust child welfare funding
  Adjusts foster care and adoption subsidy program budgets to meet the anticipated expenditures for FY 2012. Based on expenditure trends and the impact of recent child welfare policy changes, this amendment captures a $1.7 million general fund savings associated with a decline in Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures, while covering an anticipated $10.1 million general fund shortfall in adoption subsidies.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 8,400,000		$ 8,400,000
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 3,700,000		$ 3,700,000

• Convert wage staff to full-time positions in the Office of Background Investigations
  Replaces nine wage positions with seven full-time positions in the Office of Background Investigations. All positions are supported with nongeneral fund revenue generated by the office.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 101,237		$ 101,237
  Authorized Positions		$ 7		$ 7

• Balance the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) budget
  Updates appropriation to properly account for the anticipated cost of providing mandated TANF benefits. Benefits include cash assistance payments, employment services and child care. In addition, the amendment balances the 2012-2014 TANF plan by accounting for savings in discretionary child care and reducing support for Healthy Families of Virginia, Community Action Agencies and local domestic violence grants. Domestic violence funding is replaced with general fund in a separate amendment.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ (6,164,233)		$ (5,107,564)

• Stagger the issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits
  Provides one-time funding to spread out the issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits over seven calendar days with payments occurring every three days (on the 1st, 4th and 7th days of the month). Implementing multiple benefit disbursements each month will relax the pressure on retailers and allow inventory to be replenished between SNAP issuances.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 100,000		$ 0
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 100,000		$ 0

• Eliminate unnecessary federal appropriation
  Reduces nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect the latest revenue estimates.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ (69,008,024)		$ (69,008,024)

• Capture surplus child support enforcement general fund
  Reduces general fund in child support enforcement to account for a projected increase in collections associated with public assistance cases.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (2,500,000)		$ (2,500,000)
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 2,500,000		$ 2,500,000

• Adjust funding to reflect changes in information technology and telecommunication charges
  Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of information technology and telecommunication charges based on changes in utilization, services, and rate changes approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 1, 2010, and September 1, 2011.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 486,400		$ 486,400

• Fund cost of providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits electronically
  s monthly benefit. The amount of this contract fluctuates based on the volume of monthly transactions ACS performs.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 286,842		$ 190,573
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 286,842		$ 190,573

• Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
  Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of state employee workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of FY 2013 and FY 2014 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (2,803)		$ (2,294)

• Increase nongeneral fund support of adoption subsidies
  Captures general fund savings by ensuring that all eligible adoption subsidies are supported with federal Title IV-E dollars where appropriate. The federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act allows Virginia to now claim Title IV-E reimbursement for adoption subsidies that had previously been fully supported with state dollars. The strategy also includes support for a position in each of the five regional offices to review adoption cases and to ensure compliance.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (2,654,118)		$ (2,669,941)
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 3,208,417		$ 3,208,417
  Authorized Positions		$ 5		$ 5

• Appropriate federal employment services funding
  Provides appropriation for an increased grant award associated with the Food Stamp Employment and Training program.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 151,416		$ 151,416

• Reduce general fund support for discretionary child care services
  Reduces general fund support for non-mandated child care subsidies. These subsidies are provided to eligible non-TANF families who can avoid receiving higher cost public assistance if they obtain child care to support their employment. The child care subsidy process has been recently automated by the department and although most of the expected savings for this initiative have been accounted for, this reduction may be offset if additional efficiencies are realized.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (228,000)		$ (220,000)

• Correct fund detail for background check appropriation
  Transfers background check appropriation to the proper fund detail. This action will eliminate the need for an administrative budget adjustment action. This action nets to zero.

• Move positions between agencies
  Transfers two positions from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Office of Comprehensive Services to support an agreement between the two entities. This transfer will avoid the need to move these positions administratively each year.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Authorized Positions		$ 2		$ 2

• Adjust appropriation to properly reflect child support enforcement revenue
  Moves surplus child support enforcement appropriation between fund details.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 766,968		$ 766,968

• Reduce the general relief program
  Reduces support for the general relief program. General relief is a state and locally funded program that provides support for clients not qualified for federal assistance. In FY 2012, the program was reduced to only support unattached children who otherwise would enter foster care.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (558,566)		$ (558,566)

• Remove regulatory language
  Removes language related to the regulation of assisted living facilities that has been incorporated into existing regulations. This action is embedded in budget bill language.

• Transfer information technology savings reduction to proper service area
  Moves funding from child support enforcement to cover the program's anticipated share of information technology costs. This action nets to zero.

• Replace funding for domestic violence grants
  Provides both general and nongeneral fund dollars to support local domestic violence grants. This funding offsets an identical amount of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars that was eliminated as part of the overall strategy to balance the TANF budget. The nongeneral fund will come from the Virginia Domestic Violence Victim Fund ($500,000 each year) and the Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund ($500,000 each year).

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 248,750		$ 248,750
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000

• Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the costs of items such as changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 223,372		$ 223,372
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 869,379		$ 869,379

• Move appropriation to reflect business practices
  Adjusts appropriations in the agency budget to align funds to the appropriate service areas relative to the organizational structure of the agency. This action will ensure the proper accounting of current services and improve budget transparency. All adjustments net to zero and have no impact on services.

• Modernize and enhance public assistance eligibility information systems
  s plan to meet eligibility workload pressures associated with servicing over 400,000 additional Medicaid applicants as a result of federal health care reform. The timing of the project also serves to considerably reduce its general fund cost as several of its components are expected to be eligible for 90 percent federal cost sharing.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 6,400,000		$ 4,400,000
  Nongeneral Fund		$ 44,500,000		$ 8,200,000

• Adjust appropriation to meet federal provisions associated with the purchase of capital assets
  Transfers special fund appropriation between service areas for the purchase of capital assets. Federal regulations require that the purchase of any single item in excess of $25,000 that needs to be depreciated be capitalized. This transfer of appropriation will allow the department to appropriately account for its capital asset purchases in the subprograms where they occur. This action nets to zero.

• Provide funding for the unemployed parent program
  Funds the estimated 2012-2014 biennial costs associated with the unemployed parent (UP) cash assistance program. The unemployed parent program provides support to eligible low-income two-parent families to ensure that their most basic subsistence needs are met. It is assumed that reductions to the UP program will create a disincentive for two-parent families while driving up Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) costs for those cases that transition to the mandated program.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ 1,253,604		$ 930,469

• Eliminate funding for child advocacy centers
  Eliminates all support for child advocacy centers in the Department of Social Services. A companion amendment in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources captures the remaining $846,000 general fund.

  		FY 2013		FY 2014
  General Fund		$ (85,000)		$ (85,000)