97% Proposal

100% Proposal

105% Proposal

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

Div. of Family & Children Services

Current Budget

1,051,838,947

437,786,286

1,051,838,947

437,786,286

1,051,838,947

437,786,286

37 Make the process of determining Medicaid

eligibility more efficient through use of internet

and phone applications.

(15,000,000)

(7,500,000)

(15,000,000)

(7,500,000)

(14,811,242)

(7,405,621)

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)

(2,000,000)

(2,000,000)

(2,000,000)

(2,000,000)

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)

(3,500,000)

(3,500,000)

(3,500,000)

(3,500,000)

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.

3,148,800

1,196,544

3,148,800

1,196,544

97% Proposal

100% Proposal

105% Proposal

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

41 Provide a 5% salary increase for on-going child

protection workers

790, 012

355,506

790, 012

355,506

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.

1,640,000

623,000

3,280,000

1.246,400

43 Add 100 additional staff in the Office of Child

Protection for targeted areas.

2,050,000

779,000

2,050,000

779,000

44 Increase family foster care per diem rates. This

will provide an increase for each of the three

payment levels.

2,565,882

996,710

4,931,764

1,993,420

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

2,079,166

1,000,000

8,333,333

3,000,000

97% Proposal

100% Proposal

105% Proposal

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

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.

300,000

189,000

300,000

189,000

47 Provide 10% salary increase and a paygrade

adjustment for paygrade 12 to paygrade 13 for 422

eligibility workers. This is a retention issue.

790,012

355,505

1,580,024

711,011

48 Locate training hubs in each region.

5,536,660

1,993,198

11,422,472

4,119,209

49 Reduce caseloads by recruiting additional staff.

(Regional teams for diversion, rapid response,

employment specialists, cross train staff)

1,315,789

500,000

8,333,333

3,000,000

50 Recruit and retain additional foster homes and

adoptive homes.

3,687,775

1,431,446

7,422,068

3,000,000

97% Proposal

100% Proposal

105% Proposal

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

Total Funds

State Funds

51 Fund 13 trainers and 1 supervisor to provide

localized training at the regional level.

975,095

413,444

1,950,191

826, 881

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)

2,000,000

1,000,000

4,000,000

2,000,000

53 Use the Medicaid Rehab Option as a resource to

help fund services for parental-custody children.

4,041,817

1,632,894

10,452,620

4,556,529

54 Expand the two call centers (Albany and Atlanta) to

add counties not already included (approximately 100

counties currently not served by call centers).

6,749,450

3,374,725

55 Fund diversion program that supports working families

5,000,000

5,000,000

56 Develop a support system for homeless families

1,024,456

1,024,456

Proposed Changes – DFCS

(20,500,000)

(13,000,000)

10,421,008

(533,553)

60,457,281

23,467,141

Target Changes

(13,133,589)

21,889,314

Differences

133,589

(533,553)

1,577,827

4,159,738

2,079,869