SFY06 Comparison of DHR-DFCS Requested Budget to Governor's Proposal

Summary
	DHR Request				Governor's Proposal
Category	State	State Plus Federal	Fed Share		State	State Plus Federal	Fed Share
Additional Staff	$1,692,444	$4,340,884	61%		$5,399,000	$12,275,000	56%
Salary Increases	$2,719,555	$6,668,824	59%		$677,468	$1,575,507	57%
Training, Administration	$9,447,792	$20,525,014	54%		$1,600,000	$3,846,878	58%
Additional Services for Children & Families	$4,061,050	$10,295,474	61%		$1,818,949	$3,775,692	52%
Total Proposed Enhancements:	$17.9 million	$41.8 million	57%		$9.5 million	$21.5 million	56%
Total Proposed Savings	$13 million	$20.5 million	37%		$7 million	$7.5 million	7%

Detailed Comparison:

	Georgia DHR SFY06 (7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006) Budget Enhancements for Child Protection
	DHR Request					Governor's Proposal
		State	State Plus Federal	Fed Share			State	State Plus Federal	Fed Share
1	44 Increase family foster care per diem rates. This will provide an increase for each of the three payment levels.	$996,710	$2,565,882	61%		42 Increase family foster care per diem rates. This will provide an increase for each of the three payment levels.	$1,341,800	$2,565,882	48%
2	50 Recruit and retain additional foster homes and adoptive homes.	$1,431,446	$3,687,775	61%		43 Provide funds to recruit and retain additional foster homes and adoptive homes.	$477,149	$1,209,810	61%
3	43 Add 100 additional staff in the Office of Child Protection for targeted areas.	$779,000	$2,050,000	62%		35 Provide funds to begin hiring 500 Child Protective Services (CPS) staff to reduce CPS caseloads and to work with families whose children are at risk of out of home placement	$5,399,000	$12,275,000	56%
4	49 Reduce caseloads by recruiting additional staff. (Regional teams for diversion, rapid response, employment specialists, cross train staff)	$500,000	$1,315,789	62%					0%
5	51 Fund 13 trainers and 1 supervisor to provide localized training at the regional level.	$413,444	$975,095	58%					0%
6	40 Provide an 8% salary increase for Office of Child Protection staff in targeted counties and a 4% salary increase for Office of Child Protection staff in the remaining counties.	$1,196,544	$3,148,800	62%		37 Provide funds for a 4% salary supplement for staff in counties with high growth in Child Protective Services caseload.	$401,871	$934,584	57%
7	42 Provide a 5% salary increase for new child protection workers who qualify. Workers will be eligible for this increase at the end of six months following successful completion of new worker training, job assessment, and a positive rating on the mid point performance evaluation.	$623,000	$1,640,000	62%					0%
8	41 Provide a 5% salary increase for on-going child protection workers	$355,506	$790,012	55%		38 Provide a 5% salary increase for on-going child protection workers, to help retain qualified staff	$275,597	$640,923	57%
9	47 Provide 10% salary increase and a paygrade adjustment for paygrade 12 to paygrade 13 for 422 eligibility workers. This is a retention issue.	$355,505	$790,012	55%					0%
10	46 Continue to implement the career path for child protection workers. This will provide a two percent salary increase after CPS worker successfully completes prescribed training and field practice.	$189,000	$300,000	37%					0%
11	48 Locate training hubs in each region.	$1,993,198	$5,536,660	64%		40 Provide funding for local training hubs and associated costs for the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) employees using Department of Technical and Adult Education facilities.	$1,000,000	$2,325,580	57%
12	45 Provide on going training for veteran child protection and foster care workers and super- visors. The state’s eight schools of social work will develop the curriculum and deliver training	$1,000,000	$2,079,166	52%		39 Provide funds for training veteran child protection and foster care workers and supervisors.	$600,000	$1,521,298	61%
13	52 Provide training for Family Independence eligibility workers by expanding the existing UGA contract, and implement a career path for eligibility workers. (provide a 2& salary increase)	$1,000,000	$2,000,000	50%					0%
14	53 Use the Medicaid Rehab Option as a resource to help fund services for parental-custody children.	$1,632,894	$4,041,817	60%					0%
15	54 Expand the two call centers (Albany and Atlanta) to add counties not already included (approximately 100 counties currently not served by call centers). [105% Budget]	$3,374,725	$6,749,450	50%					0%
16	55 Fund diversion program that supports working families [105% Budget]	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	0%					0%
17	56 Develop a support system for homeless families [105% Budget]	$1,024,456	$1,024,456	0%					0%
18	74 (OIT) Funds to continue development and implementation of the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS). [105% Budget]	$2,079,869	$4,159,738	50%					0%
	Total Proposed Enhancement:	$23.9 million	$47.9 million	50%			$9.5 million	$21.5 million	56%
19	37 Make the process of determining Medicaid eligibility more efficient through use of internet and phone applications.	($7,500,000)	($15,000,000)	50%		45 Realize efficiencies in Medicaid eligibility determination through increased use of technology.	(500,000)	(1,000,000)	50%
20	38 Take steps to reduce Social Services caseworker turnover, thereby reducing costs of temporary labor, hiring, training, and other costs created by staff turnover.	($2,000,000)	($2,000,000)	0%		36 Reduce costs of temporary labor, hiring, training, and other costs by reducing caseworkers turnover.	(3,000,000)	(3,000,000)	0%
21	39 Improve the assessment instrument and process for out-of-home placement of children. Effectively use First Placement Best Placement Assessment.	($3,500,000)	($3,500,000)	0%		41 Streamline the foster care assessment instrument and process for out-of-home placement of children.	(3,500,000)	(3,500,000)	0%
	Total Proposed Savings:	$13 million	$20.5 million	37%			$7 million	$7.5 million	7%

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