Description

FY 2008 SGF

FY 2008 All Funds

FY 2009 SGF

FY 2009 All Funds

Maintain Status Quo

Child Protective Services Intake and Assessment
Provides state funds for policy changes which will ensure that thorough and complete investigations are performed for reports of abuse and neglect. The policy revisions include enhancing the receipt of intake reports, initial assessment decisions, and placing greater consideration on prior history when assessment decisions are formed.  Because federal IV-E policy does not allow for federal funding for intake and assessment activities, the demand for State General Fund dollars are increased.

$9,000,000

$0

$9,000,000

$0

Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration Mandates
Provides state funds to maintain the Kansas Youth Empowerment grant and Rehabilitation Independent Living grants at their current level of funding. A recent federal review conducted by the Rehabilitation Services Administration determined that federal Title I vocational rehabilitation funds or program funds may not be granted for any purpose.

$618,500

$500,000

Consensus Caseloads

Fall 2007 Consensus Caseload Estimates.  Provides funding for the following SRS caseloads

($2,484,894)

$9,739,537

$9,156,947

$14,012,991

Caseload
Temporary Assistance for Families      
General Assistance
Reintegration/Out of Home
Head Injury Rehabilitation Hospitals
Positive Behavior Support Services
Attendant Care for Independent Living
Targeted Case Management for CDDOs
Nursing Facilities for Mental Health
Psychiatric Residential Tx Facilities
Mental Hlth Prepaid Ambulatory Hlth Plan
Substance Abuse Prepaid Inpat Hlth Plan

Other adjustments:
Replace $50,000 CIF with SGF in the ACIL Program
Intermediate Care Facilities for Mental Retardation  Durable Medical Equipment expenditures shifted to SRS
Policy Change shifted funds from the DD waiver to the Child Welfare Reintegration contract.

FY 2008 AF
$0
($300,000)
$1,636,886
$100,000
$0
$883,157
($307,909)
$0
($63,741)
$12,063,741
($2,294,224)

FY 2008 AF
$0

$21,627

($2,000,000)

FY 2009 AF
($2,000,000)
($300,000)
$17,000,000
$480,000
$3,300
$1,230,816
($2,075,568)
$700,000
$36,259
$5,163,741
($2,607,200)

FY 2009 AF
$0

$43,253

($3,661,610)

Maintain Programs with No Waiting Lists

Adoption Support Caseload
Provides funding for the projected caseload increase in the adoption support program. This program will serve an estimated 6,476 monthly children in FY 2008 and an additional 423 monthly children, for a total of 6,899 children, in FY 2009.

$458,989

$700,394

$2,754,528

$4,761,522

Permanent Custodianship Caseload
Provides funding for the projected caseload increase in the permanent custodianship program. FY 2008 – 26 additional monthly children; FY2009 – 19 additional children.

$171,548

$171,548

$109,800

$109,800

Independent Living Subsidy Caseload
Provides funding for the projected caseload increase in the independent living subsidy caseload.  This program will serve an estimated 929 children in FY 2008 and an additional 132 children, for a total of 1,061 children, in FY 2009.  

$25,882

$161,143

$258,240

$782,701

Child Care Subsidy Caseload         
Reduces funding in FY 2008 to reflect the current caseload projection for child care subsidy and adds funding in FY 2009 for the projected caseload increase. This program will serve an estimated 21,600 monthly children in FY 2008 and an additional 768 monthly children, for a total of 22,368 monthly children, in FY 2009.

($2,522,035)

($2,522,035)

$2,467,680

$2,467,680

Child Care Collaboration
In order to provide a child care setting where children have an optimum learning environment, SRS, Head Start, Early Head Start and the Kansas Preschool Program will collaborate to blend funding for at-risk children in selected child care centers and family child care homes. Programs will be evaluated at the time of kindergarten entry to assess the effectiveness that credentialed/qualified caregivers and low teacher-to-child ratios have on improved school readiness outcomes for at-risk children, ages 0-5.  $500,000 in existing child care subsidy funds will be allocated to a statewide pilot of the new collaboration efforts in Kansas.

HCBS Physical Disabilities (PD) Waiver Waiting List
Provides funding to continue the practice of having no waiting list for PD Waiver funded services.  This will fund services for an additional 184 average monthly persons in FY 2009.

$0

$0

$1,151,652

$2,873,382

HCBS Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Waiver Waiting List
Provides funding to continue the practice of having no waiting list for TBI Waiver funded services. This will fund services for an additional 25 average monthly persons in FY 2009.

$0

$0

$400,800

$1,000,000

Additions

HCBS Developmental Disability Waiver Waiting List
Provides funding to reduce the DD Waiver waiting list.  This will fund services for an additional 288 average monthly persons in FY 2009.

$0

$0

$4,500,000

$11,227,548

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)
The delivery of HCBS services relies upon a strong partnership between state government and local community service providers. At a time when the state is beginning the process of reforming its compensation program for State employees to help attract and retain quality employees with competitive compensation, careful consideration should also be given to the compensation levels of community direct care staff funded through reimbursement rates to providers.  The Governor supports a systematic review of compensation for HCBS direct care workers and a multi-year plan to expand community capacity through rate adjustments and to continue to work towards the elimination of waiting lists for services from the HCBS waivers. As part of a multi-year plan, enhanced departmental review, with oversight and enforcement powers over rate increases is included to ensure community service providers are meeting the primary purpose of enhancement of direct care workforce needs.

Rehabilitation Service Assistive Technology Grants
Provides grant funding to support the five Assistive Technology Access sites.

$0

$0

$375,000

$375,000

Protection Report Center Toll-free Phone Number
Adds funding for a single statewide toll free number system that the general public can access easily to report child abuse and neglect and allows the call to immediately transfer to the local regional Protection Report Center.  This is a recommendation from the Child Protective Services Task Force.

$0

$0

$97,008

$97,008

Implement a Human Services Management (HSM) System
Provides funding to initiate the first phase of a multiple phase business technology project for an outcome-based, integrated delivery of services system.  The first phase of the project will be a partnership with the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) to implement a new web-based eligibility and enrollment system. Funding of $4.0 million SGF ($8.0 million AF) is also included in the KHPA budget.

0

0

$4,200,000

$7,000,000

Governor’s Pay Plan
Provides funding for a 2.5% general increase to the base pay for all employees, continues funding for the longevity bonus of $50 per year for employment over 10 years, and funds the first year of a five year plan to bring classified employees to a market rate in support of the recommendations of the State Employee Compensation Oversight Committee.

$0

$0

$2,513,825

$5,943,239

Vehicle Replacement
Funds the replacement of 55 vehicles for SRS and the Hospitals meeting the mileage threshold of 100,000 miles for cars and 140,000 miles for trucks. The vehicles are used predominantly for direct services and patient transportation.

$0

$0

$602,133

$734,000

Reductions

State-Funded LIEAP Assistance Program
Eliminates the state-only funding for the LIEAP Assistance program. There are sufficient federal funds available to support this program.

$0

$0

($1,000,000)

($1,000,000)

Adoption Resource Recruitment Contract
Reduces funding for a specialized adoptive family recruitment contract, effective 1/1/2009.  Recruitment, training and adoptive family supports is available and administered for all children in foster care through other child welfare contractors and community child placing agencies. The impact on services and support to children in foster care and prospective adoptive parents who are served by this adoption contract is lessened due to availability of services through other agency contracts and providers.

$0

$0

($596,209)

($977,392)

Children’s Cabinet Recommendations to Discontinue Funding
Removes CIF funding for the Therapeutic Preschool Program and the School Violence Prevention Program in accordance with recommendations from the Children’s Cabinet. Neither of these programs has demonstrated the accomplishment of performance goals and neither fits well into the Children's Cabinet's focus on early childhood development.                                                                                                                                               FY 2008 AF              FY 2009 AF
Therapeutic Preschool                                            0              (1,000,000)
School Violence Prevention Program                     0                 (228,000)

$0

$0

$0

($1,228,000)

Community Mental Health Centers Grants
Reduces the additional $17 million in grant funding that was provided to the CMHCs during the transition to managed care.  During this transition year, the additional funding helped reduce potential problems during the implementation of managed care.  By 2009, CMHCs will have had a year to learn the new requirements and adjust their business models to fit the new system.  With the increased revenue anticipated through the PAHP for FY 2009 these funds are no longer required.

$0

$0

($7,000,000)

($7,000,000)

Technical Adjustments

Mental Health Crisis Counseling
Adds one-time Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funds, awarded to Kansas for the Greensburg tornado and Southeast Kansas Floods, to the SRS budget.  These funds will be used for mental health crisis counseling.

$0

$2,241,040

$0

$0

Mental Health Administrative Claims
Adds budget authority for the payment of federal Medicaid administration funds for outstanding Mental Health Administrative claims to the Community Mental Health Centers.

$0

$1,678,955

$0

$8,728,033

TOTAL Social and Rehabilitation Services

$4,366,806

$11,855,686

$29,469,794

$56,691,633